Beauties, PR woes, 'photographer' mark JLF Day 4

After two forgettable days, writer-director Suparn Verma was back with a bang on Monday alongside Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande attending the Jaipur Literature Fest, the biggest literary......

Taking Tintin to court

Thefracas surrounding the perceived racism of the comic book Tintin in the Congo is entering a new phase, with a decision on a fresh civil suit pending in a Brussels court. Pallavi Aiyar traces the......

Why a stronger partnership eludes India and EU

Polyphonic and pluralistic, as the world's two most populous democracies, India and the European Unionare beasts of similar temperament. Yet of all the countries that the EU has a strategic......

Urumqi is not too different from Godhra

Xinjiang, China's remote western province, exploded onto the world's headlines last week. Riots in the provincial capital Urumqi, which have left over 180 people dead, are being served up as the......

Free trade: India, EU kick off fresh talks

India and the European Union moved closer to sealing an ambitious free trade agreement, with talks between the chief negotiators of the accord kicking off in Brussels, headquarters of the European......

EU's jobs-skills dilemma

In 2008, there were 64,000 unfilled job vacancies for engineers alone in only Germany, according to Maria Asenius, Head of Cabinet for the European Commissioner for Home Affairs.Talking of the......

EU, India to solve dispute over drug seizures

In the clearest indication from the European Commission yet that a resolution to the ongoing dispute between New Delhi and Brussels regarding generic drug seizures had been reached, a senior EC......

Stepped-up talks revive hope of India-EU FTA

With the pressure on for the European Union (EU) and India to come up with a significant announcement at the upcoming EU-India summit on December 10, a flurry of activity surrounding the ongoing......