Smuggling immigrants in containers to UK: Flashback to 25 ...
Smuggling immigrants in containers to UK: Flashback to 25 ...
A journalist colleague and I were to pose as asylum-seekers and interview illegal immigrants on a container ...
Vinay Kamath
A requiem for S. Muthiah
A requiem for S. Muthiah
There are so many, who have come in contact with Chennai’s chronicler (not historian, as he always insisted!) ...
Why hard fought battles in sport make for compelling ...
Why hard fought battles in sport make for compelling ...
There’s something about a fiercely competitive game in any sport for that matter. The ebb and flow of a game, ...
The dramatic arrest of Godman Chandraswami in 1996
The dramatic arrest of Godman Chandraswami in 1996
News of the passing away of the controversial Godman Chandraswami, brought back memories of one dramatic night ...
A tribute to a journalist
A tribute to a journalist
In the late ’70s, I was moving into senior school and though it was early days, my imagination was fired up ...
A requiem for the M 800? Not yet!
A requiem for the M 800? Not yet!
Reams are being churned out and much nostalgia expressed on the ‘retirement’ of the Maruti 800. I’m not part ...
Me and my lungi
Me and my lungi
I must confess, I’m a closet lungi wearer at home. Ever since the wife, when she was my fiancee years ago, ...
My one and only telegram, hic!
My one and only telegram, hic!
Much nostalgia has been evoked about the death of the telegram. I remember very vividly the first night I got ...
A tribute to a journalist
A tribute to a journalist
In the late ’70s, I was moving into senior school and though it was early days, my imagination was fired up ...
A requiem for the M 800? Not yet!
A requiem for the M 800? Not yet!
Reams are being churned out and much nostalgia expressed on the ‘retirement’ of the Maruti 800. I’m not part ...
Me and my lungi
Me and my lungi
I must confess, I’m a closet lungi wearer at home. Ever since the wife, when she was my fiancee years ago, ...
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Staying a notch ahead of the pandemic
An international network that helps vaccine-makers stay a step ahead of the virus, assessing vaccines against ...
Roadblocks to vaccination
Misinformation and the infodemic fuelled vaccine hesitancy in some countries
As the price of aviation turbine fuel soars, airlines’ finances spin out of control
With the impact of the pandemic going down to some extent, air travel for leisure has increased dramatically.
Becoming Atmanirbhar
India needs to produce its own commercial aircraft to forge ahead
There’s byte beyond FAANGs
Keen on netting some US tech stocks? There’s a flourishing ecosystem of companies beyond the biggies. Here’s ...
Index Outlook: Will Nifty 50 rebound from its 21-DMA?
Investors’ focus will be on July month auto sales numbers, RBI’s MPC meeting, rupee movement and crude oil ...
Why you should accumulate Cognizant Technology stock
Course correction provides an opportunity
Why Nippon India Value is a good investment
The fund’s top holdings have delivered healthy returns over the past one year
Rice and shine, always
The ingredient that has hung out with the mighty stegosaurus, peered at lunar craters, and played a starring ...
‘You go to meet the prime minister and all you can talk about is my bluddy swimming pool?’
When prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was lectured on free market economics, and cornered about the luxury addition ...
A quiz on defamation
On this day in 2003, English author Daniel Defoe was placed in a pillory for libel after publishing a ...
Imperilled Immunity — India’s ailing Vaccine PSUs
At one time the primary producers of the country’s vaccine requirements, the units are in terminal decline.
Beena Kannan’s new silk route from Kerala
The Seematti CEO’s new brand — launched in her own name — is weaving a new story for silk, beyond sarees
The race to become out of the world brands
Much before Branson and Bezos, brands have propelled themselves into space in a bid to captivate viewers
On the Campaign Trail
The biggest games on the planet, the Olympics, have begun. However, the mega event, being described as the ...
Touch deprived humans
The pandemic has led to “touch starvation”. Isobar, the digital agency from the house of Dentsu India, has ...
Is GST about ease of doing business?
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Channapatna sees a revival
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Clustering around Koppal
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
Say cheese, says the organised dairy sector
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...