[Funding Alert] Blockchain startup New Street Technologies raises $2M from Unitus

The Bengaluru-based company will use the funds raised to expand its footprint and tap into new customer segments

Apple launches credit card, subscription-driven news, video and gaming services

Apple is shifting focus towards its services division with three new offerings. Plus, it is entering credit card territory with attractive promises.

Boeing crisis makes it advantage Airbus

Image: Shutterstock The Asia growth story of the two big global aircraft manufacturers, US-based Boeing and Europe’s Airbus, is intrinsically...

The Daily Fix: Election Commission needs to be more proactive to improve trust in its systems

Over the last few years, the Election Commission of India has been under constant pressure to prove the efficiency of its electronic voting...

A counterpoint on jobs, agri distress and demonetisation

Modi’s Unfinished Agenda: In defence of jobs, demo and agri-angst. At the cusp of the historic 2019 elections, 897.8 million Indians will caste...

Debit card numbers are falling across India. Here’s why

India had 998 million debit cards in circulation in October 2018. Everyone expected that number to cross 1 billion before the year was out....

Meet 13-year-old Ganderbal boy, J&K’s rising badminton star

Ibrahim bin Ajaz Qureshi, 13, from Ganderbal is the first badminton player from Jammu and Kashmir who has reached 28th rank in 2018 and 32nd in...

Ideas for impact

Dolphin International School, Pulwama hosted ‘No Talk, All Action’ themed Techstars  Startup Weekend Srinagar for Kids in partnership with ...

Orchard Retreat & Spa announces new facilities, special offers

The Orchard Retreat & Spa, Srinagar, a popular family resort in the valley, continues to appeal to the family market by opening new facilities and...

The elections ahead

The ECI has announced the dates of the parliament election for the largest democratic country of the world. The first phase of election starts from...

Today’s technology tests the EC’s effectiveness

An unintended consequence of the staggering popularity of social media in the world is the mushrooming of completely useless controversies that have...

Another face of jihad

The abduction and forced conversion of two Hindu girls in Pakistan is another example of its attempts to infuriate India This is a gross human...

For RSS, this Lok Sabha election is more about defeating the radical Left

New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), considered by many to be the mainstay of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s bid to come back to power...

जवाबदेही और जिम्मेदारी

ज्यां द्रेज विसिटिंग प्रोफेसर,  अर्थशास्त्र विभाग,...

ऐसे आ सकते हैं कांग्रेस के अच्छे दिन

सुरेंद्र किशोर वरिष्ठ पत्रकार surendarkishore@gmail.com   जीवनभर...

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ന്യൂ​സി​ല​ൻ​ഡി​ലെ അ​ൽ‍ നൂ​ർ‍ പ​ള്ളി​യി​ൽ‍...

Patna Sahib Polls

It is rare for politicians to start electoral politics at the age of 64 — and, in that context, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad is indeed an...

How much Nyay in Rahul Gandhi’s Income transfer scheme?

Is Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income scheme for the poor breakthrough policy innovation to eradicate poverty or a path to fiscal and economic ruin?...

True or false?

I was reading  this very interesting book called Truth by Hector Macdonald  where the author shares his assessment of what he calls ‘...

Under Modi government, the PMGSY road scheme is connecting every last Indian

Roads are the arteries through which India’s economy throbs and thrives. By connecting farmers to markets, children to schools, rural to urban...

US-Taliban talks: Leveraging violence to negotiate peace?

The strategy behind the US-Taliban talks seems to be one of inflicting violence on each other on the ground, to build diplomatic leverage that can...

Rahul Gandhi’s Proposed Rainbow Alliance Has Some Colours Missing From The Spectrum

To ally or not to ally, that is the question. Rahul Gandhi, the prince of indecision, is not sure whether to make friends with frenemies. Waffling...

A Sensible Tale of Three Powers

What UP tie-ups portend for BJP in Lok Sabha polls

Lokpal: Myth to conception to birth to operational reality

After all the din and hallabulloo, we finally have the beginnings of an operational Lokpal. Since institutional memory in India is short, it is...

Inhuman LeT

A Class 6 student of Army Goodwill School, Atif Mir, who lived in Hajin area of Bandipora district aspired to pursue further studies at the...

