While the announcements made by Reliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani at the annual general meeting (AGM) about the Jio project would be a game-changer for the telecom industry and consumers, it also means the break-even date would get pushed further ahead, believe analysts. For the telecom sector, the announcement has led to India Ratings revising its sector outlook to Read More

Indian economy grew at 7.1 per cent in April-June of the current fiscal, its slowest pace in the last six quarters, mainly due to slower growth in construction and agriculture sectors and contraction in the mining sector, as per data released by the Central Statistics Office on Wednesday. Manufacturing and electricity growth pick up pace during the April-June quarter. The Read More

Can you name the winner of the New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian Award 2015 or just simply tell us what is Yutu? If you think these questions are tough then digest this — these questions were framed for Class 1 student. While anyone has to take help of google to find answers, the Karnataka ICSE Schools Association (KISA) has Read More

Home Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to lead the all-party delegation which will visit Jammu and Kashmir on September 3 even as the state continues to be on edge. As unrest in the Kashmir Valley continued for the 51st consecutive day on Sunday, the Home Minister reviewed the situation with top BJP and government functionaries. Singh went into a huddle Read More

Max Verstappen is refusing to get carried away with thoughts of a ‘home’ win in Sunday’s Belgian Formula One Grand Prix despite leading a Red Bull one-two on the opening day of practice. Verstappen went fastest in Friday’s afternoon session, 0.256 seconds quicker than team mate Daniel Ricciardo of Australia, with a lap that surpassed Nico Rosberg’s session-topping effort in Read More

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin founder and Britain’s best known businessman today said that he thought he was “going to die” after an horrific bike crash on Caribbean island Virgin Gorda this week. Branson was cycling with his two children on the British Virgin Islands when he hit a hump in the road. In a post on the Virgin website, the Read More

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Friday claimed a deadly suicide bomb attack on Turkish police in the southeastern town of Cizre that left 11 officers dead and wounded dozens more. “Our sacrifice team staged a comprehensive action action in Cizre that left dozens of police dead,” said the PKK, which is known for exaggerating tolls. In the statement on its website Read More

Russia said on Thursday it is prepared to work with the United States at the United Nations on how to respond to a report that blamed Syrian government forces for two chlorine gas attacks and Islamic State militants for using sulfur mustard gas. The year-long UN and Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) inquiry, authorized by the Security Read More

Watching the Newshour on Times Now last night, I got the impression I was watching an episode of Tuesday Night Smackdown. Sure there were some similarities. The Newshour and Arnab Goswami are to news what the WWE and Vince McMahon are to sport. There’s clearly some sort of connection, but its mostly loud yelling more than anything. Like the WWE, Read More

PV Sindhu’s win is being celebrated across the country and justifiably so. She won a silver medal for the country at the Rio Olympics at a time when our medal tally read just one, thanks to wrestler Sakshi Malik’s bronze. Though, two medals out a contingent of 119 may not be much to boast if we look at the bigger Read More