Faced with one setback after another in expanding the scope of mining in the country, almost all the major miners of the world have wound down their operations in India. IMAGE: The Geological......
‘Tis the season to be jolly and these images will surely make you want to travel. The winners of the 2015 Travel Photographer of the Year are out and the stunning images feature the......
Despite the strong anti-incumbency sentiment against the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, the Congress neither had the strategy nor an organisation to cash in, says N D Sharma The election results......
A Chinese court has extended by two months the detention of 21 Indians, who were captured from the southern city of Shenzhen in January this year on charges of smuggling diamonds worth $7.3......
An article in the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party reveals China's thinking onthe security environment in its neighbourhood. It may indicate a shift in thinking towards strategic......
Construction companies will make money building detention centres.IT companies will make money on the enumeration of the CAA, NRC, NPR, notes Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Rajesh Bhayani examines what SEBI's approval of diamond futures trading means for the diamond market players. IMAGE: Sifting diamonds at a cutting and polishing factory in Surat, Gujarat .......
Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year India is seeking the participation of Rio Tinto and Anglo American's De......
* India plans to double coal production by 2020* To help millions without power; develop eastern regions* Govt has identified mines to auction to private companies* With coal prices low, foreign......
While corporate earnings and economic growth are picking up pace in developed markets, these are slowing in emerging ones. This is a trend reversal. In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown......
New CA chairman to face tricky wicket in angst-filled Australia IMAGE: Aussies need to win to ease gloom on and off the field. Photograph: Cricket Australia With its brand in tatters after......
IMAGE: Australia players.Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Cricket Australia will draw up a 'charter' governing player behaviour in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the......
IMAGE: Otgonbaatar Lkhagvasuren of Mongolia looks on during a Men's -90kg Quarterfinal bout at Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 10. Photograph: Elsa/Getty Images As mostly......
England and the West Indies advanced to the quarter-finals of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2014 following comfortable victories in their decisive Group C and D matches on Tuesday. England overcame......
A 151-run fourth-wicket partnership between Ed Barnard and Ben Duckett powered 1998 champions England to a 213-run victory over hosts United Arab Emirates on the opening day of the ICC Under-19......