Chennai (IANS) India is likely to discuss with Russia on the supply of critical components for its human space capsule that would carry Indian cosmonauts to space. The two countries are expected to negotiate the contracts for the supply of crew … read more
Srinagar (IANS) Continuous lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir is having a big impact on apple farming in the Valley. With the harvesting season just around the corner, Kashmiri apple growers are a worried lot. The twin districts of Shopian and Kulgam … read more
It is just as well that the BBC has decided to expand its shortwave radio service in Kashmir to beat the communications blackout. This is not the first time the BBC has played this role – and for good reason. … read more
Mumbai (IANS) Economies globally are showing signs of acute weakness and the next stage could be a worldwide recession, if Morgan Stanley is to be believed, in nine months from now. Escalation in trade tension between the two largest economies — … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The Tourism Ministry on Sunday updated the Incredible India website to boost wildlife tourism. The website that earlier featured pictures and videos of mostly monuments and tourist spots, now showcases landscapes, waterfalls and tiger reserves. Pictures from Jim … read more
New Delhi (IANS) The end of Article 370 heralds a new beginning for many Kashmiris, despite the doom and gloom in some quarters over its revocation. Now Kashmiris will not require any certificate to prove they are Kashmiris. This demise has … read more
New Delhi (IANS) For the BJP, scrapping of Article 370 is fulfilment of a dream of its ideological guru Syama Prasad Mookerjee who was the first to launch a campaign to abrogate this temporary provision in the Indian Constitution which granted … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Supreme Court’s recent landmark verdict on the Amrapali case has brought the limelight back to the Indian realty sector and lakhs of home buyers as numbers of incomplete and stalled housing projects continue to be on the rise … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will appear in an episode of Man vs Wild, the popular television programme on Discovery Channel, on August 12. The programme, aimed at creating awareness about animal conservation and environmental change, will be aired … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Late American mathematician Claude Shannon, known as the ‘father of information theory’, had said, “I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans. And I am rooting for the machines.” And as … read more