The numbers tell the story. Ever since the bubbles in small cap and mid-cap stocks began to break a few weeks ago, more than 80% of stocks in these categories have fallen. Some to their...

Of all the industries in the world, none is as central to the economy as the telecommunications industry. The reason is easy to understand. Advances in telecommunications were directly responsible for bringing high-speed internet to...

The imperative for climate-responsive infrastructure in Southeast Asia has never been more urgent. According to recent ADB reports, the region required an estimated $210 billion annually to invest in infrastructure that could withstand the challenges...

The regulation of oil prices on global markets is a multifaceted interaction involving geopolitical forces, fundamentals of supply and demand, and market speculation. The organization of the petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) exerts considerable influence over...

Patanjali has been a repeat offender as far as misleading ads are concerned. Its promotion of Coronil during Covid and abuse of modern medicine doctors is what caught public attention and led to the Indian...

Back in the stone ages of television, when Doordarshan was the only channel available, there were no afternoon programs to entertain viewers. You had to patiently wait until the evening for something exciting, like the...

Prince Ram, or Lord Ram, continues to captivate the nations imagination long after his time. The most striking thing about Ram is that he was a human being who attained divinity through his thoughts, words,...

Introduction According to the Consulting Firm BCG and Matrix Partners India Limited, a well-respected management consulting firm, the contribution of the Services Sector to Indias Incremental Gross Value Added (GVA) which was 53 % in...

Recent testimony to the US Senate Armed Services Committee by the head of US Strategic Command, Gen Anthony J Cotton, confirms that China is accelerating the upgradation of its strategic deterrence. It has augmented the...

It may be hard to have a Lok Sabha election these days without contentious debates about EVMs. The voting process is basically the soul of democracy. Assuring its sanctity and, by extension, its unbiasedness is...

Supreme Court is back to dealing with the tricky issue of trust in the integrity of Indias election process. Its an important issue, but one where the apex courts repeated interventions have failed to quell...

Go home, the placards tell you clearly. The Spanish have had enough of tourists. Local govts in Spain have raised tourist taxes. Overtourism, though, isnt a European problem. It has afflicted iconic landmarks and famous...

Scary to read about bike-borne gunmen firing at Salman Khans house in blood-for-blood badla. Blackbuck-worshipping Bishnois keep trying to avenge the macho actors killing of two of these beasts in the forests outside Jodhpur during...

By: Marguerite Theophil At times, when feeling down or angry, we may hear an inner voice; its as if another person is talking to us but not in any positive way. This inner voice is...

Questioning the employability of Indian youth and the absence of requisite skill sets in them has become cause clbre for quite some time. Unemployment is connected with the dearth of abilities in job seekers. The...

Welcome back to another edition of the My Take 5 weekly wrap of international news. Its been a roller-coaster of a week with much fireworks. So lets get to it: Irans choreographed strikes against...

The spectre of climate change today presents a challenge of biblical proportions before humanity. For a planet that is warming fast by rapidly burning through its carbon budget, irreversible shifts in climate patterns and resulting...

The rise of the print media in the form of newspapers, journals, and books in the early modern period significantly contributed to the formation of the public sphere. As print materials became more accessible to...

Recently a founder of an indigenous datacenter company imagined a happiness-detection chip to continuously assess happiness of employees during workhours, to address potential causes of their stresses. Undoubtedly when available, such a chip is going...

In Maharashtra, BJPs pluses are its two terms at the Centre & a resource-rich campaign. Its problem is fashioning a state-level Hindutva-nativist narrative Without invoking Bal Thackerays name, there is no Hindutva in Maharashtra. And...

Price of rubber to Manipur violence, control of parishes to love jihad, the influential Christian clergy is talking up many issues, in many, competing voices Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the Church in Kerala is...

MDs first southwest monsoon forecast on Monday said that in 2024 we are in for an above normal rainfall. Its expected to be 106% of the long period average of 87 cm. Its positive for...

In what could aptly be described as a fishy tale in more ways than one, Trinamool Congresss chief, redoubtable Mamatadi, has updated her earlier rallying cry of Ma, Maati, Manush raised against the setting up...

If someone said of me, They is Bunnys husband, the description might break the rules of grammar but would abide by the norms of being woke. Woke means to be awake to, what is politically...

