Sri Lanka sails deeper into uncertainty

The hung parliament thrown up by the April 2 general election in Sri Lanka does not augur well for the island nation, or forIndia.While officially mouthing the standard'it's their internal matter'......

India's fuel pricing mechanism is opaque and removed from reality

The Modi government should find a way out of this conundrum before it loses itself in the maze. S Dinakar reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What could be more uncertain than Virat......

After 20 years, privatisation programme in India off to 'Maharaja' start

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's programme to privatise state-owned firms restarted with the handing over of debt-laden national carrier Air India to the Tata Group.......

20 years later: India's privatisation story off to 'Maharaja' start

After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's CPSE privatisation programme started off with flying colours with Tata group buying the debt-laden national carrier Air India. Illustration:......

Diesel price up 70 paise in 4 days; petrol rate hike next

Diesel price on Monday was hiked by 25 paise per litre -- the third increase since last week -- and more rate hikes for both diesel and petrol are in the offing in the coming days as international......

PIX: Khelif powers into women's 66kg final amid gender dispute

IMAGE: Algeria's Imane Khelif is declared the winner by referee Shawn Reese after the Olympics women's 66kg semi-final against Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng at Roland Garros Stadium, Paris, on......

Boxer Khelif is a victim of power struggle, says coach

IMAGE: Imane Khelif of Algeria celebrates after winning her fight against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary. Photograph: Peter Cziborra / Reuters Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer thrust into the centre......

IBA gender tests on two boxers were illegitimate: IOC

IMAGE: Yu Ting Lin of Taiwan reacts and Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria react after their fight. Photograph: Peter Cziborra / Reuters The gender tests conducted by the International Boxing......

Khelif ensures Algeria boxing medal amid gender row

IMAGE: Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates winning her Olympics Boxing women's 66kg quarter-final bout against Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori at North Paris Arena, Villepinte, France, on Saturday.......

IBA to award prize money to Italy's Carini despite loss to Algeria's Khelif

The IOC last year stripped the IBA of its status as boxing's governing body over governance issues, and took charge of the Paris 2024 boxing competition itself, but now finds itself at the centre......