New Delhi: After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to send suggestions for the topic for his next Mann Ki Baat, he has received thousands of letters from engineering students across India asking him to do a special Mann Ki Baat on Valentine’s Day.
Modi listening to Mann ki...
So, what is a Meme?
A Meme is “an idea, behaviour, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture”. The term “meme” was coined by Richard Dawkins and can trace its roots to as far back as World War II where a graffitied image known as “killroy was here” became a common sight in...
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Napoleon famously said “God fights on the side with the best artillery.” In the Indian context this was proven correct when the FH-77B 155 mm/39-caliber towed howitzer pounded the Pakistanis positions into submission during Kargil war...
BENGALURU: The government will make it cheaper for people to transact digitally through taxation measures for digital payments as it aims to transform the way Indians pay for goods and services. It will be part of a series of measures to further thedemonetisation exercise underway since November...
The NDA government is about to sign on a logistics exchange agreement a.k.a LEMOA (Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement), which is a tweaked version of LSA (Logistics Support Agreement) which facilitates the provision of logistical support, supplies and services between the US military...
An analysis of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Background
The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a ongoing development Infrastructure project which aims to transform the Pakistani economy by connecting Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan to China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang...
BEIJING: China today said it respects the aspirations of India and Brazil to play bigger roles at the UN Security Council, while keeping mum on Japan's candidature.
About the Indian and Brazilian applications to become permanent members, China respects the willingness of the two countries to...
NEW DELHI: An Indian company today claimed to have indigenously developed four advanced dual-use radar systems capable of 3D bird detection and deterrence, besides UAV tracker and foliage penetration, a first for the domestic defence industry.
The radars would have a global launch in the...
LONDON: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to announce 1,300 new jobs at its UK plant to build a new car model, as the upmarket manufacturer enters the booming sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment.
The additional workforce, intended for its Solihull plant in the West Midlands...
The US economy grew at five per cent in the third quarter, the fastest in more than a decade, due to strong job growth, increased domestic consumption and business investment, a government agency said today.
“The strong GDP growth is consistent with a broad range of other indicators showing...
The government may be inviting the Americans, Chinese and Japanese to invest in India, but there is one person who is ready to alone put in as much as Rs 1 lakh crore over the next five years.
Enthused with the new government’s spirited approach towards new investment, Prince of Qatar Sheikh...
In an incident that reeks of growing Taliban-like radicalism, a school in Kerala had to edit out the Vande Mataram song from its Independence Day programme on Friday, following threats from a political party that it is against the religious beliefs of a community.
The school management also...
Improving Sino-India economic ties will top the agenda for discussion when Chinese president Xi Jinping visits India next month.
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Though the dates for Xi's visit have not been officially announced yet, it is likely that he will head to India in September. Xi is also likely to club...