By:- Swami Tejomayananda A deep faith and love for the Divine, in the form of Ram, filled the heart of Goswami Tulsidas. This flowed into the world as the epic poem Ramacharitmanas. In this, he...

The human mind, for all its brilliance, can succumb to the insidious trap of convention. We navigate the world through mental frameworks, efficient but often rigid. But what if these frameworks, once bastions of order,...

Few months back, while attempting a piece in the wee hours of morning, I encountered a strange paucity of words to weave an expression. This blankness of page continued for many days. Since years, I...

In recent years, the Indian government has embarked on an ambitious and resolute campaign to combat the menace of black money. With a blend of strategic initiatives and steadfast determination, the Indian government has undertaken...

The empath has empathy a kind and generous heart that wants to help others. Even to their own detriment sometimes. They will bend over backwards to help out others, sometimes not to look bad...

Ever since the flexible inflation-targeting (FIT) framework was adopted setting CPI inflation targets ranging between 2 to 6 percent (4 percent +/- 2 percent), RBI has been closely monitoring CPI inflation despite the geopolitical risks...

The most important of the five pillars of health is food. However, its not just about what we eat; it also matters when we eat, how we eat, and what we do to our food...

Noora Kushti, a term widely used in the Gangetic plains of India, has Persian (modern-day Iran) origins. Broadly, it means a fixed fight, or pretending to fight (while fooling a target audience). The world in...

The joke goes that Sheohar in Bihar logged 45 for both temperature (C) on polling day and turnout (%). It may soon not be a joke, given the number of constituencies where turnout and...

Campaigning in western UP, BSP chief Mayawati said her party will take concrete steps to spin-off the region into a separate state. She held similar views when she was CM of UP. There may be...

It could have been a modern West Asian power. But foreign interference & ayatollahs ruined it Irans barrage of drones and missiles aimed at Israel again cast Tehran as a major security problem in West...

Last week, I made pulao not just any old pulao, but Mrs Punhanis pulao. Because, like every girl who went to school with me will swear, that is the only way to make it....

By :- Homayun Taba Each of us has a unique voice that is our oral signature. The voice is the instrument through which we converse, convey ideas, and express emotions. As an instrument like any...

1. In various pockets a very few are still learning all that has been discovered and used in the ancient Vedic past, and at the same time, India has successfully made a transition from conservativism...

Kalkaji temple redevelopment has eaten into his income, but thelensmanBal Kumar alias Raju says cheese with a smile. Raju worked for 13 years in a studio inside the Kalkaji temple premises. But for two years...

This day 16 years ago, we, The Times of India, came to your Chennai home. And we have stayed on. Every time we pat ourselves on the back for having become the No. 1 newspaper...

In the contemporary global landscape, medias role is pivotal in shaping public opinion and understanding of international affairs. In this intricate web of narratives, the portrayal of India on the world stage is subject to...

The morning after the failed Iranian attack, Israel is examining how to respond. This public debate, like around any topic in this country, stirs up all the demons and emotions. Anytime you put two Israelis...

Unlike on Oct 7 last year, Israeli defences held up excellently against Irans attack this weekend. They successfully intercepted over 99% of the 300 drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles Iran fired. This attack is...

GOI advisory on categorising Bournvita and other beverages as health drinks, follows food safety authority FSSAIs remark to ecommerce websites on April 2. FSSAI had asked for appropriate categorisation of foods on sites. It pointed...

Human beings are widely available in black, white, brown, olive, yellow, and (post-Trump) even orange. Wheatish women, however, were to be found only in India, a rare shade aided by the arrival of bleach creams...

Sumit Paul I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon...

At Tau Ventures we invest in AI in digital health and AI in enterprise. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this article will attempt telling a story in 10 pictures. Figure 1 In...

Last month, my Instagram feed was just Jamnagar. As celebrities posted their outfits and their dance moves, and footage from the great Ambani pre-wedding racked up millions of views online, I decided to do my...

First of all, let us acknowledge what we have to. Just so we play it safe. There is no denying that the initiatives around Dalit history month help throw light on the contribution of some...

This week, two judgments were delivered by two of the worlds most watched courts: the Indian Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) broadly held that people have a legal right to...