Buzz continues over Modi-Xi meet on SCO sidelines

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will hold its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday after two years, shaking off Covid fears and providing a rare opportunity for......

Xi Jinping and Pomegranate Seeds

Why is China's supreme leader promoting Han Chauvinism so aggressively, asks Claude Arpi. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   On June 8, China's Core Leader Xi Jinping visited the......

China goes on offensive against US at bilateral talks

Striking an aggressive stance at the face-to-face talks with the US, China on Monday for the first time handed down to Washington a list of demands and remedial actions to be taken by the Biden......

Pak to stay on terror financing 'grey list' till Feb 2021

Pakistan will remain in Financial Action Task Force's 'grey' list till February 2021 as it has failed to fulfil six key obligations of the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog......

China pledges $124bn for Silk Road, terms it 'project of the century'

China on Sunday described its new Silk Road initiative as ‘a project of the century’ with President Xi Jinping pledging to pump in a whopping $124 billion (Rs 8 lakh crore) for......

5 places Modi must visit in China

A visit to the factories of Guangdong would have been a good place to start for Prime Minister Modi. It is the crucible of economic reform, says Rahul Jacob. No prime minister of India has visited......

5 places Modi must visit in China

A visit to the factories of Guangdong would have been a good place to start for Prime Minister Modi. It is the crucible of economic reform, says Rahul Jacob. No prime minister of India has visited......

India Inc's tryst with China

India seeks greater market access for its products including textiles, pharmaceuticals and bovine meat Top industrialists and CEOs, including Adani group chairman Gautam Adani and Vishal Sikka of......

Meet these chess superstars!

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar meets up with 10-year-old Praggnanandha -- the world's youngest International Master -- and his elder sister Vaishali -- a woman International Master -- to find out more......

Mongolian Olympians left unpaid as country wrestles with crisis

IMAGE: Otgonbaatar Lkhagvasuren of Mongolia looks on during a Men's -90kg Quarterfinal bout at Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 10. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images As mostly......