A recent letter written by the CAG Shashikant Sharma to the finance minister, seeking access to required information through RTI, exposes once more the lacunae in the powers of the Supreme Audit Institution. Himanshu Upadhyaya analyses the debate around the issue.

Many believe that in business, environmental values and a pro-poor focus are liabilities. But a set of global factors are going to change the rules of the game, warns Stuart Hart, a leading authority on the implications of sustainable development and environmentalism for business. An India Together exclusive interview.

"The producer wanted to make a good film, and we didn't think about anything else", says Unni Vijayan, director of the national award-winning film Lessons in Forgetting. Padmalatha Ravi catches up with the director to know more about this film and its making.

In Advani's worldview, populist sorrow over the Babri Masjid demolition, and Narendra Modi's re-election after the Gujarat riots amount to democratic endorsement of whatever happened, and is sufficient political accountability. Thankfully, the Supreme Court doesn't agree, notes Firdaus Ahmed.

An apparently well-intended plan to help very poor tribes in Madhya Pradesh find sustainable livelihoods bears no relation to the reality of how it is actually implemented. Money is simply distributed and disappears, but things remain unchanged. Susmita Guru reports.

They are two simple, rural women, living in rural Andhra Pradesh, in an area known for its arid soils, its resultant lack of food and its poverty. And unbelievable as it may seem, the answer to the healthy skins of Chandramma and Narsamma lies in good nutrition. Keya Acharya has more.

Recent advances in Indian surgical capabilities have put the world on notice that our doctors are capable of providing world-class care. The question now is, how do we get this to the masses? Ramesh Menon reports.

For the three million plus marginalised people living in Assam's riverine ‘chars’, boat clinics arrive once every month with basic health supplies, services and education. Ratna Bharali Talukdar reports on this innovative healthcare delivery system.

Sloppy and biased surveys of damaged houses and paltry compensation have made the flood victims in Koppal and Bellary districts run from pillar to post to get what is rightfully theirs, writes Savita Hiremath.

A public hearing on NREGA in a remote village in Bihar created a confrontation between a leader accused of corruption and the workers who exposed him. Rajesh Veeraraghavan was there and he recorded this story.

अक्षय कुमार (Akshay Kumar) इस फिल्‍म में वरुण बने हैं और करीना कपूर खान (Kareena Kapoor Khan) दीप्‍ती बत्रा, जो शादी के 7 साल बाद अब बच्‍चा चाहते हैं. लेकिन फिर एंट्री होती है हनी बत्रा यानी दिलजीत दोसांझ (Diljit Dosanjh) और मोनिका बत्रा यानी कियारा आडवाणी (Kiara Advani) की...

दूरदर्शन (Doordarshan) ने अपने पिटारे से एक और तोहफा दर्शकों के लिए न‍िकाला है. 'रामायण' (Ramayan) और 'महाभारत' (Mahabharat) के बाद अब जल्‍द ही DD पर 'श्री कृष्‍णा' (Shri Krishna) सीरियल की वापसी होने जा रही है.

प्रियंका चोपड़ा इस खबर को लेकर खासी एक्साइटेड हैं. उन्होंने अपने ट्विटर अकाउंट के जरिए अपनी खुशी सबके साथ शेयर की.

Certainly, it is not an easy choice as both have their pros and cons.

Locking up healthy people in their homes and putting wholesale populations under house arrest is perverse. Coronavirus panic merchants and fearmongers have wrecked entire economies based on flimsy evidence and with little public scrutiny. Lockdowns...

A fire broke out in a pharmaceutical packaging factory in the Satpur industrial area on Thursday night. While there were no casualties, goods and articles, collectively amounting to over Rs 35 lakh, was gutted in the fire.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Monday pledged support in the fight against fake forwards on social media, saying the nation needs to play together to win this battle.

The authors added that modern-day work patterns are becoming increasingly complex, diversified and personalised, making it harder to track whether teleworking is definitively contributing energy savings.

While Musk and Grimes mightwant to use X Æ A-12 as the kid's nickname, they'll officially have to name the child something else.

On the effectiveness of India's COVID-19 strategy, 73% of the respondents said it has been successful so far.

