SAARC is in trouble basically because ...: Jaishankar in veiled attack on Pak

Ahead of the formation of a new government in Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday ruled out any immediate possibility of revival of regional grouping South Asian......

Modi Has Enormous Curiosity About The World

'From the very start, PM Modi was insistent that visiting foreign leaders should be exposed to an India beyond its capital.''Through these experiences, he felt that the full Indian narrative would......

Hijab Row Can Hurt Indian Diplomacy

India and Indians can ignore Pakistan, but that cannot be said of other nations in the neighbourhood, where New Delhi's 'Neighbourhood First' policy constantly reverberates.Four of the eight SAARC......

Wanted! A National Security Strategy

India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: Indian and......

Microsoft selects 54 startups in India's Tier 2 cities

Some of them include Spider G, NeuroTags, Genrobotic Innovations, AI Aeronautics, Synersense, Dealshare and NanoHealth. ‘Highway to a Hundred Unicorns,’ the Microsoft for startups......

Normal rain prediction lifts business sentiment

The IMD attributed the projection to a weakening of El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole turning positive. The monsoon is likely to be just normal at 96 per cent of the Long Period Average......

Flying to be cheaper, norms eased for Indian airlines to fly abroad

Airlines will also get tax incentives for operating on unserved routes under the regional connectivity scheme.   In a major reform of the aviation sector, government on Wednesday scrapped the......

Modi hopes GST bill will be passed this year

The GST bill, which has been approved by Lok Sabha, is pending in Rajya Sabha because of stiff resistance by Congress, the largest party in the House. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he......

No samba anymore!

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in these entertaining e-mails to Ivan Crasto, Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude's first e-mailHis secondHis thirdHis fourthHis 5th:......