The best of Indian film fraternity was honoured for their remarkable contribution on Saturday night at 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards. Interestingly, superstar Aamir Khan’s latest release ‘Dangal’ stole the show by winning multiple awards at the function. Some of the most popular faces of the Indian cinema graced the show with their presence and spilled glamour all over the red carpet. Filmfare Awards, this year, were hosted by Shah Rukh […]

By its own making and due to external forces beyond its control, India’s $150 billion outsourcing industry finds itself at a tipping point. Lauded for its ability to put India on the map as a destination for high-quality, low-cost technology skills, and for being an engine of wealth and job creation, this industry stares at an uncertain future. Rapidly shifting technology needs, Brexit, changes in immigration and visa norms and […]

Harshwardhan Zala is a name we are likely to remember in years to come. The 14-year-old student from Gujarat has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs. 5 crore with the state government at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. This young man, who is a Class 10 student, has designed an elegant solution using which drones can not only detect but also diffuse landmines on war fields, potentially […]

One hundred and fifty six Alexandrine parakeets were seized from a trader’s house in Chennai on Friday morning. The trader was then arrested from his house. Mujeed Hassan, who hails from Ayanavaram, had brought the parakeets from Andhra Pradesh and had meant to sold them in Chennai markets. Speaking to The News Minute, Pradeep, Inspector, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, said, “It was a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control […]

At a time when startup success in India is on the decline, veteran journalist Shobha Warrier has released a book on 28 social entrepreneurs who made it big despite all odds. From the person who grew up selling idlis with his mother and founded a food enterprise, to the one-time school dropout who runs a successful business that employs a thousand people, Dreamchasers is a book about passion, perseverance and […]

 Five incredible routes to experience India A road trip is the best way to explore any destination. The roads you take, the people you meet, the food you try out from a street-side vendor — they all give you an insight into what makes the destination beautiful. It is not just about sight-seeing, experiencing different cuisines at top-rated restaurants and cafés, or checking in at impressive hotels. Like they say […]

Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year and will kill one-third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organisation and the US National Cancer Institute published on Tuesday. That cost far outweighs global revenues from tobacco taxes, which the WHO estimated at about $269 billion in 2013-2014. “The number of tobacco-related deaths is projected to increase from […]

A sudden move by banks to levy a 1% transaction fee on card payments at petrol pumps has taken the oil ministry by surprise and prompted dealers to say they will stop accepting plastic money from midnight, which could cause inconvenience to consumers in times of cash shortage and affect the government’s move to encourage cashless transactions. In Delhi, ministry officials said they were unaware of the move by the […]

A line-up of some of India’s recent TV commercials reveal that homegrown adverts championing social change are becoming increasingly popular. Here are some of those that moved us and made us smile over the last year. The advertising sector in India has been showing several signs of having evolved for the better, these days. There has been a spurt of recent commercials that manage to sell the products they’re advertising […]

Cautioning Infosys employees against “lackadaisical” attitude towards greater value creation, CEO Vishal Sikka in a letter to them said “the road ahead is long and not easy”. In his New Year message to Infosys employees, Mr Sikka said: “The mountains ahead are tall ones. But there is no other way but to get there and go beyond. If we don’t, we will be made obsolete by the tidal wave of […]