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The BIS Bottleneck: Why India May Exempt High-Tech Manufacturers From its Own Quality Rules
The BIS Bottleneck: Why India May Exempt High-Tech Manufacturers From its Own Quality Rules
8 min read
India expanded its quality-control regime to block unsafe imports and strengthen domestic manufacturing. But semiconductor tools, precision machinery and specialised components are produced in small v ...
The Highs, Lows & Length of Prasidh Krishna: Why India Keeps Returning to its Unfinished Fast Bowler
10 min read
At 6-foot-3, Prasidh Krishna offers India rare fast-bowling geometry: height, pace and steep bounce. Injuries cost him two IPL seasons, wayward spells threatened his international career and England p ...
Add Sachin, Make it Incredible: But Does Credibility Guarantee Celebrity Fit?
5 min read
Häfele has put Sachin Tendulkar inside a modern kitchen. Spinny used the “God of Cricket” to make a “God Promise” about used cars. Brands know Sachin can lend almost any claim credibility. The harder ...
INS Nipun Explained: Inside India’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Rescue Ship and Its Role in Saving Trapped Sailors
9 min read
The Indian Navy’s second indigenous Diving Support Vessel can sustain divers hundreds of metres below the surface, deploy remotely operated machines into the deep and serve as the mother ship for a su ...
She vanished after Raaz. 23 years later, Malini Sharma is growing vegetables in the Sahyadris
3 min read
Once a familiar face in music videos, television and the hit horror film Raaz, Malini Sharma quietly walked away from Bollywood. Today, she runs a farmstay near Pune, grows her own food and says she i ...
When school lunch becomes a health scare: Why the Kota incident is putting India’s mid-day meal system back in focus
3 min read
Twenty-seven children fell ill after lunch at a government school in Rajasthan's Kota. Coming days after a detergent mix-up sickened students in Bihar, the incident is reviving an uncomfortable questi ...
It came for the gold, found the judges instead: Weightlifting robot crashes at World Humanoid Robot Games
3 min read
A humanoid robot tried to lift a weight. Seconds later, it lost balance, toppled forward and crashed into the judges' table. The internet, naturally, had a field day.
Trump Approval Stalls at 33% as Iran War Support Falls and Gas Prices Surge
7 min read
Only 31% of Americans now support US military action against Iran, while 83% expect a prolonged conflict. With Republican backing slipping, petrol prices climbing and the midterms approaching, Trump’s ...
From Crew to a crime file: How a former air hostess landed in a ₹30 lakh narcotics probe
4 min read
Bollywood's Crew turned air hostesses into accidental smugglers on screen. In Gujarat, police now allege a former cabin crew member was carrying nearly a kilogram of mephedrone on a real highway. The ...