One Month Of Trump: The World Is In Shock

The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom,......

Vijayawada faces flood threat after rain, breach in Budameru rivulet

Flood waters have largely receded from several affected places in Vijayawada but fresh rainfall and the third breach in Budameru rivulet resulted in flooding again in parts of the city. IMAGE: A......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

'Even If We Have To Die, We Won't Let This Port Come Up'

'Modi knows the people here are opposed to this project, but he is using the might of government to push this port down our throats.' Reportage and Videos: Rediff.com's Hemant Waje, Satish Bodas,......

Not jugglery, can ride fiscal number game: Finmin

Others may call the Union government's fiscal deficit targets unrealistic, but the finance ministry says it would keep this at 4.6 per cent of GDP during 2011-12, as projected in the Budget, even......

Cities can lead. Cities want to lead. Let them!

'If every city had the strongest tools that are currently available only to a few, the world's climate prospects would glow far more brightly,' says Carl Pope. Prospects for the Paris Climate......

Chennai floods, a wake-up call for Mumbai

Some work has been done on disaster management after the 2005 floods but, it is woefully inadequate for the country’s business capital On June 20 this year, when Mumbai got 283 mm of rain in......

Top 10 wind power countries

The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States Wind is a clean source of renewable energy that produces no pollution. And......

Celebs sign up for gag orders on nannies

Indian ingenuity meets Hollywood need - and the outcome is a nanny gag. In the age of UTube, where any cell phone is potentially a spy camera, and your best kept secrets are liable to be splashed......

Did foreign media overreact to Hamilton champagne incident?

‘I think some foreign media are more sensitive about the topic than local media’ Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates on the podium. Photograph: Dan......

Winter Games begin, Putin keen to prove doubters wrong

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on Friday determined to prove his doubters wrong after militant attacks, a row over gay rights and......