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Stay home, reflect and be part of something bigger: Sunita Williams to Indian students stuck in US

Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has advised Indian students stranded in the US due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions to use the occasion to think how they could be a productive and positive addition to the society. During a virtual interaction, she compared the Indian students' experience to her being in space in a spacecraft “where you don't get to go, see your family and friends and give them a real hug.”




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Indian-origin father-daughter doctor duo die of Covid-19 in US




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Indian-American grocery store owner in Silicon Valley charged with price gouging




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India vs Great Britain: भारत ने आखिरी मुकाबले में ब्रिटेन को ड्रॉ पर रोका

भारतीय टीम (Indian Team) ने दौरे का अंत ब्रिटेन (Britain) जैसी मजबूत टीम के खिलाफ ड्रॉ के साथ किया. भारत (India) ने पांच मैचों में से एक जीता, एक हारा और तीन ड्रॉ खेले.




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Equities close lower as Coronavirus cases rise, financial and metal stocks drag

Equities close lower as Coronavirus cases rise, financial and metal stocks drag





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NRIs can now acquire up to 100% stake in Air India

NRIs can now acquire up to 100% stake in Air India





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EPFO slashes interest rate on deposits to 8.5% for 2019-20

EPFO slashes interest rate on deposits to 8.5% for 2019-20





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Global Business Summit 2020: Day 1, Full video

Global Business Summit 2020: Day 1, Full video





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Covid-19: Sensex crashes over 2,400 points; Nifty below 10,350

Covid-19: Sensex crashes over 2,400 points; Nifty below 10,350





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Covid-19: Moody's cuts India's growth forecast to 5.3% for 2020

Covid-19: Moody's cuts India's growth forecast to 5.3% for 2020





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Govt summons Nandan Nilekani over persisting GSTN glitches

Govt summons Nandan Nilekani over persisting GSTN glitches





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Sensex plunges over 1,900 points as oil prices plunge amid Covid-19 fears

Sensex plunges over 1,900 points as oil prices plunge amid Covid-19 fears





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FM Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 39th GST Council meeting

FM Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 39th GST Council meeting





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Single 12% GST for both hand-made and machine-made matchsticks: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Single 12% GST for both hand-made and machine-made matchsticks: FM Nirmala Sitharaman





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Sensex crashes 1600 points, Nifty below 9,500

Sensex crashes 1600 points, Nifty below 9,500





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COVID-19: Facebook to give USD 100 million in cash grants, ad credits to small businesses

COVID-19: Facebook to give USD 100 million in cash grants, ad credits to small businesses





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Coronavirus scare grips markets; Sensex closes below 29K for first time in 3 years

Coronavirus scare grips markets; Sensex closes below 29K for first time in 3 years





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Markets open in red: Sensex trades below 28,000; down by 1,900 points

Markets open in red: Sensex trades below 28,000; down by 1,900 points





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Equity parameters volatile in early trade, Nifty bank down by 2.7 pc

Equity parameters volatile in early trade, Nifty bank down by 2.7 pc





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Sensex jumps 1,628 points led by rally in FMCG, IT stocks

Sensex jumps 1,628 points led by rally in FMCG, IT stocks





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COVID-19: Sensex plunges 3,935 points in biggest intraday fall as India goes into lockdown

COVID-19: Sensex plunges 3,935 points in biggest intraday fall as India goes into lockdown





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Indian banking system is safe and sound: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Indian banking system is safe and sound: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das





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RBI reduces repo rate by 75 basis points to 4.4%

RBI reduces repo rate by 75 basis points to 4.4%





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Moody's slashes India's GDP growth in 2020 to 2.5 %

Moody's slashes India's GDP growth in 2020 to 2.5 %





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Equity indices in the green, Vedanta gains by 7.5 pc

Equity indices in the green, Vedanta gains by 7.5 pc





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Sensex rallies over 1,000 points, BPCL jumps by 14%

Sensex rallies over 1,000 points, BPCL jumps by 14%





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Govt cuts small savings rates by up to 140 basis pts

Govt cuts small savings rates by up to 140 basis pts





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Sensex dives over 750 points on first day of FY21

Sensex dives over 750 points on first day of FY21





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Sensex falls by 1,203 points, COVID-19 and lockdown weigh on investor sentiment

