What Is Rajnath Singh Doing In Vietnam?

A day after the defence ministry widened the search for a new CDS, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was in Vietnam, meeting with his counterpart in Hanoi. Vietnam is one of India's closest friends in......

Vietnam diary: Of Dos and Dongs with the Vice President

Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy, who travelled with Vice President Hamid Ansari as part of his media entourage during his recent trip to Vietnam, shares his experiences. The Vice President flies......

Ansari visits historic resistance tunnels in south Vietnam

Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday morning visited the historic Cu Chi camp 50 kilometres from Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, where an intricate network of underground tunnels barely......

India and Vietnam: The great game in the East

Given the importance of Vietnam and its perpetual fear of big brother China, India must improve its relations with all the ASEAN countries, says Colonel (Dr) Anil Athale.  Some months ago,......

Why foreign investors are losing faith in Vietnam

Due to slow reforms and rising corruption, the growth in foreign investments has turned negative in Vietnam. Something has gone wrong for Vietnam. It finds it's no longer the same darling of......

Indian 'click farms' help boost UK web traffic

Low-cost IT workers in India are populating what have been described as 'click farms' in fake internet traffic to help British companies boost their online presence, according to a media report. An......

The truth about Made in India handsets

Industry estimates suggest that the extent of value addition in the handset space remains at a mere 10 per cent. That effectively means, value-wise 90 per cent of all components used in making a......

Why inflation is so high in India

Food inflation must be managed by supply-side factors, but on the demand side the burden must not be on monetary policy alone - fiscal policy must play a key role as well. India’s rampant......

The best radio jockeys in the movies

We're listening.Cinema has flirted with the role of the radio jockey from time to time, occasionally throwing up momentous portrayals of these lesser seen and more heard artists. With the film......

Tokyo Games: DRAMATIC Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Nguyen Thuy Linh of Team Vietnam competes against Sabrina Jaquet of Team Switzerland during a women's singles match at the......

Hottest Sporting Buzz: Former Germany 'keeper Wiese set for WWE debut!

Tim Wiese enters the ring during a WWE red carpet event on Saturday. Photograph: Twitter Former German international football goalkeeper Tim Wiese is all beefed up now and set for a career in......

Sports Shorts: Vishy Anand finishes joint fifth at World Blitz

India's Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a joint fifth finish even as reigning World champion Magnus Carlsen scripted history by winning the World Blitz Championship that concluded in......

Sports Shorts: Srikanth, Sindhu in Singapore Open QF

Teen sensation P V Sindhu advanced to the women's singles quarter-finals with a straight-games victory, but it was young Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth who created a flutter at the US $300,000......

Aussie marathon man to run from Kanyakumari to Kashmir

'Starting my run from the sea and finishing it in the Himalayas will be quite an adventure.' 'I will be running two marathons a day.' IMAGE: Ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer. Photograph: Kind......