''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......
United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at stripping social media giants like Twitter and Facebook of legal immunity for the content posted by third-party users.......
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......
Charging the Indian government with "protectionist thinking", European Union on Monday pitched for hiking the FDI cap in media from the present level of 26 per cent. "The Indian government should......
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......
Rupert Murdoch's Star TV Network in India is all set to add one more channel to its bouquet -- UTV's kids' channel Hungama TV.For Star, this could well be a strategic move to home in on the niche......
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......
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......