Sensex falls by 1,203 points, COVID-19 and lockdown weigh on investor sentiment





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Indian markets closed on account of Mahavir Jayanti, Asian shares rise

Indian markets closed on account of Mahavir Jayanti, Asian shares rise





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Equities edge higher on global cues, IT and banking stocks surge

Equities edge higher on global cues, IT and banking stocks surge





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Sensex up by 2,100 points, Nifty above 8,700-mark

Sensex up by 2,100 points, Nifty above 8,700-mark





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COVID-19 crisis: Sensex slides 469 points to close at 30,690; Nifty down 118 points at 8,990

COVID-19 crisis: Sensex slides 469 points to close at 30,690; Nifty down 118 points at 8,990





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Sensex tanks over 1000 points as US oil prices dip below zero dollar a barrel

Sensex tanks over 1000 points as US oil prices dip below zero dollar a barrel





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Sensex up 743 points, Reliance gains 10% as Facebook picks stake in Jio

Sensex up 743 points, Reliance gains 10% as Facebook picks stake in Jio





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Core industries' growth contracts 6.5% in March

Core industries' growth contracts 6.5% in March





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Equity parameters in green amid volatile trade, Bharti Infratel top gainer

Equity parameters in green amid volatile trade, Bharti Infratel top gainer





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Boys locker room: A combination of bigotry and internalised misogyny

“Let it go,” “Ignore them,” “It is normal”, “You should have been more careful,” and of course the “boys will be boys” narrative. These are just some of the statements that the society has told...




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Addressing various facets of virtual schooling

The education scenario has been continuously evolving from the Gurukul days – the aim- address the dynamics of the changing society. Advancements, technology, and exposure have resulted in giving society more and more brains. The...




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PM Narendra Modi: Pragmatic leadership vs. spreading corona menace!

In fact, it is only during critical hours that test the will power of a leadership. And a true leader always emerges successful against all odds due to his unwavering self-confidence, faith, honesty, determination and...




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Fast and flexible wins the race

Amidst ever-extending lockdown and also the non-relenting number of daily discoveries of positive cases, a vicious cloud of confusion has covered humanities collective mindset! Suddenly things have changed for each one of us, thankfully not...




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Freedom in times of uncertainty and fear

By Andrew Cohen Currently, just about everyone is aware that we’re in what many consider to be a global crisis. At this particular moment, we’re most aware of the global Covid-19 pandemic, but this is...




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Wrecking entire economies: Lockdowns may be causing more harm than good worldwide, and especially in India

Locking up healthy people in their homes and putting wholesale populations under house arrest is perverse. Coronavirus panic merchants and fearmongers have wrecked entire economies based on flimsy evidence and with little public scrutiny. Lockdowns...




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The many masks of Kim Jong-un: Why North Korea was not willing to show its authoritarian leader

What happens when the leader of a paranoid regime armed with nuclear weapons disappears from sight for days? It gets a lot of attention. That is exactly what appears to have happened in the case...




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Message in a bottle: Women own the decision to drink or not

As lockdown eased and alcohol vends opened up, long denied tipplers across India lined up to get their fix. But amid all the serpentine lines, one picture drew special mention: a queue of women in...




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Stoking the engine: UP and MP show the way with labour reforms

India reforms only in a crisis, has been the succour economists have proffered in gloomy Covid times. The Uttar Pradesh government has done well to set the ball rolling by approving an ordinance exempting businesses...




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A poor way of thinking: Poverty compounds India’s corona suffering. Governments never fix this core problem

Did you know why the Indian lockdown is creating so much human suffering, even though we did relatively well on the Covid case numbers? Why is ours the only major country in the world where...




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The Press Freedom index: Burkina Faso way ahead of India!

The Paris-based NGO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has come out with its latest Press Freedom Index to judge the degree of freedom available to journalists in different countries of the world. This index places India,...




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Coming to terms with the post-Corona world

Even if you are living under a rock somewhere, you have heard of Covid-19, or Corona, as it is being called fondly. Those ubiquitous mediums of information, internet and smartphones, have ensured that we get...




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During lockdown, Tehran gives cine lovers a break by taking the brake off drive-in movies: Picture-perfect idea from Iran????

As an unexpected outcome of the coronavirus lockdown, Ayatollah-ruled Iran has partly lifted its veil of strict orthodoxy which inhibits social interaction between the genders by allowing the reopening of Tehran’s one and only drive-in...