Japan PM's Ukraine visit overshadows Xi-Putin talks, upsets China

China on Tuesday hit out at Japan after its Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine and overshadowed Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with his Russian counterpart......

Putin calls on 300,000 reserve troops to join Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a "partial mobilisation" of some 300,000 reservists with immediate effect in the wake of setbacks suffered by Russia in its raging conflict......

India, US special forces hold mega exercise in HP, focus on anti-terror ops

The special forces of India and the US carried out a three-week mega exercise primarily focusing on counter-terror operations in Himachal Pradesh's Bakloh. IMAGE: Image used for representational......

India Sees 8 Aviation Accidents Every Year

The number of serious incidents has more than doubled in the last seven years. *IMAGE: Aeroplane manufacturers also play an important role in ensuring safety standards are maintained. Photograph:......

Zambia copper mine: Vedanta scouts for fundraise options

Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Resources (VRL), which has hired Standard Chartered Bank to raise funds for its Konkola copper mine assets, says it is engaging with several potential partners for both......

The RBI Story: 90 Years And Going Strong

Of the eight RBI governors who have held office since the 1991 economic liberalisation, Bimal Jalan had the longest stint and S Venkitaramanan, the shortest. Current Governor Shaktikanta Das will......

Health check for healers: The big audit firms are under the NFRA lens

In recent times, more and more audit firms have challenged company ma­nagements, some going to the extent of resigning on the ground of incompatibility with what the manage­ment wanted or......

Former Barclays banker Ashok Vaswani to head Kotak Mahindra Bank

Ashok Vaswani, a banker with more than three-and-half decades experience in building and scaling up businesses across consumer and corporate banking and payments, will be the next managing director......

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......

Seeing Red at the Malayalam Movies

Malayalam film audiences, who had spent close to two decades waiting for something truly interesting to watch at the movies, seem to be finally getting their due.What's fuelling this resurgence,......

'I am an auto driver, now I am also a tennis player'

Participants at the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour held in Chennai did not let adversity affect their outlook on life. A Ganesh Nadar presents some of their sunshine stories. Photographs: Sreeram......

Sports Shorts: India out of final race after loss to Australia

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday  IMAGE: India will take on hosts Malaysia in their fourth match on Wednesday. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter A......

'Fans don't need to see Bolt win all the time'

'They need to see Bolt compete and struggle and come back from losses,' Edwin Moses, athletics legend, tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com IMAGE: Usain Bolt wins the 100 metres at the World Athletics......