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Read more about Quality mid-, small-caps may continue to do well: Reliance Securities CEO on Business Standard. In a Q&A, Lav Chaturvedi says the market is still predicting that the impact of the second wave of Covid-19 cases will not be as severe as last year

Why India’s complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic Why India’s complete economic disengagement from China is unrealistic If India hopes to implement infra projects in the neighbourhood to restrain China, it will have to create management groups to support diplomats on the ground. Madhu Bhalla 27 April, 2021 1:19 pm IST Text Size: A+ The near collapse of frameworks for strategic relations with China and the newly protectionist impu...

Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021? Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021? Sonam Malik (in blue) competes against Hanbit Lee (KOR) in the 62 Kg category during the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in February 2020 in New Delhi.  Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images From Indias first individual medallist (KD Jadhav, 1952) to the only double individual medallist (Sushil Kumar, 2008 and 2012), wrestling has been...

India Building Critical Road Along Border With China in Ladakh: Home Ministry The home ministry, which oversees the border infrastructure, told a parliamentary panel that the government had spent a total of Rs 2,156.09 crore in fiscal 2019-20 on border projects. BSF soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint along a highway leading to Ladakh, June 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail Security16/Mar/2021 New Delhi: India is undertaking a “standalone project” in Ladakh to build a critical road a...

57 roads, other infrastructure for ITBP under progress, House panel told

Digit NewsDesk  | Published on 04 Mar 2021 While Indian gamers are fighting scalpers selling the PS5 at exorbitant prices, it looks like some are looking to bring the console into their homes without their better half finding out. It doesn’t help that the console is quite huge, but what helps is that it looks like a Wi-Fi router, kinda.   Information making the rounds on Vietnamese Facebook networks tells the story of one such individual who wanted to bring home a PS5 and had to deceive...

Population fragmentation can decrease variation and endanger them further, says NCBS scientist

While Indian tigers have the highest genetic variation compared to other subspecies of the feline across the world, their populations continue to be fragmented by loss of habitat, leading to inbreeding and potential loss of this diversity, says a new study that may inform conservation strategies. "As human population started expanding, so also their signatures on the land. We know that some of these signatures would result in disrupting the ability of tigers to move," Uma Ramakrishnan, co-aut...

What Do Russia-Pakistan Ties Mean for India? A 2015 Russian Paper May Have the Answers The paper says India’s sensitivities regarding Pakistan have prevented Russia from accelerating the partnership, possibly effected by US influence to drive a wedge between Russia and India. Foreign secretary Harsh vardhan Shringla with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and others, in Moscow. Photo: Twitter/@IndEmbMoscow World20/Feb/2021 While Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met wit...

Updated: February 21, 2021 07:58 IST Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre Share Article AAA Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre Scholar Leela Gandhi said that what post-colonial theory “fails to recognize is that what counts as ‘marginal’ in relation to the West has often been central and foundational i...