The Madurai taekwondo team has returned home with a rich haul of medals from the international taekwondo championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Is it possible to have that balanced meal with the right amount of protein, starch and veggies? Read on and find out.

Open-air gyms, yoga sessions, walking. There is a flurry of activity happening in Bengaluru’s parks, and these spaces are accessible to all, irrespective of class and age.

A class in Jeet Kune Do opens up a whole new world of fighting, with the mind, discovers BHUMIKA K.

Do not go by the weighing scale. It doesn't tell you the full story about your fitness and health

Catching diabetes in its early stages could mean lesser complications later

Hyderabad-based Abhishek Duttagupta on how he scaled Mt Kun, Mt Kang Yatse and completed the Ladakh ultra marathon back-to-back

Coimbatore-based Walkaroo footwear has joined hands with Coimbatore Cancer Foundation to host the 11th edition of the Coimbatore Marathon

There is a need to provide consumers with a transparently derived domestic reference rate which is under regulatory supervision

The Economic Survey advises, sanely, that policy choices for India need to be driven more by pragmatism than ideology and warns against a blind aping of the West

The Democrats now have to decide afresh a new candidate to replace Biden and, as a result, their overall response to Trump whose worldview is diametrically the opposite to theirs

The Railways must attract higher freight volumes, even as it positions itself as a high end passenger travel option

While the IMD has strived to improve its predictive models, global warming is the wild card factor

There can be no getting away from the fact that the skills crisis in India’s young (15-29 years) reflects a failure of the education system — and the best skilling efforts cannot make up for this lack

These punts result in flight of capital too, as the counter-parties are often global algo-trading and high frequency shops

The Indian economy is less reliant on US exports than Asian peers and local IT services companies are not AI-driven. But ‘decoupling’ theories can fall by the wayside pretty quickly when global risk aversion takes over

India has to be watchful

The changes promise a better user experience, with faster load times for web pages and smoother live streams

Buch’s rebuttal plausible, but needs verification

SEBI could have dispensed with controls on levy of fees. Also, the proposal to dilute the qualification criteria for registered advisers seems ill-advised

Promoter tactics to scuttle process, the main problem

Clarity on regulatory, policy environment needed

The current norms are too onerous

Underlying positives in sub-7 pc Q1 growth

Will not only boost the primary market activity in the GIFT IFSC but will also enable GIFT City to effectively compete with other international financial jurisdictions

The 2021 scheme spoke of a 5 per cent discount by OEMs which has now been cut sharply, with caveats that it would be applicable only on select models, and for one or two years

Their dual identity as entrepreneurs and workers gives rise to the apprehension that they may miss out on social security benefits

SEBI has calculated net primary and secondary market investment in equity and debt based on actual data at its disposal

The policy confusion over FPOs needs to be cleared

Land records remain contested, despite over 90 per cent digitisation. Concerns over data theft and cyber fraud cannot be disregarded

The debate was meant to be about what should really matter to Americans. And it revealed in stark relief the paucity of political talent and ideas in the US

New competition rules for M&A are pragmatic

There are multiple instances of SEBI’s orders being overturned by SAT, displaying lack of rigour in its investigation

Curbs on edible oil exports must be relaxed so that farmers have the freedom to capitalise on global market opportunities, just as consumers benefit from cheap imports

FATF endorses India’s efforts, but the job’s not done yet

PLFS data show worrying trends in job quality

Industry bodies should take the lead to protect the image of a sector that has at least 10,000 units and a market size of about $50 billion, growing in double digits

Non-compliance by lenders must be strictly dealt with by the central bank

BJP wins in Haryana for third successive time

MPC is taking too sanguine a view on growth

Bhavantar can work well in tandem with e-NAM which improves price realisation. This can reduce the Bhavantar outgo

The dashboards on AMCs’ websites should feature data on direct plans, not just regular ones

The three awardees regard social institutions as being less important than state institutions

Monetary policy cannot do very much to control food inflation, given that it is caused by supply bottlenecks rather than increase in demand

But sudden ‘cease and desist’ orders can also affect the bond markets from where NBFCs raise funds

NIM moderates as deposits outpace credit growth

MFIs should not justify steep rates with access issues, says Jayant Kr Dash, Executive Director; Senior RBI official suggests Blended Finance could hold some answer for this issue

Net interest margin rose to 9.7 per cent in Q2FY25 against 9.4 per cent in Q2FY24