Chandigarh’s founder architect Le Corbusier may have designed and established one of the country’s few planned cities, but certain buildings that he wanted have not materialised even five decades after his death. A group of young architects has now conceptualised an international creative competition to seek 21st century designs for Corbusier’s unfinished works. “Chandigarh Unbuilt” […]
We all love bold economic forecasts, especially contrarian ones. And every once in a while, they turn out to be correct. Economists who correctly called great market booms and busts, global recessions, identified green shoots before sharp cyclical recoveries and predicted black swan events correctly are given legendary status. Of course, to some extent, they […]
Historic revisiting seems to be the flavour of the season. Embark on a trip to the early 20th century Paris, the war times and the sense of idealism among the young men of that time. Also to read is a story of a man called Ove, who is certainly the grumpiest possible, but makes readers […]
With onions bringing tears to the eyes of consumers as prices soar as high as Rs.70 per kg in the country, online grocery marts still seem to sell this essential commodity at a rate less than the market. So, how are these digital platforms unaffected by the market? For one of the largest players among […]
The NSW Government has today congratulated the latest 131 graduates from the NSW Police Academy and thanked officers leaving the force for their commitment to the State at today’s attestation. Parliamentary Secretary for the Deputy Premier and Minister Justice and Police Andrew Gee joined NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Governor of NSW, His […]
Minister for Roads Duncan Gay today urged motorists to prepare for the first round of consecutive night closures on both carriageways of the M4, as work on the widening project continues to pick up pace. Mr Gay said the night full closures starting Sunday would be the first of half a dozen to occur […]
The Supreme Court’s decision to waive off the rest of the jail term of the powerful Ansal brothers, convicted for causing death in the Uphaar cinema fire by their negligence, hasn’t gone down too well in the judicial corridors and also evoked much disquiet among the average litigant about the court’s lenient attitude towards the […]
The ex-servicemen’s agitation here over delay in implementation of the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ scheme continued for the 67th day on Thursday with three veterans on fast unto death refusing to give up their protest. The indefinite hunger strike by Colonel Pushpender Singh (retd) and Major Singh, a retired Havildar, continued for the fourth day […]
With onion prices across the country on the upswing, the common man is feeling the pinch. Onion prices crossed the Rs 70 per kg mark at many places on Thursday with most people complaining that the government was not doing enough to contain the price rise. The Nashik-based National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF), […]
Delhi is among the most unsafe places for foreigners in India with 164 cases of heinous crimes registered here in 2014, the latest data released by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) has revealed. Of the 164 foreigners targeted, 135 were tourists. Goa follows close on the heels of the national capital with 73 cases, […]