Must ensure full respect for LAC: Jaishankar to Wang Yi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised the need to ensure "full respect" for the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and past agreements to "stabilise" and "rebuild" bilateral ties......

Japan-Philippines Send Strong Message To China

The trigger that led Japan and the Philippines to ink the deal was because of the deteriorating security situation in the South China Sea. China's coast guard increased the frequency and intensity......

Xi, Putin hint at political settlement to end Ukraine war

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hinted at a political settlement to end the Ukraine war, saying he expects peace and stability will return to the European continent, shortly after his......

Chinese Premier, not Xi Jinping, to attend G20 summit in India

Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G20 Summit in New Delhi this week and the delegation will be led by Premier Li Qiang, the foreign ministry announced in Beijing on Monday. At the......

Sequoia splits into 3 independent entities, India biz now Peak XV Partners

Venture Capital giant Sequoia India & Southeast Asia has rebranded itself to Peak VX Partners. Image used for representative purpose only. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The VC firm will now......

Who Can Dethrone The US Dollar?

Policymakers should aspire to restore the pre-Independence environment where the rupee was trusted and used all over South Asia, in Southeast Asia, in West Asia, and in East Africa, suggests Ajay......

Global gold demand rises 28% to 1,181.5 tonnes in Q2

Retail investment demand for gold bars and coins as well as central bank purchases pushed the global gold demand by 28 per cent to 1,181.5 tonnes in the September quarter, according to the World......

Chinese hackers target India, Southeast Asia, researchers say

Cyber espionage operations dated back to at least 2005 Hackers, most likely from China, have been spying on governments and businesses in Southeast Asia and India uninterrupted for a decade,......

Indian Wushu team devastated after visa issue blocks athletes from Hangzhou

IMAGE: Three wushu fighters from Arunachal Pradesh were issued stapled visas instead of stamped ones, India's foreign ministry said. India does not accept stapled visas as valid. Photograph: SAI......

New, unique events at the Hangzhou Asian Games

The Asian Games officially begin on Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou and will feature several sports that are unlikely to be seen in any other major continental or global......

Pak PM Imran Khan to attend Beijing Winter Olympics opening

IMAGE: Pakistan PM Imran Khan's visit to Beijing 'will reinforce the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between our two countries, and further advance the objective of building a closer......

'Indians Could Be World Champs'

'Badminton at this level is a mental game.''Often just one or two points makes the deficit and often it's upstairs on the first floor that these things happen.' IMAGE: Chirag Shetty and......