Modi Preaches World Peace But...

'...We should first look at and acknowledge what we have done to ourselves.' 'To not do so opens us to the accusation of rank hypocrisy and also reduces the stature of our globetrotting peaceniks,'......

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine: The TTS Factor

'It is admitted that the AZ vaccine can, in very rare cases, cause TTS.' IMAGE: A vial labelled 'AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine'. Photograph: Illustration/Dado Ruvic/Reuters   The controversial......

People in democracies need a sense of uncertainty

For trust in democracy to be retained, elections need to be not just free of intervention -- ruling out Pakistan and Russia -- but also demonstrate the capability to both deliver ruling mandates......

Two Cheers! India Is In A Good Place

While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N......

Top 1% Indians Earn 23% Of Income

Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is unequally distributed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   India's richest people now have a larger......

'Conditions not ripe to make rupee a hard currency'

India should become a middle-income country and then push to make INR (rupee) a hard currency, and till then, it must promote the settlement of global trade in the local currency, think tank GTRI......

From Lambretta to Aamby Valley Project: Rise and fall of Subrata Roy

The story of Sahara India Pariwar founder Subrata Roy, who died in Mumbai on Nov­ember 14 aged 75, is the stuff of movies - of a spectacular rise and an equally spectacular fall. Photograph:......

India to become 2nd largest economy in Asia by 2030: S&P Global

India, the world's fifth largest economy in the world, is likely to overtake Japan to become the world's third-largest economy with a GDP of $7.3 trill Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ion......

10 Shows To Watch During Lockdown

Binge watching television shows on streaming services has become the new way for us to be entertained at home. And that is not surprising since many of these shows are far better than the films we......

Despair to glory: Sarabjot's iconic Olympic turnaround

'All I could think after that final was what my father did for me his entire life, the support of my grandfather in the US and all the lonely journeys that I took on the bus to Ambala during the......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

Ronaldo tops Forbes' list for highest paid athletes

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo's contract with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr has been estimated by media to be worth more than 200 million euros or $219.98 million. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters......

IOC: Bow to demands to ban Russian or risk boycott

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Olympic movement is facing its biggest dilemma since the Cold War: bow to demands to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes or risk the first......

Olympics row deepens as 35 countries demand ban for Russia and Belarus

IMAGE: With war raging in Ukraine, the Baltic States, Nordic countries and Poland had called on international sports bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in the......