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'Modi Bought A Reprieve, Not A Resolution'

'Modi's intention was to create goodwill that will allow India to be seen by Trump as more than just a bad tariff problem.''He succeeded brilliantly on that count but none of these wins are......

Awaiting return of 69 Indians recruited in Russian army: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the government is awaiting the release of 69 Indians recruited into the Russian army and that in many cases there are indications that the......

3 Indians among crew held on Singapore ship with drugs

Three Indian nationals are among the crew who have been detained by Indonesian authorities on a Singapore-flagged ship for carrying drugs to Brisbane, according to a media report. Image used for......

Boucher to succeed Rocca at South Asia bureau

After five long years as the Administration"s point person for the subcontinent, Christina Rocca, the Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, may be deprived of the opportunity of......

'Absolutely unacceptable': US condemns attack on Indian consulate

The United States has condemned as "absolutely unacceptable" the attack on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco by some pro-Khalistan elements during a protest, and said it is committed to the......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

Tatas now 100% owner of Air India as Air Asia sells stake

Ending its uncomfortable journey in India after eight years, Malaysia-based AirAsia Group on Wednesday said it has exited AirAsia India by selling its remaining 16.67 per cent stake to Tata......

UDAN international plan under cloud as AirAsia India fails to get permit

Tata group-owned AirAsia India’s inability to get approval for international flights is hurting UDAN, the Indian government’s regional air connectivity project that also aims to link......

Exploring alternative to Iranian oil supply for 'friend' India: US

With a tougher round of United States sanctions on Iran coming into effect from November 4, a top Trump administration official said Washington recognises India's need for significant oil imports......

Facebook's lobbying practices in India may be probed before election

The parliamentary committee on IT has recently been in the news for asking global representatives of Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to present their views on misuse of social media......

'I felt dirty about it'

Before Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart opened at the Cannes Film Festival, Paramount Vantage delivered a screener of the film to Asra Nomani's home in Morgantown, West Virginia. She watched......

FIFA-Interpol workshop on match fixing perils

A two-day FIFA-Interpol Workshop on 'Tackling Match Fixing and Corruption in Football' will be held in the capital from January 15. The workshop is a part of FIFA-Interpol Training, Education and......

FIFA cancels U-17 women's World Cup in India

The decision was taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council which took stock of the current global COVID-19 pandemic IMAGE: The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in India was originally scheduled to be......

FIFA postpones U-17 Women's World Cup in India due to COVID-19

IMAGE: The Indian women's football team. Photograph: AIFF Media The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup to be held in India in November was, on Saturday, postponed by football's governing body due to......

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India in Feb-March next year

IMAGE: The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in India was originally scheduled to be held from November 2 to 21 this year but was postponed last month due to the coronavirus outbreak,. Photograph:......

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