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......

Republic Day Tableau: Why Tamil Nadu Feels Bitter

There is a deep-seated sense of rejection that the new generation Tamil youth have felt for a decade and more now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: A tableau from Tamil Nadu takes part in the......

India, France sign 17 agreements during PM Modi's visit

India and France on Friday signed 17 agreements, including on the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with French......

'If anything happens to me, IB and government are responsible'

‘Both (the BJP and the Congress) are two sides of the same coin. Both are equally corrupt, both are equally communal and anti-India.’ ‘The government doesn’t listen to......

Big launches at Asia's largest auto show

While the auto industry is upbeat about the event and is putting its best foot forward, demand in showrooms is bleak.  Image: Mercedes Benz E-Class Cabriolet will be showcased at the Auto......

Volkswagen says 11 million cars hit by scandal, probes multiply

Volkswagen AG  said a scandal over falsified US. vehicle emission tests could affect 11 million of its cars around the globe as investigations of its diesel models multiplied, heaping fresh......

Volkswagen CEO's days appear numbered as emissions crisis deepens

The CEO was due to have his contract extended at a supervisory board meeting on Friday, but is now facing questions over why the scandal wasn't averted. Martin Winterkorn's days as head of......

FDI curbed, local retailers ride high

The government's plans to open up the retail sector for foreign firms remained in cold storage this year, while domestic companies strengthened their foothold in the sensitive industry despite......

Paris Olympics: India's weightlifting woes exposed

IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu came tantalisingly close to clinching a second Olympics medal but a faltered lift in her final attempt. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters Mirabai Chanu winning a......

South Korea introduced as North Korea at opening ceremony

IMAGE: South Korea's athletes aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters South Korea expressed......

Terror threat in Paris: Police arrest teenager

IMAGE: The suspect was arrested in an undisclosed holiday location on Tuesday. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters France's anti-terror police PNAT said a second 18-year-old man had been arrested on......

France arrests Russian suspected of planning to destabilize Olympics

IMAGE: The arrested man, a Russian national, has been placed in pre-trial detention and could face up to 30 years in prison, the Paris prosecutor's office said. Photograph: Abdul Saboor/Reuters......

IOA increases support staff ratio for Paris Olympics

Trying to give the best support to Indian contingent but still being criticised: IOA chief PT Usha IMAGE: Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Petroleum and......