10 Nepali students killed, 4 hurt in Hamas attacks in Israel

Ten Nepali students have been killed and four others injured in Israel after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a wave of rocket attacks in the country's southern region, Nepal's foreign......

Xi's China Dream Gets India Pushback

As India's stock rises, the resolution of the border row may become even more difficult, warn Harsh V Pant and Kalpit Mankikar. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with Chinese Premier Li Qiang......

Xi wants to become the most powerful leader on earth

'At the previous 18th party congress, Xi vowed to protect China's 'core' interests.''As a result, India faced a barrage of serious incidents on the borders with China -- at Depsang, Chumar, Pangong......

Surge of Saudi nationalism hurts US

'The surge of Saudi nationalism is the last thing Washington wants,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: President Donald Trump, flanked by White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, second......

Govt exempts non-basmati white rice from export duty

Withdrawing a blanket ban on overseas shipments of non-basmati white rice, the government on Saturday imposed a floor price of $490 per tonne and exempted the commodity from export duty.......

The Threats To India's Prosperity

Looking under the hood, I see India on the terrible, but commonplace, road to prosperity failure, warns Rathin Roy. IMAGE: Inside a factory in West Bengal. Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters......

Ukraine crisis: How govt plans to export wheat

India is looking to tap its diplomatic missions abroad to enable grain exporters in the country to ship out wheat and corn as supplies from Russia and Ukraine are expected to remain disrupted for......

India to import 25,000 tonnes onion before Diwali: Goyal

Besides, 30,000 tonnes potato is being imported from Bhutan in order to improve the local supply and control prices of the key commodity. In an effort to boost domestic supply and check price......

SRK wants to marry Megan Fox!

On Thursday Fox Star Studios announced its decision to distribute Shah Rukh Khan's latest film My Name Is Khan, directed by Karan Johar. The deal is one of the biggest of our times......

Soccer Extras: Newcastle appoint Bruce as manager

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Former Sunderland and Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce, 58, replaces Spaniard Rafa Benitez, who left St James' Park at the end of his......

Football Briefs: Guardiola prefers improving performance over points record

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Manchester City will aim to improve their......

A-Z of the 2018 World Cup

From the debate-arousing introduction of VAR to maximum number of Penalties to the superb Ronaldo, here are the A to Z of the ongoing 2018 World Cup IMAGE: Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates......

Qatar would not oppose winter World Cup, official says

Qatar would obey a FIFA order to host a winter World Cup but no discussions have taken place on switching the 2022 soccer tournament from the summer, a top bid official said on Monday. "Currently......

Play it again, Schu

Imagine, if you will, that there is a rock band. They are a bunch of hardcore, fine musicians with a phenomenal worldwide following, except that this is a year the press is focussing more on their......