''Given China's past behaviour and their territorial claims, should we be sceptical regarding China's willingness to adhere to these agreements fully? The answer is yes.''As Ronald Reagan famously......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
If you are serious about countering the Chinese threat, then the best weapon is investing in real freedom, plurality, elections and democracy.Unfortunately, it isn't an approach all Indians......
We do not know, because there has been no discussion, no transparency and most likely no real thinking on this matter at our end, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: US Secretary of State Antony J......
'During Amit Shah's recent visit to Kerala, the strategy of concentrating the attacks on the CM on false charges was clear enough.' IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan (with folded......
Jack Ma, who founded Alibaba in 1999 along with 17 other entrepreneurs, has officially visited India twice in the past one year. Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma poses for the media while......
From being ridiculed by the western world for being a land of snake charmers, Indians have established themselves on the global business stage. Image: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photograph,......
Mobile commerce is on the cusp of taking off in India and the growth curve would be a hockey stick shaped one, says Shubhradeep Guha, Global Capability Lead and Country Manager, SapientNitro......
The India-US World Affairs Institute will lead a certified trade mission to India in collaboration with the US Department of Commerce later this year. The trade mission will visit Hyderabad, Mumbai......
When Google launched Google Buzz in February this year, nearly 180 million Gmail users impulsively started pinging their friends, scaring the life out of other micro-blogging sites like Twitter and......
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.Ritwik Sharma and T E Narasimhan report. IMAGE: Anita Hassanandani, Surbhi Jyoti and......
Unlike most Bollywood kids whose careers tend to play out in fits and starts, Alia Bhatt's growth has been swift and steady, notes Ranjita Ganesan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram......