How Vajpayee juggled India's global interests

'In India foreign policy is generally handled by the prime minister.''One can clearly see the Vajpayee stamp on all this.''Only a person with poetic imagination can weave such a complex web,' says......

A morning with the first Indian in space

The remarkable story of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, will be seen in a film featuring Aamir Khan.The retired cosmonaut and test pilot tells Archana Masih why he doesn't......

Meeting Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy, PM Sharif tells Pak army

  Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has told the country’s powerful army that his meeting with Indian steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal last month was part of a back-channel diplomacy, a......

The school dropout from Kerala who became Kyrgyzstan's military leader

Manavi Kapur profiles Sheikh Rafik Mohammed of Calicut, who has been appointed major general of the Central Asian country's military forces. IMAGE: Sheikh Rafik Mohammed, the chairman of Gammon......

Can India crack the Russian market?

Trade sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US offer an opportunity for India, but the devaluation of the rouble may play spoilsport A team of Russia’s phyto-sanitary watchdog,......

OVL inks pact to buy 25% stake in Kazakhstan oil block

ONGC Videsh Ltd, overseas arm of India's biggest explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp, on Wednesday signed an agreement to take a 25 per cent stake in Kazakhstan's Satpayev offshore exploration......

Mittal eyes Kazakh engineering firm

Steel baron Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is close to buying KazStroyServices Ltd, a Kazakhastan-based engineering, procurement and construction company.The company is present in Kazakhstan, India,......

Mittal pulls out of Kazakh oil field

Signalling end of his oil and gas odyssey, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has pulled out of a project to develop an oil field in Kazakhstan in partnership with Oil and Natural Gas Corp and is looking......

'The percentage of women chess players in India is quite less'

IMAGE: Koneru Humpy said there should be more women's chess tournaments in India to encourage young players to take up the sport. Photograph: Stev Bonhage/Norway Chess/FIDE Former World Rapid......

Arjun outplays Safarli in Sharjah Masters

Photograph: Kind courtesy Erigaise Arjun/X World number seven Erigaise Arjun started his campaign on a positive note, outplaying Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan in the first round of the Sharjah......

Asian Games: Sindhu, Prannoy cruise into quarters; Satwiksairaj-Chirag advance

IMAGE: PV Sindhu easily won the round of 16 singles match against Putri Kusuma Wardani at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy sailed into the......

Asian Games, Chess: Indian men falter in 2nd round

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi suffered a shock defeat. Photograph: Tata Steel Chess 2022 Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, the third highest ranked player in the field, suffered a shock defeat at......

French Open PIX: Swiatek, Ruud, Rybakina advance into 3rd Round

IMAGES from Day 5 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Thursday. IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her second round match against Claire Liu of the US. Photograph: Kai......