Can Dharamsala stop PLA's Tibetan gambit?

The first priority for the new Tibetan administration in Dharamsala should be to look at Tibetan recruitment in the PLA, suggests Claude Arpi. IMAGE: People's Liberation Army soldiers in Beijing.......

'Modi has wasted his time with religious things'

'Outside investors don't want to get tangled up in a religious war.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Narendra Damodardas Modi is making all the wrong moves by stoking sectarian......

US Congress flays India for human rights abuse

Several US lawmakers on October 6 bemoaned the gross human rights abuses and humiliation heaped upon the Dalits and tribal peoples in India, and said that for all the progress India has made over......

Indian-American entrepreneurs react to Obama's win

Kamil Hasan a long-time supporter of President Barack Obama in Silicon Valley and also Democratic National Committee member-at-large in California, said on President Barack Obama second term: "I'm......

Of child labour and shattered dreams

Jyothi Ramulla Naga is 4 feet tall. From sunup to sundown she is hunched over in the fields of a cottonseed farm in southern India, earning 20 cents an hour. Farmers in the Uyyalawada region......

Great six-figure jobs you don't need a degree for

You don't always need that piece of Latin-laden paper to pull in six figures. You don't need to invent something to get rich. And you don't need to look far for a lucrative opportunity. There are......

He may have an answer to energy problems

Jim Gordon has a vision. It moves him so much that he abandoned his chair about an hour ago and paces the corridors and rooms of his Boston offices. He stops at a map of Cape Cod and taps his......

Desi spotting in The Accidental Husband

So who is looking forward to the September 5 release of the Uma Thurman and Colin Firth-starrer The Accidental Husband? A recent e-mail alerted us that one Rajat Kumar of New Jersey works on the......

Scores of gymnasts who survived doctor's abuse unite at ESPYs

IMAGE: American gymnasts Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Tiffany Thomas Lopez and Sara Klein arrive for the 2018 ESPYS. Photograph: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters More than 100 survivors who......

Sports Shorts: India out of final race after loss to Australia

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday  IMAGE: India will take on hosts Malaysia in their fourth match on Wednesday. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter A......

10 Track & Field events you must not miss at the Rio Olympics

Ten days of athletics competition at the Rio Olympics begin on Friday. Following are 10 events not to miss at the Olympic Stadium:MEN'S 100 and 200 METRES IMAGE: Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the......

Sports movie fest on TEN

Ten Sports will telecast sports-based feature films of recent times during the months of April and May as part of its philosophy to bring wholesome sports entertainment to its viewers.The new......