India, China to hold talks in Beijing on Wednesday to restore ties

The special representatives of India and China on border issues will meet in Beijing on Wednesday to discuss the restoration of bilateral ties following the October 21 agreement to disengage troops......

Delhi air quality plummets to alarming levels despite curbs

Delhi's air quality plummeted to alarming levels on Tuesday after 24 days, with many areas witnessing a significant spike in pollution despite the strictest measures, including a ban on......

Maha poll: Why over 12 lakh workers likely to miss voting

More than 12 lakh sugarcane cutters from Marathwada, north Maharashtra, and Vidarbha could miss their opportunity to vote in the upcoming state assembly elections on November 20. Photograph: ANI......

Men shouldn't be ladies' tailors: UP women's panel

Men should not take women's measurements at tailor shops, they should not cut a woman's hair or train her in the gym either -- these are some of the proposals from the Uttar Pradesh State Women......

ATMs to loans: All eyes on the road for finance world

A South Block and Mint Road tango is in the offing in 2025, foregrounded by deeper consultations with various stakeholders. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the Union Budget for......

Govt dissolves Pronab Sen-led panel on statistics, cites 'overlap' in work

Formed in July 2023, the SCoS was supposed to advise the Union government on survey methodology, including sampling frame, sampling design, and survey instruments. With the dissolution of former......

Ratan Tata's Biggest Contribution To Management Theory

'It is notable how humble he was and didn't want anything different just because he was a Tata.' IMAGE: Ratan Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, at the Tata Steel annual general meeting in......

Quality Lapses Shut Down Drug Makers

Most of the pharma units are failing in documentation, and validation processes, and many don't have full-fledged quality control laboratories. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Probe launched into racist insults during El Clasico

IMAGE: Barcelona's Lamine Yamal (right) was subject to racist abuse during the El Classico against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters The Spanish......

Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony Plans Unveiled

IMAGE: IOC Coordination Commission chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant said he was confident Paris 2024 would be in position to deliver excellent Games. Photograph: Gonzalo......

Olympic Truce commences as IOC chief Bach visits Hiroshima

IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), bump elbows at the start of their talks at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building......

Serbian athlete tests positive on arrival in Japan for Olympics

The report comes after two members of the Ugandan Olympic delegation tested positive for the coronavirus last month upon arrival in Japan. One tested positive at Narita airport near Tokyo, but the......

IOC still ironing out medical needs at Tokyo Games

'The IOC is actively working with its Japanese partners in the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and with the National Olympic Committees on the details of this policy (of flying in additional......