Don’t restrict us in defence manufacturing space, private players say

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PerformanceGurus Staff New Delhi, Oct 23 The Indian government has identified six areas that private companies can bid for in the defence manufacturing space under...

Intrepid sepoys of the Raj – in combat and life (Book...

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PerformanceGurus Staff Title: The Sepoy; Author: Edmund Candler; Publisher: Life Span Publishers and Distributors; Pages: 139; Price:Rs.450 It was a splendid device of the British...

A make or mar round for BJP

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Navin Upadhyay New Delhi Factoid: Total Constituencies to go to poll in the third phase: 50 Total Candidates in the fray in the third phase: 808 Party-wise break up...

Style must accompany substance: A time for transformational leadership

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Amit Dasgupta Written for IANS It is extraordinary how quickly we believe smart slogans. Advertising and marketing are based precisely on the ability to win subscribers...

How to speed up WordPress sites? – Part 4

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Vishal Kothari This is the last part of the 4 part series on How to speed up WordPress sites. You can check Part 1, Part...

Ashwin was missed in the later part of the ODI series...

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PG Staff Mumbai, Oct 25 South Africa skipper A.B. de Villiers believes India missed star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin in the later part of the series, as...

RBI issues norlms for Gold monetization scheme – Modi tells the...

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PG Staff New Delhi, Oct 25 The gold monetization scheme will be launched in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday. "We have...

A Smartphone for the future: Sony Xperia Z5

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PG Staff New Delhi, Oct 25 Japanese electronics major Sony launched its new Xperia smartphones this week - Z5 and Z5 Premium - priced at ₹52,990...

Wind energy to power 170 trains in Belgium

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PG Staff Brussels, Oct 25 Belgium has launched an ambitious project to power 170 trains by wind energy -- and the first seven of the planned...

Know more about Africa

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PG Staff New Delhi, Oct 25 As the 3rd India Africa Forum Summit begins with preparatory meetings on Monday, IANS presents some key facts and figures...

Equity markets will be driven by Stimulus, Results & Derivatives

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PG Staff Mumbai, Oct 25 A Chinese stimulus, domestic quarterly results and a US decision on a rate hike - coupled with the expiry of derivatives...

The elephant walks silently in Bihar

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Navin Upadhyay Patna, Oct 25 Away from the strident calls of high-profile warriors, an elephant is silently riding across the battle-scarred landscape of Bihar polls. Not...

Rebels may trip Official candidates in Buxar

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PG Staff Buxar (Bihar), Oct 24 The Puranas describe Buxar as the battlefield of gods and demons. Politically speaking, 'gods' and 'demons' will fight...

Increased foreign flow swells India’s Forex coffers

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PG Staff Mumbai, Oct 24 A Strengthening rupee and increased foreign fund inflows into the equity markets buoyed India's foreign exchange (Forex) kitty by $458 million,...

Amaravati, the ancient capital of Satavahanas reborn

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PG Staff Vijayawada, Oct 24 No development of a new state capital has generated so much excitement as has Amaravati, whose foundation stone was laid...

Nitish visits tantrik, triggers row

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PerformanceGurus Staff Patna, Oct 24 Nitish Kumar visiting a tantric! Well, not many would associate the Bihar chief minister mumbo jumbo of occult. But on...

Sikh, Jain and modern India studies chairs in US varsity

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PerformanceGurus Staff Washington, Oct 24 Funded by $6 million in donations, the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has announced three new...

China cuts Bank lending rates by 25 basis points

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PG Staff Beijing, Oct 24 China's central bank has cut interest rates for the sixth time in a year and reduced the reserve requirement ratio...

Modi alone can save BJP in Bihar

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Navin Upadhyay Patna, Oct 24 The BJP will hope and pray that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will turn the tide in its favor in the battle...

Zaheer did the right thing, avers Srinath

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PG Staff Mumbai, Oct 23 Former India fast bowler and current International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Javagal Srinath believes that left-arm seamer Zaheer Khan's decision...