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Lockheed Martin to manufacture wings of F-16 fighter jets in India

The American manufacturer of fighter jets plans F-16 wing production in India without the pre-condition that India will have to also buy these jets.

Remembering Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India

A man of many firsts, Dadabhai Naoroji co-founded the Indian National Congress as part of his quest for self-governance.

How to be a good Indian wife, an IIT-incubated startup teaches

Called ‘Daughters’ Pride — Beti Mera Abhimaan’, the course is the brainchild of a startup based out of IIT-Banaras Hindu University.

SC turns down Lt. Col. Purohit’s plea seeking SIT probe into his abduction, torture

Supreme Court stated that entertaining the plea for court-monitored probe might impact the ongoing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Asked by Modi govt to stop saying ‘Dalit’, TV news channels may take Centre to court

An email exchange within the News Broadcasters Association that has been widely shared on social media has members questioning the 'untenable order'.

DRI steps up crackdown on illegal export of shark fins, seizes 8,000 kg stock

DRI requests head of foreign trade dept to consider moving SC against a Kerala HC order that’s being used to bypass govt ban on export of shark fins.

SC declines urgent hearing on Tamil Nadu govt plea challenging NGT order in Sterlite case

Tamil Nadu govt's plea challenged NGT's order allowing Vedanta group access to unit inside its closed Sterlite copper plant.

CJI Dipak Misra recommends Ranjan Gogoi as his successor in the Supreme Court

A recommendation from the incumbent is pretty much the last step before the appointment of a candidate as India’s top judge.

Hyderabad court pronounces two men guilty for 2007 twin blasts that killed 44

The quantum of punishment for the two convicted, Aneeq Shafeeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary, will be announced Monday.

Smriti Irani makes big digital push in Amethi, takes dig at Rahul Gandhi’s yatra

Minister’s latest project in Congress president’s constituency is a plan to connect all gram panchayats digitally by the end of this year.

On Camera

China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?