China Remains Jaishankar's Main Problem

'China is India's primary strategic challenge, which will not go away.' IMAGE: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with neighbouring......

Why BJP Is More Guilty Than Sam Pitroda

If Pitroda's blunder cost him his office, what should the BJP's unrepentant attitude cost it? asks Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi holds a roadshow for the......

Modi Or Manmohan? Who Travelled More?

While Narendra Modi has spent fewer days abroad than his predecessor -- 275 days versus Dr Manmohan Singh's 306 -- he has travelled more widely than any other Indian PM. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

'Are you alive? Please tell me you are alive'

'There is no safe spot in Gaza.''Israeli airstrikes are targeting everything, everywhere.''Hospitals, mosques, churches, schools have been bombed. These are places where people were taking......

Markets dive for second straight day; Sensex falls 115 points, Midcaps drop 0.6%

Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices Benchmark indices extended losses for second straight day weighed down by weakness among select......

Paris and after: India in the world

India can claim that its twin principles of equity and “common but differentiated responsibilities” found their way into the Paris climate change summit’s 31-page text. However,......

China's $20 bn investment to transform India?

Read through the list of 16 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between China and India during President Xi Jinping's state visit a fortnight ago and it is hard to pin down the $20 billion......

Suzlon Energy signs first South African deal

Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy has signed its first South African deal for supplying turbines and is in talks with four more clients here.Suzlon is also looking at South Africa as a......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

2nd T20I PIX: Stubbs, Coetzee steal the show, Varun's heroics in vain

IMAGES from the second T20I in Gqeberha played between India and South Africa on Sunday SCORECARD IMAGE: South Africa's Tristan Stubbs celebrates after scoring the winning run. Photograph:......

'This team can win trophies': Markram

Happy we're not playing on this pitch again, but nice feeling to be in final: Aiden Markram Photograph: Kind Courtesy South Africa Cricket / X South African skipper Aiden Markram was certain that......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

The Faf-Maxwell Show

IMAGE: Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's match-winning stand set RCB up for a win at home. Photograph: BCCI On a sunny afternoon at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, the home fans may have......

India down South Africa; finish 9th in hockey World Cup

IMAGE: India trounced South Africa 5-2 on Saturday to finish joint ninth in the FIH Men's World Cup in Rourkela. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter A dominant India scored twice in the first and......