China honours officer injured in Galwan clash

China has honoured an army regiment commander who was injured in the Galwan Valley border clash with Indian soldiers in 2020 as an outstanding member of the national advisory body -- Chinese......

China hikes defence budget, 3 times higher than India

China on Wednesday announced a 7.2 per cent increase of its national defence budget totalling to USD 249 billion this year amid its hectic efforts to modernise armed forces, including fast paced......

Manipur: 42 firearms surrendered, 2 bunkers destroyed; AK, 3 SLRs seized

Forty-two more firearms and cartridges have been surrendered by the public in five districts of ethnic strife-torn Manipur, the police said on Sunday. IMAGE: The firearms and cartridges have been......

Trump-Putin Bonhomie: Checkmate Xi?

The US move to align with Russia is prompted by fear of a Sino-Russian joint threat. Russia, fully aware of its military vulnerability vis a vis China, may cautiously welcome the American move,......

How China retaliated against Trump's tariffs

China on Tuesday retaliated US President Donald Trump's imposition of 2nd round of ten per cent tariffs on its export by slapping an additional 15 per cent tariffs on American goods and initiated......

'For The First Time I'm Enthusiastic About India'

''I am more optimistic about India than before.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It has been a volatile few weeks for global financial markets as they braced for tougher tariffs from the......

How To Make Money In A Bear Market

'Reduce your equity allocation, put that allocation into gold and fixed income.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   "This is going to be a long, problematic bear market... Bear markets......

'Bull Market Has Ended'

'The bull market cycle ran for five years. It's the end of that cycle.''The next cycle is a down cycle, and in that down cycle, you will see the Sensex falling from their highs of around 68,000 to......

'Whenever We Watched The Movie We'd Cry'

'We watched the film many times but each time, we would cry.''During the editing and sound mixing, my whole team would cry.''When we reached the music composing stage, it happened again.''Our......

'Gukesh Has Nerves Of Steel'

'Gukesh displayed incredible fighting spirit, outstanding mental toughness, insane self-confidence, all qualities of a champion, and he just turned 18 at the end of May.' IMAGE: D Gukesh is......

World Chess C'ship: Game 2 draw keeps Ding in control vs Gukesh

IMAGE: China’s Ding Liren maintains edge after Game 2. Photographs: Kind Courtesy FIDE Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh bounced back to draw a largely uneventful second game against......

It's one game at a time for Gukesh at Chess Worlds

IMAGE: D Gukesh drew the second game at the World Chess Championship on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind Courtesy FIDE Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, on Tuesday, said he is focussed on taking it one game......

Praggnanandhaa excited to take on World No. 1 Carlsen

IMAGE: Praggnanandhhaa in action. Photograph: Norway Chess / X On current form, D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess Championship title against his Chinese opponent, Ding Liren,......

Just focus and don't consider 'favourite' tag: Eragaisi

IMAGE: Liren Ding will face a stern challenge from the 18-year-old D Gukesh.. Photograph: FIDE / X Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has a word of advice for World Championship contender D Gukesh......