It was good fortune for India to have Atal Bihari Vajpayee lead the government at a crucial moment in our history. He avoided India meeting the fate of Iraq or Ukraine, asserts military historian......
He was a formidable musician but seemed utterly human, a Peter Pan who wore his genius with deceptive lightness. Sandip Roy remembers Ustad Zakir Hussain. IMAGE: Ustad Zakir Hussain at one of his......
Half of all medical tourists arriving in India, some 325,000 out of a total of 635,000 annually, are Bangladeshis, explains Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Devotees pray to Lokenath Brahmachari as they......
United States president-elect Donald Trump, who enjoys very good relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to build on the progress made during his first term and continue......
'Trump's disregard for norms and institutions could prove very costly for America's social fabric.' IMAGE: USA President-elect Donald Trump meets with Republican members of the US House of......
Driven by a boom in domestic tourism, a record number of weddings in November and December, and a surge in extended weekend vacations. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......
'Geopolitics will be the most important driver of financial markets in 2025.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It has been a topsy-turvy few months for the Indian equity markets. "Given......
Emerging market equities are likely to post small gains in 2025 amid global policy uncertainties and a stronger dollar. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com From the outcome of the general......
Talks on global climate finance virtually ground to a halt last week at COP29, the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change event in Baku, Azerbaijan, as the developed world, led by the European......
To curb raw material imports from China and promote textiles, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to set up nearly a dozen private textile parks in the state. Garment workers cut fabric to......
The Toronto International Film Festival heralds the beginning of the Fall awards season as films from the earlier festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Telluride compete with new projects......
And possibly in all of Asia, going by his reported fee of Rs 275 crore for Thalapathy 69, his coming movie. IMAGE: Vijay announces his political party. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vijay/X Between......
IMAGE: Virat Kohli with Shubman Gill. Photograph: BCCI/X As India grapples with a challenging Test match against Australia at the Gabba, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have been hard at work,......
IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah reached a significant milestone of 50 Test wickets Down Under during Day 3 of the 3rd Test at The Gabba on Monday. Photograph: ICC/X Australian batting great Allan Border......
IMAGE: Manika Batra was part of Team Asia at the inaugural Waldner Cup. Photograph: Manika Batra / X India's table tennis star Manika Batra was part of a star-studded Team Asia that beat Team......
IMAGE: Mumbai Indians, winners of the inaugural WPL, added South African veteran Nadine de Klerk, Akshita Maheshwari and Sanskriti Gupta for the upcoming edition of the WPL. Photograph: Kind......
IMAGE: India's players celebrate after winning their match Japan to qualify for the final of the Women's Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Oman on Saturday on Saturday. Photograph: Hockey India......