'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says,......
'Since there is no photo-op, or quick fix solutions, politicians do not want to address climate change. It is very unfashionable.' IMAGE: Search and rescue operations underway in Wayanad.......
The trigger that led Japan and the Philippines to ink the deal was because of the deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea. China's coast guard increased the frequency and intensity......
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed readiness to join hands with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to "properly handle" issues related to the situation on the ground in the......
Disengagement from the LAC will remain a chimera because China has given enough indications that the PLA will not move back any more. China has even deployed drones to monitor and deny any......
'The government should come back as a job creator as it did in the 1960s and the 1970s.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE),......
A task force set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) for transforming India into an “electronic and semiconductor products” nation is on the verge of......
'Like every Budget, this time, too, there is chatter around tinkering with the long-term capital gains tax.''Investors may not want to jump into the markets until there is clarity on this front.'......
An increase in the farmer income support scheme PM Kisan Nidhi, the introduction of a 'robot tax' to fund reskilling of people who lose their jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), and a reduced......
'India represents one of the top opportunities with robust growth, solid fundamentals, and openness to foreign investment.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Besides the domestic elections,......
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon. Manjummel Boys, the directorial outing from Chidambaram of Jaan E Man (2021) fame, is a self-contained friendship story, punched up......
The Paris Olympics had it all -- glamour (cuing for Snoop Dogg here), humour (the inventive Internet producing memes after memes) and some controversy too -- Vinesh Phogat's disqualification and......
IMAGE: Ma Long reacts after he and Chuqin Wang win the Olympics men's doubles Table Tennis gold medal match against Sweden's Anton Kallberg and Kristian Karlsson at South Paris Arena 4 on Friday.......
'It was tough financially for the first few years but my friends and family supported me and once he did well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, there was no looking back.' IMAGE: Women's doubles......
IMAGE: Mitchell Starc with Shah Rukh Khan after their win over SRH in the IPL final. Photograph: BCCI A man of big games! He may have faced a lot of backlash after a torrid start to the season,......
IMAGE: Vijender Singh made a political switch, moving to BJP from Congress. Photograph: ANI Boxer-cum-politician Vijender Singh has said he has no qualms about admitting that he has paid an......