India bought Pegasus as part of defence deal with Israel: Report

The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according......

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.Will fortunes change, wonders Shyam G Menon. Photograph:......

Al Qaeda's Europe attack plan has US on edge

US and European security and intelligence agencies have launched a massive manhunt for a team of Al Qaeda commandos planning to carry out Mumbai-style terror attacks in European cities. Disclosures......

Time for Congress to get down from high horse

What we have in the Congress is a useful glue to hold a non-cultural, unified Opposition together.That is the sacrifice the Congress must be willing to live with if showing the BJP the door is what......

'Govt won't privatise GIC Re at this stage'

'Because it is the only public sector company in this sector, currently.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)......

Sebi inks pacts with 27 regulators in European Union

Sebi has entered into pacts with 27 securities market regulators in the European Union for consultation, cooperation and exchange of information related to the supervision of Alternative Investment......

India's CARE joins four others to launch global rating agency

Credit ratings organisations from five countries are launching a new global agency, touting it as an alternative to the Big Three agencies which they say no longer meet the needs of the new......

Market turmoil leaves investors poorer by more than Rs 4.3 lakh crore

Domestic equity investors' wealth eroded by more than Rs 4.43 lakh crore on Monday as fears of a financial contagion triggered by one of the biggest bank failures in the US roiled market......

'Manchester United can take next step with Europa success'

IMAGE: United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he was delighted with the performance of defender Chris Smalling, who returned to the club after a season-long loan spell at Serie A side Roma.......

Dortmund attack probe: Germany detains suspect with Islamist background

IMAGE: Fans of AS Monaco leave the Signal Iduna Park area after the match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco was cancelled after the team bus of the Borussia Dortmund football club was......

Ex-FIFA boss Blatter loses appeal against six-year ban

CAS said in a statement that its three-man panel had determined that Sepp Blatter "breached the FIFA code of ethics since the payment amounted to an undue gift as it had no contractual basis".......

Olympics: Organisers, bookies to fight illegal betting

Betting industry representatives will meet organisers of the London Olympics on Tuesday to discuss ways to prevent illegal gambling which some officials regard as a bigger threat to the integrity......

Two football officials plead not guilty in FIFA bribe case

IMAGE: Paraguayan and former president of the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL Juan Angel Napout (2nd from left), departs the US Federal Court after pleading not guilty in the......