China is expected to boost its nuclear arsenal after President Xi Jinping's remarks at the key Congress of the ruling Communist Party in Beijing for the first time that Beijing will establish......
If China pushes ahead with the proposal, Xi would become the country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, who ruled for more than three decades through 1976. In an unprecedented move, China's......
The Politburo Standing Committee -- the most powerful body in China -- is unveiled, but in a break from Communist party convention, no successor to Xi Jinping is named. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi......
Image: Nobel Peace Prize laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai hold a news conference in Oslo. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala......
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) examines the fallout of China's space achievement on Indian science and technology.Part I: Chinaman in space: Wake up call for IndiaAt the very basic level, Indian......
In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank. The clock had......
Robert Kuhn, advisor to Ernst and Young Global and someone who has been advising China’s leadership for over two decades on economic and industrial policy, tells Nayanima Basu in an interview......
Even before the Directorate General of Civil Aviation could approve its acquisition of Air Sahara, Jet Airways has appointed its people to key positions in the Lucknow-headquartered airline.The......
Back in 1980, just after the Iranian revolution, The Economist asked Godfrey Jansen, who was based in Beirut at the time to write a long report on militant Islam... Jansen, who died in 1998, was an......
Did you know Clark Gable nearly didn't say 'Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn' in Gone With The Wind?Or about the film's India connections? IMAGE: Rhett Butler and the widowed Scarlett O'Hara......
Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!Alicia Rhett, who starred in 1939’s Gone With The Wind, has passed away due to natural causes. She was 98. According......
Intelligent thrillers are a rarity these daysand Dreams on Frames' Tamil film Meipporul (The Truth) hopes to provide a distinctive fare, challenging its viewers, as opposed illogical entertainers.......
IMAGE: Playing for Lancashire, James Anderson reached the landmark during an impressive new-ball spell when he had Heino Kuhn caught behind by Dane Vilas. Photograph: DK/Twitter England seamer......
IMAGE: Rafael Nadal in action. Photograph: Barcelona Open/Twitter World number two Rafael Nadal dropped a set at the Barcelona Open for the first time in four years before advancing to the last......
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Portuguese soccer manager Jose Mourinho falls down, as ice hockey players Evgeny Medvedev and Pavel Datsyuk stand nearby,......
IMAGE: Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine plays a shot against Naomi Osaka of Japan. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Ukrainian second seed Elina Svitolina ended Naomi Osaka's remarkable recent run......
'He has come on leaps and bounds as a cricketer and this series has really defined him as a player for us.' IMAGE: Moeen Ali celebrates taking the wicket of South Africa's Duanne Olivier to give......