Russia ready to evacuate Indian students: Envoy tells UNSC

Russia has informed the United Nations Security Council that Russian buses are ready at crossing points to go to the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Sumy to evacuate Indian students and......

3rd world war will be nuclear, devastating, warns Russian foreign minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday warned that a third World War, should it break out, will be "nuclear and devastating", amid spiralling tensions with the West over Moscow's......

Shudder! Olympics with Chinese Characteristics

'The Olympic Spirit has been thrown to the wind in Xi Jinping's China.''The International Olympic Committee is ready to kowtow to totalitarian China,' notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The Olympic Park......

'I feel sick the day I am not painting'

'That secularism in India is at risk is alarming for someone like me. I'm born secular,' Anjolie Ela Menon, the well-known painter, tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There......

Meet the 22-year-old behind Spain's Euro triumph

IMAGE: Nico Williams celebrates putting Spain into the lead in the Euro 2024 final against England at Berlin Olympiastadion, Germany, on Sunday. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Spain winger......

River Seine's suitability questioned for Paris games

IMAGE: The Eiffel Tower is seen from the water of the Seine River as the Olympics opening ceremony rehearsal is postponed amid rainy weather. Photograph: Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters The River......

What Neeraj Promised Modi...

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra smiles as Prime Minister Narendra D Modi speaks about churma during their interaction on Thursday, July 4, 2024. Photograph: ANI/X   India's Olympic star Neeraj Chopra......

Paris Olympics Will Be HOT!

Athletes and climate experts have expressed concerns that extreme heat could lead to severe health issues, including the risk of sportspeople collapsing or, in the worst-case scenarios, dying......

Barca wonderkid Cubarsi out of Spain's Euro squad!

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Pau Cubarsi during the warm up before the match. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters Spain manager Luis de la Fuente left Barcelona's 17-year-old defender Pau Cubarsi and......