Russia Offers India Role In Arctic Sea Route

Indian and Russian officials have discussed Indian-Russian cargo transit along the Northern Sea route, joint projects in Arctic shipbuilding and possible training of Indian sailors for polar......

Close shave between Russian fighter jet and US F-16

Military officials released new video on Monday of a close encounter between a Russian fighter jet and a US Air Force F-16 interceptor near Alaska, Associated Press has reported. IMAGE: A US F-16.......

Russia Eyes India To Sell Small Nuclear Plants

The major advantages of such plants are no need of land to build the reactors, earthquake resistant, abundance of water for active or passive cooling. IMAGE: Russia's floating nuclear power plant......

South Asia: It Is Climate Change, Stupid

India should encourage the second coming of SAARC with climate change as an urgent agenda and keeping Indian security concerns in mind as the subtext, suggest Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd)......

India Inc braces for fallout of Russia-Ukraine crisis

Stocks of Indian companies with exposure to Europe fell on Tuesday amid concerns about the impact on their sales in case the Russia-Ukraine crisis worsens and the US and its allies impose economic......

What is India's top risk stemming from Covid?

'The climate crisis remains the biggest long-term threat facing humanity. Failure to act on climate change could shrink global GDP by one-sixth.' A fracture of interstate relations could be......

Bharti's OneWeb to bring satellite broadband to India in 2022

Bharti Group-backed OneWeb on Monday said it has entered an arrangement with the commercial arm of ISRO, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), to launch its satellite in India from 2022. The arrangement......

Bharti to invest Rs 3,700 cr more into OneWeb

Bharti will invest an additional $500 million (over Rs 3,700 crore) into OneWeb, to become the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company that billionaire Sunil Mittal-run Bharti......

Are Ananya-Aditya The Newest Couple In Town?

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/ Rediff.com Are Ananya Panday and Aditya Roy Kapur the latest couple in tinseltown? Social media seems to think so. The actors reportedly attended a concert in......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

11 BEAUTIFUL STORIES From Around The World

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival. As the pandemic situation began to improve and movie theatres opened up in North America, the Toronto......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Satwik-Chirag's comeback bid: Can they reclaim glory?

IMAGE: The former world number one duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's shoulder injury. Photograph: Satwiksairaj......

Lakshya makes first-round exits at Denmark Open, Sindhu advances

IMAGE: Lakshya Sen, a 2021 World championship bronze medallist, squandered an opening game advantage. Photograph: BAI/X India's Lakshya Sen battled hard against China's Lu Guang Zu but ultimately......

Lakshya Sen, other Indians shown door in Finland

IMAGE: India's Lakshya Sen went down fighting in the pre-quarterfinals of the Arctic Open on Thursday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lakshya Sen/X Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen squandered a one-game......

Artic Open badminton: George stuns World No 25 Wei

IMAGE: Kiran George won in straight games against World No 25 Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei at the Arctic Open Super 500 tournament. Photograph: BAI Media/X Indian qualifier Kiran George shocked......

Rising Indian shuttler Malvika shocks World No. 23 Sung

IMAGE: Malvika Bansod in action. Photograph: Olympics / X Rising Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod continued her impressive form this year, pulling off a stunning upset against world No. 23 Sung Shuo......