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The Coal Reality

How coal is phased out is India's policy choice, the transition cannot be decided by West's interests

Teach Children The Art Of Long Breathing

An important part in building a child’s character is to teach him to concentrate. This practice should start from his childhood to get good results later.

The Seven Who Should Have Remained Behind Bars

Releasing those convicted of assassinating Rajiv Gandhi is not justice. And Tamil politicians are plain wrong

Trumped & Un-Musked In America

Badly behaved billionaires with armies of loyalists don't always win. They can't manage the toxicity they created

Infy crafts 3-phase hybrid plan for work-from-office

Bengaluru: After nudging employees to adopt a hybrid mode of working, Infosys in an internal communication announced a three-phase work-from-office plan.

S'pore's Sembcorp to buy Vector Green for ₹2.8k cr

New Delhi: Sembcorp Industries on Sunday said it is acquiring Vector Green Energy, a Global Infrastructure Partners India-backed independent renewable power producer, for a base equity consideration of $474 million or roughly Rs 2,780 crore.

Creditors to IL&FS arm get 1st payout by bankrupt grp

Mumbai: Financial creditors to Rapid Metro Gurgaon Rail (RMGL), a part of the IL&FS group, have got 83% of their total claims of Rs 715 crore.

NHAI raises ₹6.3k cr from NCR e-way monetisation

New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has raised Rs 6,267 crore from monetisation of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), half of the new ring road around the National Capital Region, marking the largest such mop-up by the government agency from a single project.

Indians networking more than most: LinkedIn CEO

Says Focus On Skills Becoming Important For Jobs Just Like Degrees And Work Experience

Iranian who inspired 'The Terminal' dies at Paris airport

Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport. Nasseri lived in the airport’s Terminal 1 from 1988 until 2006, first in legal limbo because he lacked residency papers and later by apparent choice

UK treasury chief promises tax rises and spending cuts

London: Britain’s treasury chief warned on Sunday of a coming spending crunch and tax increases for cash-strapped Britons as he bids to fill the “black hole” in the country’s finances.

Tapped to head new govt, Bibi pledges Israeli unity

Jerusalem: Former Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government and pledged that he would seek national consensus after an election in which Jewish far-rightists surged.

Kherson races to restore power, water, Zelensky urges vigilance

Kherson: Utility companies in Kherson were working to restore critical infrastructure mined by fleeing Russian forces, with most homes in the Ukrainian city still without electricity and water, regional officials said on Sunday.

Iran issues first death sentence tied to 'protest' participation: Report

Tehran: Iran on Sunday issued its first death sentence linked to participation in “riots”, amid nationwide protests since the death of Mahsa Amini, the judiciary’s Mizan Online website said.

Ahead of G20 summit, Russia rejects focus on security

Russia on Sunday called for the G20 to stop talking about security and focus on the world’s most pressing socio-economic problems, ahead of a summit set to be dominated by Western criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

6 die in mid-air collision of 2 WWII-era planes at US air show

Multiple videos posted on social media showed the planes crashing and exploding in a ball of fire

Dems retain Senate control as House hangs in balance

Go Up 50-49 With Nevada Win; GOP Struggling To Reach 218 In House

Kushwaha junks rumours of being in touch with BJP, says joining party a crime

Patna: Former Union minister and JD(U) parliamentary board chairman Upendra Kushwaha dismissed on Sunday allegations that he was in touch with BJP to return to the NDA fold, a speculation that gained traction following his recent remarks on Bihar’s liquor ban.

Gehlot firefights as Cong faces revolt in half-a-dozen Guj seats

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, who is AICC in-charge of Gujarat, on Sunday led a firefighting operation mollifying disgruntled Congress leaders who have been denied tickets in the assembly elections.

Man's best friend helps locate missing master in forest

When 55-yearShekharappa who had been old to a forest to fetch firewood did not return home till noon on Saturday, his family and villagers in Hosanagar taluk in Karnataka's Shivamogga district launched a massive hunt for him.

Abducted Maha boy rescued in Guj after 4-day ordeal, 5 held

Thane: Three days after a 12year-old boy, son of a businessman from Dombivli, had been kidnapped on Wednesday, he was rescued on Saturday, and five people arrested.

HC frowns upon 14-year delay in rape complaint, gives bail

Justice Bharati Dangre on November 11 allowed the bail plea of the man (65) who was booked for rape and arrested in May. His advocate said the woman (36) filed the complaint only after her husband learnt of their relationship

Haryana court uses 'one-hand' logic, clears rape accused

Fatehabad: A court in Haryana’s Fatehabad has acquitted a rape accused charged with assaulting a 36-year-old married woman, giving him the benefit of doubt and observing that there was a delay of about two-and-a-half months in lodging the FIR.

Insurer liable even if vehicle lacks fitness certificate: HC

‘Not Having A Valid Certificate Not A Fundamental Breach’

IOC to recycle 20m plastic bottles into fabric for uniforms

New Delhi: India’s largest oil refiner and fuel retailer IndianOil has launched a project to recycle more than 20 million discarded plastic bottles weighing about 405 tonne per year into yarn for making polycotton fabric as part of the company’s climate commitment and net zero plan.

Girl, 3, falls off moving train, dad tries to save her; both die

Varanasi: A 32-year-old man from Darbhanga in Bihar jumped off a moving train in a bid to save his three-year-old daughter near Bahedwa halt in Varanasi on Sunday. They both died in the freak accident.

Don't show Bhopal gas leak cause in web series: Convicts to film co

Bhopal: A lawyer for two of the convicts in the Bhopal gas disaster case has served a legal notice on Yashraj Films asking it “cease and desist” from showing anything in a web series on the 1984 tragedy that relates to causes of the leak, directly or indirectly, reports Ashutosh Shukla.

Wracked by guilt, UP man confesses to killing friend four years ago

Agra: Salman Ahmed, 27, of Mansoorpur area in Muzaffarnagar district “killed” his friend Mohammad Hassan, 26, four years ago and buried the body in his room.

Making space for life with death cleaning

Several Seniors Are Decluttering Their Homes And Giving Away Possessions Well Before They Pass. It Makes Life Simpler And Reduces The Burden On Their Loved Ones, They Say

Slain Teltumbde inspired women to kill criminal in courtroom: Maoist booklet

Nagpur: Slain Maoist leader Milind Teltumbde receives a glowing citation from the banned CPI (Maoist) in a commemorative 68-page booklet that claims the former wasn’t just a flagbearer of the Naxalite movement but also the inspiration behind a group of ordinary women infamously barging into a Nagpur courtroom in 2004 to stab notorious criminal Akku Yadav to death.