Why have thousands of kindergartens shut down in China?

Hit hard by China's deepening demographic crisis, thousands of famed kindergartens have been closed as enrolment of children dropped sharply across the country due to a significant decline in birth......

The Coming Changes In Warfare

The nature of war and its purpose remains unchanged.The change is in the character of war in terms of a man-machine mix, domination of sensors and certain automation of the tactics and methods of......

BJP Should Read Writing On The Wall

There is no use of the BJP targeting Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire......

3 drown, 2 feared dead as landslides, heavy rains lash parts of Jammu

Three people died, and two are feared dead in separate incidents after they fell into the swollen streams due to multiple landslides between the Ramban and Banihal stretch in Jammu, officials said......

India to remain fastest-growing major economy in 2024

India decisively withstood global headwinds in 2023 and is likely to remain as the world's fastest-growing major economy on the back of growing demand, moderate inflation, stable interest rate......

'Our Aim Is Housing Finance's Siginficant Role In Economic Growth'

'We are working with a few housing finance companies to drive affordable lending because that's where we believe our sweet spot is.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Indian Mortgage......

India's growth trajectory secure: FinMin's monthly economic review

Improved monsoon, solid fiscal performance, and capex push by the public and private sectors augurs well for India’s macroeconomic stability and growth, the finance ministry’s monthly......

Markets close on mixed note; Sensex slides, Nifty gains

Equity benchmark indices ended flat on Wednesday with Sensex sliding 33 points and Nifty gaining 9 points after an unabated record-breaking rally in the last few trading sessions. Photograph:......

Meet Our December Divas

Film folk sure ended the year on a very stylish note. Namrata Thakker takes a look at the high street December fashion.   Photograph: Kind courtesy Rebecca Corbin-Murray/Instagram Priyanka......

'Frankly, Angelina Is Exhausted'

'She is relieved this one part is over.' IMAGE: Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the Golden Globe Awards at Beverly Hills in 2012. Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters After more than eight......

Kiara-Sidharth's Christmas Celebrations

There's certainly a lot of love in the air, as Bollywood couples celebrate Christmas on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra/Instagram Kiara Advani and......

Is This Diwali's Best Dressed Couple?

Bollywood's divas looked fabulous this Diwali, adding so much glamour to the festive season. And standing next to their men gave them an extra glow. Namrata Thakker looks at the fashion files of......

HIL: Arshdeep Singh's twin strikes sink UP Rudras

IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh of the Hyderabad Toofans celebrates his goal against UP Rudras on Saturday. Photograph: HIL/X Arshdeep Singh proved to be the match-winner for the Hyderabad Toofans as his......

Ranji Trophy: All eyes on Kohli but Upendra steals the show

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates with team-mates after the fall of a wicket during Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi, on Thursday.......

Ranji Trophy: All eyes on Kohli but Upendra steals the show

IMAGE: Virat Kohli celebrates with team-mates after the fall of a wicket during Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy match between Delhi and Railways at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, in Delhi, on Thursday.......

2nd T20I PIX: Stubbs, Coetzee steal the show, Varun's heroics in vain

IMAGES from the second T20I in Gqeberha played between India and South Africa on Sunday SCORECARD IMAGE: South Africa's Tristan Stubbs celebrates after scoring the winning run. Photograph:......

Sajid literally bled for us: Shan lauds Pakistan's grit

IMAGE: Pakistan players lift the trophy and celebrate after winning the Test series. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Pakistan captain Shan Masood said his team showed tremendous character to......