Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, as well as ace India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni have made it to the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 rankings of the world’s highest-paid celebrities. Both Bachchan and Salman share the 71st rank with earnings of $33.5 million each, while Akshay with $32.5 million is placed 76th. […]
India’s indigenous main battle tank (MBT) Arjun, which was developed after years of delays and cost-overruns, came in for praise from a top Chinese military research academy here that concentrates on the engineering requirements of the armed forces. Senior Colonel Liu Degang, deputy commander of the Beijing-based academy, said that the MBT is “very good” […]
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reported. The epicentre of the quake was recorded at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. The tremors were felt across Punjab province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the capital city of Islamabad, Geo News reported. Tremors […]
A step-wise approach can send humans to Mars in a much efficient and cheap way, scientists say. The new strategy can be achieved within projected NASA budgets by minimising new developments and relying mainly on already-available or planned NASA assets, the researchers noted. According to Hoppy Price, John Baker and Firouz Naden from the Jet […]
Title: Without God, is Everything Permitted?; Author: Julian Baggini; Publisher: Quercus/Hachette India; Pages: 262; Price: Rs.399 Does the study of ethics and morality have any relevance in our contemporary action-oriented, technology-driven materialistic world where philosophy is dismissed as only an academic activity? Yes, it does if we are to make informed, rational choices on a […]
Customers in Sydney’s West and North West will benefit from 315 extra weekly bus services, taking the number of extra public transport services introduced by the NSW Government to more than 14,000. Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance said the services, which begintomorrow, include a brand new bus route with 175 extra weekly Hillsbus […]
The lawyer for an Indian man who fled Australia after killing a student in a Melbourne hit-and-run said he will use his client’s serious medical condition to fight any extradition. Puneet was allegedly drunk and driving at 148 km per hour when he hit and killed 19-year-old student Dean Hofstee and seriously injured 20-year-old Clancy […]
The much-awaited Metro train service here was flagged off on Monday by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Jayalalithaa used video conference to launch the service on an overhead stretch between Koyambedu and Alandur, covering 10.15 km, which the train would cover in 19 minutes with six stations. By road it would take at least […]
India’s position, since the Narendra Modi government completed one year in office, has been a matter of wide-ranging discussion and speculation. Numerous articles have been written about the economy and other aspects of India’s prospects for the future. A pertinent question to ask in the economic sphere is how does India fare in its overall […]
Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday promised a “full spectrum response” to Islamist extremism, after British tourists were killed in attack on “Bloody Friday” on a Tunisian beach resort. The killings were “absolutely horrific”, but the terror threat would be beaten. “This is, I think, going to be the struggle of our generation and we […]