After disengagement, focus should be on...: Jaishankar on LAC row

The disengagement part of the "problem" with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh has been put at rest and the focus should now be on de-escalation, External Affairs......

Disengagement may pave way for further steps: Jaishankar

India and China have made "some progress" in disengagement, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday, describing it as a "welcome" move which opens up the possibility that other steps......

We haven't played any role, but ....: Russian envoy on Modi-Xi talks

Russian envoy to India Denis Alipov on Monday termed the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan as a positive......

India way behind China, need to catch up: IAF chief

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Friday said the IAF is aiming to have its entire inventory produced in India by 2047 under the indigenisation programme even as he asserted that......

Tata's Plan To Make Air India Great Again

It offers a real opportunity for the flag carrier to compete on the world stage, backed by a leading conglomerate with deep pockets like the Tatas, observes Indrajit Gupta. Photograph: Punit......

Cooking gas cylinders to cost Rs 50 more

Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder -- the first increase in rates in almost eight months -- that came within days of end of polling in three North-Eastern states and......

Geopolitical situation a bigger worry for markets than rate hikes: Analysts

An escalation in the already simmering tensions between North and South Korea, China and Taiwan, and Russia and Ukraine could prove to be a bigger worry for the markets over the next few months......

Rupee trade: Two Russian banks get RBI nod for special vostro account

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given its approval to two Russian banks for opening special vostro account for rupee trade. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Sberbank, JSC VTB —......

Ahead of Paris Games, Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry......

All About Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

IMAGE: Unlike for previous Olympics, the Paris 2024 opening ceremony will not take place in a stadium. Photograph: Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Paris will begin its Olympics extravaganza with......

Hundreds mourns champion kickboxer killed fighting Russian troops

IMAGE: The late Vitalii Merinov’s wife Vita and two-year-old daughter Leia next to the coffin. Photograph: Yuriy Rylchuk/Reuters Hundreds of residents of the Ukrainian city of......

IOC: Bow to demands to ban Russian or risk boycott

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Olympic movement is facing its biggest dilemma since the Cold War: bow to demands to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes or risk the first......

Aryna Sabalenka, the first 'neutral' Grand Slam champion

IMAGE: Aryna Sabalenka will not have "Belarus" next to her name on the winner's trophy, the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images With daring, resolve and a......