A state-run newspaper on Wednesday proudly displayed a world map showing countries that support China’s position on the South China Sea (SCS) disputes — and in what some would describe as a flight of diplomatic fancy, it included India. The countries purportedly backing Beijing, actually most of the world barring North and South America and Australia, were predictably coloured in red in the map on the front page of China […]
India has the most transparent companies because of a strong regulation system firmly in place, a new report revealed on Monday, adding that China on the other hand has weak or non-existent anti-corruption policies and has the most opaque firms. The vast majority of the world’s biggest emerging market companies have failed when it comes to transparency, creating an environment for corruption to thrive in their businesses and in the […]
There are very few ways in which one can describe the beauty Kashmir is. This six-minute film is one of those. The rivers criss-crossing through the mighty Himalayas in full vigour, a man bowing his head in prayers in a mosque, a shikara sailing quietly on the Dal Lake, flower beds blooming in staggeringly beautiful valleys, and locals revelling in the scenery: this film takes you on a thrilling ride […]
The Karni Mata Temple in remote Deshnoke, Rajasthan is overrun by animals which scurry though its stone halls.The rats are seen as holy because legend says they are the reincarnated children of revered goddess Karni Mata.Rodents move freely within the temple and often eat from huge bowls of milk and grains, placed daily by devotees. An Indian temple is infested with more than 20,000 rats and visitors flock from far […]
The Internet is undoubtedly the greatest communicative tool ever invented. It is of course, an extension of the human discovery of writing and then printing. It has, as evidenced by the omnipresence of Google, of Wikipedia, of Facebook and a hundred other ‘applications’, revolutionised communication globally. It has also given rise to the greatest outpouring of triviality and foolishness that the world has ever known. Small talk is not new. […]
Indian businesses and policymakers are worried over UK’s vote on whether to quit the European Union (EU), as a decision to pull out may mean a realigning of many companies’ operations, although the exact impact on India’s real economy is anybody’s guess. Britain is set to take a call on whether it should share common economic objectives as the rest of the 27-member nations of the monetary union and this […]
Meera Vashisht was working on a science project in her school in Texas last year when she first heard about the Indian government’s move to replace each of the 77 crore existing bulbs with powersaving light-emitting diode (LED) ones.Meera, who was born and brought up in America and is a seventh grader in Sartartia Middle School in Sugar Land, began to think hard: would it be really possible for India’s […]
From working with animals to teaching football to tribal girls, from making hospital patients laugh to empowering rural weavers, these foreigners are making a difference to our lives in India. Here’s a list of 12 such do-gooders from distant lands. They may not all be Mother Teresa or Annie Besant, but they have left their homes and families in distant places to settle down in India for the love of […]
In what could be termed as the country’s first known case, a 23-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl with a severe genetic disorder called Harlequin Ichthyosis which mainly affects the skin. Infants with this condition are born with very hard, thick skin covering most of their bodies and their internal organs visible. The baby weighing about 1.28kg was born in the wee hours at 12.45am on Saturday […]
For Rohan Sharma, business has never been better. Sales at his autoparts company in Gujarat are booming and the order book has almost doubled in the past year. His Bhagirath Coach & Metal Fabricators has just invested nearly $120,000 in new machinery and plans to spend up to $1.2 million this year to expand capacity. That’s an encouraging sign for Asia’s third-largest economy, where stressed balance sheets at big […]
