'Even though as Xi will seemingly continue to stay in power beyond his third term, competitions for the post-Xi leadership would be inevitably unfolded beneath the surface of water, and that will......
Fifty years ago, India's first prime minister passed into the ages. On his death anniversary, May 27, Rediff.com commenced a series to evaluate Jawaharlal Nehru's legacy. M J Akbar, editor-in-chief......
Ramananda Sengupta explains how 'crap cannons' can be an effective mob-control weapon. Imagine a sonic weapon that could make everyone within a 100-metre radius involuntarily evacuate their......
'When we have a terrorist outfit in a neighbouring nation, we need to do whatever we can to neutralise that threat,' says Ramananda Sengupta. We should have seen it coming. Daesh, or Islamic State......
Lieutenant General Jacob Farj Rafael Jacob (retired) -- Jake to his friends -- passed into the ages on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. In tribute to the great soldier, we bring you this fascinating......
Navdeep Suri, joint secretary (West Africa) in the Indian ministry of external affairs, is the consul general-designate for Johannesburg, South Africa, and will be taking up his position later this......
Speaker after speaker urged India to get involved in their country at the day-long India-Africa project partnership meeting organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry at Mumbai's Hyatt......
Seven memoranda of understanding were signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official visit to Tashkent on Wednesday, according to the joint statement released after Dr Singh's......
Despite reservations about 'power and manpower' in India, several large German companies - including BMW,Volkswagen, Bosch, Deutsche Bank and Boehringer - have pledged to invest millions of euros......
The caste system is dead. Long live the caste system. V P Singh might be smiling now, but the curses of thousands, nay millions, of Indians denied access to higher education because of this goddamn......
Let me tell you a secret or three. Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene, whose sarcophagus is buried under the crystal pyramid at the Louvre. Their progeny, born after Jesus' was crucified, was......