Venture Catalysts launches new health tech accelerator, to invest in 20-25 early stage startups

Mumbai-based VCats and UK's Well Tech have come together to help startups build new tech-led business models in healthcare. Here's what the...

How these startups are helping stem the water crisis in India

As groundwater levels fall, and metros, towns, and villages across India face chronic water scarcity, we list five startups that are on a mission...

The political drama in Tamil Nadu: DMK-Congress combine appears to have edge over BJP-AIADMK

The forthcoming elections are going to be crucial for Tamil Nadu. The state will face polls for the first time without DMK’s M Karunanidhi and...

Long known as the state of Marxists-radicals, why Bengal is responding to the BJP’s overtures

“Are you a Bengali?” “Yes.” “Then you must be a communist.” This was a conversation I had with a senior bureaucrat 35 years ago, soon...

JNU Aspirants, I Feel Sorry For You

I know that the ruling regime has not yet succeeded in diminishing the honour of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Even though the university has been...

How a health scare led this IIT alumnus to launch an Ayurveda-based preventive care startup

Serial entrepreneur and IIT-Bombay alumnus Aadil Shah began with an edtech startup and has now moved to preventive healthcare.

Meet the Zoho Mafia: these five startups launched by former Zoho employees are going global

The Zoho Mafia has one mission: grow and let grow. The SaaS application company has created an ecosystem that has nurtured and encouraged umpteen...

Konnichiwa India: Japanese startups look to build stronger connect with the Indian ecosystem

Tech startups from Japan are keen to explore India for its market and to acquire technical talent.

Why foreign policy needs consensus

One of the interesting foreign policy ideas that Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled early in his tenure, was to enhance the role of states in...

Rafale delusion: Congress has failed to come up with any proof to implicate the government

The Congress Party’s conduct in the affair pertaining to the procurement of combat jets shows a complete disregard for national security and...

Opposition parties will have to copy Modi’s permanent campaign trick, sooner or later

For some time now, we have been hearing that “Modi has begun his campaign…”. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi demonetised 86 per cent...

Kashmir has ignored its juvenile justice law for years and is now moving to weaken it

In late summer of 2017, 16-year old Junaid* waited for his turn at Srinagar’s Bemina district court. He was visibly disoriented and shuffled in...

For ruling regime and Opposition, healthcare doesn’t seem to be an issue

As about 900 million voters prepare to elect their next government, the agenda for the Indian elections is supposedly decided. But there is an...

The Kanhaiya Kumar Episode Shows How the Left Has Lost Its Vision and Conviction

It’s hardly surprising that the joint opposition’s move denying Kanhaiya Kumar the opportunity to contest polls in Bihar’s Begusarai is making...

[Funding alert] Property Share raises $2M in Series A from LightSpeed, others

Online real estate investment platform Property Share, which allows shared ownership of property, has raised close to $2 million in Series A...

Extending a hand of friendship

The striking situational irony apart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on Pakistan  Day ( March...

Ending Poverty and Boosting Prosperity

The consideration of the development community has concentrated finally on the poorest individuals at all developed nations confronting the best...

Need to Reform

The right to quality education is, I believe, the perfect way to bridge the gap between different cultures, and reconcile various civilizations....

Vote for None Of The Above and that is the right choice

Poll bugle having been sounded, political parties have commenced electoral festivities. It is time for loaded jibes, like ‘Chokidar Chor Hai,’...

Is the start-up bubble waiting to be popped?

Between 1996 and 2002 , a new bubble was set by a wave of internet start-ups with mega valuations that defied traditional logic and norms. A new...

A lack of civility

In this age of widely-available cameras, instant uploads and viral videos, should our politicians be more circumspect? Some of the comments by...

Flying with a broken wing

The Jet Airways meltdown has been like a slow-motion car crash that has suddenly sped up. But what next for the airline and its founder Naresh...

Mind the gap

"Pheroze, I came here as soon as I could. Hope the tragic incident didn't shake you and your foundations, especially since it happened so close to...

Lok Sabha polls: Congress flunks alliance test, BJP stands out

Three months ago, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah had said the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will not be an ordinary election and called for...