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Ek Hasina Thi: End Of An Era In Bangladesh

With Bangladesh descending into chaos, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surreptitiously fled the country for London in a military aircraft on Monday and the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum,......

Why Pakistani Men Prefer The Army

What drives Pakistani men to join its military, despite the toll it takes on them? IMAGE: A Pakistani soldier salutes during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad. Photograph: Saiyna......

Manipur: Not A Time To Burn Bridges

The present happenings in Manipur are the wages of continued neglect, and not so benign at that, of a vital region and its people. Had we lavished on the North East even a fraction of the care and......

China holds meet with 19 countries in Indian Ocean region without India

China held a meeting this week with 19 countries from the Indian Ocean region in which India was conspicuously absent. Photograph: ANI Photo The China International Development Cooperation Agency,......

'Xi's Main Challenge Is Taking Over Taiwan'

'Even though as Xi will seemingly continue to stay in power beyond his third term, competitions for the post-Xi leadership would be inevitably unfolded beneath the surface of water, and that will......

India may pip US as largest GitHub base soon: Nadella

India is expected to overtake the US as the largest developer community on GitHub by 2027, Microsoft chairman and chief executive officer Satya Nadella said during his address to 1,100 developers......

How Modi, Xi can tackle the worrying trade deficit

'Since the bilateral deficit is a reality -- and a worry -- we need to find a way to deal with it,' says Ravi Bhoothalingam. IMAGE: Workers carry a hoarding welcoming Prime Minister Narendra......

How Kerala plans to raise funds for reconstruction, rehabilitation

If the Centre agrees to relax the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) rules for Kerala, its ability to raise money from the markets may increase by around Rs 11,500 crore. In order......

Cash Crisis: Day 8: Aaj ki Taaza Khabar!

IMAGE: Hiraba Modi, the prime minister's mother, after she exchanged Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 at a Gandhinagar bank. Demonetisation: Real estate resale market hits a wall Activity in the sale......

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets Modi; launches update of PM's mobile app

Apple CEO Tim Cook met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and launched an updated version of the the 'Narendra Modi Mobile App'. IMAGE: Apple CEO Tim Cook and PM Modi share a light......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.' IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

Why Ashwin-Jadeja combine has Australia worried

IMAGE: India's spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja have together taken a whopping 821 wickets between then in 330 innings with 50 five-wicket hauls. Photograph: Francis......

Afghanistan slams Australia after T20 series postponed

IMAGE: The Afghanistan Cricket Board feels Cricket Australia is acting on directives from the Australian government. Photograph: Afghanistan Cricket Board/Instagram A miffed Afghanistan Cricket......

Ram Baboo breaches Paris Games qualification mark

IMAGE: Ram Baboo is the seventh Indian male walker to breach the qualification mark. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters India's Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men's 20km race......

Tejaswin Shankar questions government jobs for Khelo India winners

Giving out sports quota jobs to youth and junior athletes not a good idea:F Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tejaswin Shankar/Instagram Top Indian high jumper Tejaswin Shankar has questioned the sports......

Varun Kumar's allegation a distraction, plans in place

'If you took it as an injury, someone now is injured. What would you do? What are the plans in place in the event of an injury? So, Varun is not here. What is the plan? There always is a plan for......

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