'How would America respond if China invades India?'

'India will want a lot of help from the US, but it's not going to want US troops.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and US President Joe Biden at the White House, June 22, 2023. Photograph:......

How Balakot won Modi 2019 election

'I will need a few more pictures, sir, can I get some time from you for a more extended photo shoot?' asked Singh.Modi, ever-obliging before the camera, laughed. 'Sure, but let us plan to do it......

Modi is prepared to stake his personal reputation when national interests so dictate

'The book has immense value because it reveals the inner workings of the think-tank which appears to provide facts and insights to Modi, though he himself takes the final decisions and articulates......

US rules out putting India, Pakistan in same basket

'The US-India relationship is in a different league altogether,' Obama administration officials tell Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in Washington, DC. IMAGE: Departing from mandated security guidelines......

World has great hope from India, China

As world leaders are arriving in Toronto for the G8 and G20 summits, which get underway from Saturday with focus on economic recovery and global development, the world has great hope from India and......

Column: Bollywood's global market beckons

A WTO ruling opening up China to Hollywood should help Bollywood too, Sanjaya Baru. Bollywood is becoming big business, said the opening line of the lead story in the Business Standard last week.......

As Mamata wields knife, Pranab has a cakewalk

Jyoti Basu, the 95-year-old communist, has lost touch with many of his comrades. But this morning the former chief minister of West Bengal did not forget to call his favourite Congressman to say,......

India, UK plan green technology ventures

India and the United Kingdom are planning to set up joint ventures to develop green technologies. This was one of the major outcomes of a 45-minute meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and......