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A slice of future in a crowded Rohtak market – Four men building blockchain technology

New Edge CEO says their work is nothing like ‘traditional mining’ and should be referred as blockchain validation or support server farm.

India has a productivity problem. Just look at Revenue Per Employee data

Revenue per employee or RPE benchmarking provides the impetus for management teams to debate changes in strategies and tactics.

‘Nobody crosses over now’— what Indo-Tibetan tribes that helped Army in 1962 China war lost

The Mishmi and Meyor lent support in Battle of Walong near LAC in 1962. With its disruption of Sino-Indian ties, the war also upended a centuries-old way of life for the tribes.

After K-pop, K-drama, K-food, Indian fans are now getting married the Korean way

At the Rang De Korea cultural festival in Delhi Saturday, it was as if the big fat Indian wedding went on a diet and came out as a short, low-carb version.

Launch of missile from Arihant a milestone. But India’s nuclear triad isn’t complete yet

Currently, India’s land and air-based nuclear capabilities are doing the heavy lifting. Arihant changes that but the country needs more.

Why Bihar CM Nitish Kumar can’t say no to RJD-JDU merger plans

Tejashwi Yadav has turned out to be a shrewder politician than many thought he was. The RJD’s resolution shows Nitish Kumar probably knows it.

Eight out of 10 Rajasthan judicial exam toppers were women. Get ready for army of female judges

Armed with their law textbooks in one hand, and their tiffin and water bottle in the other, these female judge aspirants head to coaching centres with their head high.

Xi says ‘national security’ 50 times at Party Congress & China sees rare protest against him

President Xi Jinping mentioned 'Chinese-style modernisation' in this year’s Party Congress speech, which is now trending on social media sites such as Weibo.

How to set up & dismantle a city every day — ‘logistical nightmare’ behind Congress’ Bharat Jodo

Tending to the needs of 150 Bharat yatris, staff and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the setting up and dismantling of the nightly campsite is a nine-hour job each day.

Indian artists are selling expensive NFT art. Are galleries ready?

In the last two years, the Indian art industry and artists' collectives have bought into the NFT idea. It assures exclusivity.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

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?