'In Eastern Ladakh the Chinese attempted salami slicing.''Our response has been superb. Our military has responded magnificently.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ADG PI - Indian Army In nearly 35 years......
'China need not worry about a 'resurgent India'.''It's not going to happen.'Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com On May 9, 2006, Business Standard......
Very few today realise that without Brigadier John Dalvi's courage, we would never have known what really happened during those tragic days of October/November 1962, reveals Claude Arpi. IMAGE:......
'There is a compulsion to look hard, decisive, and risk-taking; start something; and then conclude it in a way you can claim victory.''That is not such an easy option against China,' notes Shekhar......
'Galbraith had a powerful ally in Washington -- not as blunt and direct as the ambassador -- but committed to see Krishna Menon go.''This was President Kennedy himself.'A revealing excerpt from......
The contagion of panic about banks spread last week to Europe and even the US, where banks have deleveraged substantially since the great financial crisis in 2008, rues Rahul Jacob There may never......
Image: Economic growth revived to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2014-15. Photograph: Reuters The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent......
An interesting bit of history reveals that Mr JP Morgan, yes, the Mr Morgan, mega-financial tycoon, was quoted as saying: "Millionaires don't use astrology, billionaires do!" It is a documented......
Chinese inflation reached an 11-year high of 6.9 per cent in November, a level that will harden Beijing's resolve to tighten monetary policy and probably further delay energy price reform. The......
You thinkyou've seen and heard it all before. But then something comes along to stop your heart. "In the current, weak-Dollar situation," says German economist Peter Bofinger in an interview with......
IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty marched ahead. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the......
The absence of double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu, London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and men's doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also hurt India's prospect as the......