Phas Gaye Re Obama

The Democrats, especially the Biden administration, wanted to deliver a sharper message to Mr Modi than would be possible in a formal summit setting.So, why not get the most prominent Democrat in......

Indrani Mukerjea's charm has not deserted her

'That winsome smile is a key asset. And says a lot about her too.'Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Indrani,......

Is India forever condemned to live with corruption?

Democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for rooting out corruption The Opposition has demanded that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj should quit for allegedly facilitating......

New single-dose Ebola vaccine shows promise

Researchers have developed a quick-acting Ebola vaccine that is both safe and effective with a single dose against the strain of the virus that  killed thousands of people in West Africa......

Hard rock, Indian style

For the last 24 years, Ashok Jain, managing director of Swarn Gems Ltd, has been running a diamond wholesale business from Tokyo's Okachimachi jewellery district. No surprise then that he's now......

The spoils of war

Six executive jets were parked at Shaba's Lubumbashi airport in Zaire, formerly Belgian Congo, in the summer of 1997 as the American-backed rebel leader, Laurent Kabila, closed in on the previously......

A sucker for the African e-mail scam

Those of you who are regular recipients of the African scam e-mails would probably wonder why I am writing about a confidence trick that is nearly a decade old and has merely switched from snail......

Ash: Cannes, Locarno, now Toronto!

Rubbing shoulders with heavyweightslike Ridley Scott and Jane Campion at the Toronto International Film Festival will be half-a-dozen filmmakers of Indian origin from Canada, Britain and India.The......

Champions League PIX: Inter down Arsenal; Barca win

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday. IMAGE: Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes heads at goal during the match against InterMilan, in San Siro, Milan, Italy. Photograph:......

Soccer PIX: PSG to thrash Montpellier

  IMAGE: Paris St Germain's Nuno Mendes in action with Montpellier's Boubakar Kouyate during their Ligue 1 match at Parc des Princes, Paris, France, on Friday. Photograph: Christian......

Champions League PIX: Hummels fires clinical Dortmund into final

IMAGES from the second leg match of the Champions League semifinal between Paris St Germain and Dortmund in Paris IMAGE: Borussia Dortmund's Karim Adeyemi, Mats Hummels and Emre Can celebrate......

Soccer PIX: Modric stunner helps Real extend lead; Ramos nets late equaliser

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Luka Modric celebrates scoring their first goal with Lucas Vazquez. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric came off the bench to net a......

Champions League PIX: Atletico seal top spot; City finish with perfect six

IMAGE: Lazio's Matteo Guendouzi in action with Atletico Madrid's Jose Gimenez. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters Antoine Griezmann and Samuel Lino scored in each half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0......