AS SANIA MIRZA TAKES A FEW MONTHS OFF FROM AHECTIC PLAYING SEASON TO SAVOUR GOLGAPPAS WITH ROGER FEDERER, SHE TALKS ABOUT HER FORM, EXPECTATIONS FROM RIO OLYMPICS AND WHO SHE MIGHT PARTNER WITH FOR THE DOUBLES It was in 2012, just before the London Olympics, that Sania Mirza was the centre of att...
We’ve all heard that bit of “Just one more day”. It could be just one more day to finish a project, or just one more day to complete that long pending assignment, or just one more day before you start getting into shape for that coveted dress. When I get tired of getting this just one more ...
TAPI PIPELINE MAY FOSTER ENERGY ACCORD BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN
ENERGY ALLIANCE//The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline, is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Asian Development Bank. The pipeline will transport Caspian Sea natural gas from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan a...
The once-in-a-100-years rainfall
CALAMITY// On December 1 and 2, Chennai received 345 mm of rainfall. This is more rain than has ever fallen on the city in the past 100 years; in fact, since 1901, according to US space agency NASA. The city was completely flooded with many areas under six to 10 feet of water. Boats, rather than c...
10 BSF personnel killed as aircraft crashes near Delhi airport
TRAGEDY// Ten personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were killed on December 22 as a small plane crashed near the Delhi airport just after take-off. All on board the B 200 Super King — three officers and seven senior technicians — were killed. The plane, a 22-year-old Beechcraft, took of...
Sonia, Rahul Gandhi granted bail in National Herald case
TRIAL// Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and party Vice President Rahul sought and got bail in the National Herald case after a local court rejected complainant Subramanian Swamy’s opposition to the relief for them on the ground that they are influential and can flee the country. Form...
IPL// The cities of Pune and Rajkot will host two new Indian Premier League (IPL) teams. This was decided at an auction last month organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The two new city teams will replace Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which have been...
DELHI TO PLAY ODD-EVEN GAME WITH CARS
ENVIRONMENT// New Delhi has the worst air quality in the world, and with the winter setting in, cold air is making it difficult for the pollution to escape. With air quality so bad that anyone can get sick by just breathing the dirty air, the government of Delhi has decided to take some drastic st...
Paris accord shows collective wisdom of world leaders
CLIMATE CHANGE: THE WORLD FINALLY AGREES ON A PLAN CONFERENCE// One couldn’t have asked for a bigger Christmas present. Nearly 200 countries came together in Paris, France, last month to agree on a plan to save Planet Earth by halting climate change. The agreement comes after 20 years of argu...