It further said that although 2020 is a lost year, in terms of trade, India can think long-term and build relations so that it can occupy the space vacated by China.

Actor Aasif Sheikh, who has become a household name for his role in Babhi Ji Ghar Pe Hain, talked about what made him quit films and return to television.

Aasif and Salman have worked in the 1995 movie Karan Arjun.

Kareena Kapoor shared a throwback picture from when she was shooting for Lal Singh Chadha, co-starring Aamir Khan.

It is interesting to note how Apple has swiftly phased out the butterfly keyboards from its MacBook lineup.

While mobile phones remained the most searched item, searches for the mid-premium segment witnessed the biggest surge within the category.

Experienced India wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has revealed he played with nine fingers all throughout his career as he lost his little finger as a six-year old child.

While speaking to his fans, Kohli also talks about the things he misses while staying at home like the IPL, the excitement the tournament brings for the players and the fans and the magical moments that are created.

It may not appear more than an extension of the original sleeper hit, but it’s mostly meant for fans. You won’t get some jokes if you don’t remember what happened in the first film.

Overall, while the film is mega-mounted and technically impressive. It does not offer anything that's new and exciting. Read our full review of 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' below.

An urbane comedy with the fresh subject of a pregnancy switcheroo, 'Good Newwz' may well be the family entertainer that city slickers opt for this weekend. Read our full review of the latest Bollywood film below.

Kareena Kapoor deserves special mention for rooting her character in believability. There's a lot to enjoy in the film despite its bumps. Not a bad way to end the year.

In Jawaani Jaaneman, Saif Ali Khan is in good form once again, but saddled with the kind of material he knows inside out.

Indian men's hockey team vice-captain Mandeep Singh is confident that they will perform well at the Olympic test event in Tokyo, where they will play three matches.

In their Tour of Belgium, the Indian men's hockey team have now defeated Spain twice.

India suffered their first loss of the Sultan of Johor Cup campaign, losing to Japan 3-4.

The Indian Junior men's hockey team will be vying to qualify for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup at the Asia Cup next year.

Indian men's hockey team forward Gurjant Singh said that it will be a crucial game against Belgium in the FIH Pro League.

Australian men's hockey team captain Aran Zalewski said that the FIH Pro League matches against India will serve as good preparation ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Jose Mourinho said he is missing football and if the Premier League returns, players will still be putting on a show for millions watching around the world.

Igor Stimac, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Thomas Dennerby, Maymol Rocky, Bibiano Fernandes, Shuvendu Panda were in attendance from their respective homes.

Lewis Hamilton finished in fifth place at the Mexican Grand Prix's second free practice, damping hopes of wrapping up his sixth driver's world title this weekend.

A man always thinks what action can make his woman enjoy orgasm. Women don't open up and speak when asked about good lovemaking. This is why, men use their mind and sense to find out what type of lovemaking makes a

The findings showed that people with access to a private garden had higher psychological wellbeing and those with an outdoor space such as a yard were more likely to meet physical activity guidelines.

Gas leak was detected on a goods train transporting LPG on Saturday at Bhopal railway station in Madhya Pradesh, a Railways official said.

Kissing and making out with your partner before sleeping improves your mood the next day.Couples who fight and go to bed are likely to wake up with a bad mood. This effects his/her work at the office too. After a fight,

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received 4.8 times the notified bids at the auction of the new 10-year government security paper (G-Sec). These are scheduled to mature in 2030 and carry a coupon rate (interest) of 5.79 percent,

Google's Android OS is all about customization and personalizing the smartphone's user experience. It is the open-source nature of Google's mobile operating system that makes it possible to have hundreds of iterations of the stock Android OS. Among the various custom

When it comes to producing CPUs, AMD is ahead of its competition. The brand has launched products like Ryzen Threadripper with 64 physical cores and 128 hyper threads with a peak CPU frequency of 4.3GHz. Most of the general users might

You might have seen low-light photos of moving objects on your social media feed. Have you ever wondered how are such images taken? At least I did. I recently attended Vivo's Night-Walk in Bengaluru to explore the camera capabilities of the