Name Games Countries Play

What's in a name, did you wonder? Plenty, it would seem, going by the name change carried out by various nations.   Most changes have been cosmetic, like dropping/adding a term like 'republic......

If India has chosen any side, it is the side of peace: Tirumurti at UNGA

Abstaining in the UN General Assembly on a vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, India on Thursday asserted that if it has 'chosen' any side, it is the side of 'peace and it is......

'The Arab Spring is in great distress'

Former diplomat MK Bhadrakumar delivered a keynote address -- The Arab spring: The region and India -- at an international seminar held in Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi. Here's the complete......

Is this the end of Gaddafi's 42-year regime?

We take a look at Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who has been Africa's and the Arab world's longest-ruling, most erratic leader, presiding for 42 years over this desert republic with vast oil......

Flag bearers for Opening Ceremony

The list of flag bearers for the 202 National Olympic Committees participating in the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad as announced by the International Olympic Committee.Flag......