Modi-Biden hold hour-long talks ahead of Quad summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held an "extremely fruitful" meeting with US President Joe Biden, who described the India-US partnership as "stronger, closer, and more dynamic than any......

Modi lands in Philadelphia, to meet Biden ahead of Quad talks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in the US on a three-day visit to “further strengthen India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership,” attend the Quad summit and......

Beware! China, Pakistan's Bangladesh Games

Bangladesh is in turmoil, which is not good news for India, which shares a porous 4,000 km border with it. There is a danger of fundamentalism growing there, and India has to move in to reset its......

Guess Their Ages Folks!

There's much talk in the United States about how the main contenders in November's presidential election are old and have dodgy memories. But as The Wall Street Journal newspaper pointed out on......

Battle for skies: Tatas kick-start Air India fleet expansion via leasing

In its first move to significantly expand the fleet after the Tatas took over, Air India has leased 25 Airbus narrow-body aircraft and five Boeing wide-body planes. Photograph: Regis......

Delhi airport displaced Dubai as world's second busiest in March

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, India’s largest, emerged as the second busiest airport in the world in March, displacing Dubai Airport and trailing only Atlanta in the......

Trouble brewing for India's GIFT City

At the end of October, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena handed over the deeds for the transfer of 116 hectares in Colombo Port City to China Harbour Engineering Company on a 99-year lease......

US-China trade war: What India must do

'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.''The size of our market......

Dorsa Yavarivafa: From fleeing Iran to Paris Olympics

IMAGE: Dorsa Yavarivafa, badminton player selected to represent the IOC Refugee Olympic Team in the Paris 2024 games. Photograph: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters On a rainy November morning in......

Beijing Winter Olympics: 55 COVID-19 cases on Feb 2, highest daily tally

IMAGE: An official tests the course ahead of the Freestyle Skiing at the Shougang Big Air ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 03, 2022. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty......

COVID cases mount as athletes arrive in Beijing

IMAGE: People wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters During the past four days China has detected 119......

How China's coronavirus is affecting sports world

Badminton, tennis and basketball were among other sports whose governing bodies were rearranging events, weighing possible changes or monitoring the implications of the outbreak. IMAGE: Security......

Sports Shorts: Thapa in Asian C'ships quarters

IMAGE: Shiva Thapa will look to add another medal to his tally. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Shiva Thapa inched closer to adding a record fourth medal by entering the 60kg......