IOA should think about sportspersons: Aditya Mehta

 - Our biggest problem with giving and receiving is that we try and track it. And when we do that, we lose the beat. - When we give, we think we are helping others. That's true, but we are also helping ourselves. These are just some inspiring words from Nipun Mehta who addressed the graduating class of 2013 at the Harker School, USA recently. Mehta is a social entrepreneur and the founder of ServiceSpace and believes in the power of giving. In this commencement speech, Mehta ...

Toronto, May 16: After adapting Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" for the big screen, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is working on a script based on Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s novel "Secret Daughter" about how two families are bound by a..

For many Indian chief executive officers planning to start new units, the only problems aren’t land acquisition, environment clearances and fund raising.Getting labour at plant sites is fast becoming extremely difficult, as the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme is creating a labour shortage, they say.Take the Aditya Birla Group’s UltraTech Cement, planning to spend Rs 12,000 crore in expanding its capacity.“We are facing an acute shortage of labour, which is impacting ...

With China conspicuously challenging India’s regional pre-eminence in aircraft carrier operations, the Indian Navy got a massive boost on Saturday with the commissioning of its first squadron of MiG-29K naval fighters. Indian Naval Air Squadron 303 (INAS 303), nicknamed the Black Panthers, will operate 16 single-seat MiG-29K fighters, and four twin-seat MiG-29KUB aircraft. The twin-seat version is primarily meant for training pilots, but it also carries weapons and can be used in combat.

Thanks to the unexpectedly big success of David Dhawan’s Chashme Buddoor, the fear of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) has been exorcized from the minds of filmmakers, who, until recently, were fearful of losing out a part of their audience to cricket.“Chashme Baddoor is this year’s assurance to a nervous-as-hell industry," says trade expert Komal Nahata. "The IPL is like a monster that the film industry needs to be assured against every year. Fears were quashed last ...

New Delhi: As the battle begins for the sixth edition of Indian Premier League, let’s take a quick look at the teams assembled for the fight.Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders owned by Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan, actor Juhi Chawla and ...

The monsoon is often linked to romance, this rainy season brighten up your wardrobe by adding outfits in hues of red, green, and bright purple. “Dark colours are popular as they don’t make mud and water stains prominent. Red, green, bright purple ...

The sudden weakening of the rupee has set some cash registers ringing for Indian apparel exporters, at least for a short run. According to industry players, margins in apparel exports have risen by five-seven per cent in the past few days. “The bottom line has improved for us. The rupee depreciation has increased our export realisations by five-seven per cent. This will encourage us to go for more orders now,” says Gautam Jain, partner of Bangalore-based garment exporter Mahalaxmi ...

Ahmedabad: Opposition parties in Gujarat led by Congress on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's poll panel head and termed it as a "divisive politics" that sidelined party patriarch L K Advani. "The post of poll panel head of a ...