India has dropped two places on a global press freedom index to be ranked 140th out of 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders analysis released on Thursday, with the lead up to the......
United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon has called on Afghanistan's neighbours, Iran and Pakistan to help the country tackle threats of terrorism and drug trafficking in its transition to stability,......
Dubbed as a shrewd and skillful manipulator by his political opponents, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has achieved the dubious distinction of being ranked one of the world's top 10 dictators.......
The only Indian American lawmaker in the United States Congress, Dr Amerish ‘Ami’ Bera, on Tuesday made his debut as a member of a Congressional Committee that has jurisdiction over......
Hein Kiessling has the kind of access in Pakistan that journalists (and spies) would die for, says Kanika Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you didn't know Hein Kiessling had......
Corruption in nearly half the world's nations is not getting much better and, indeed, in many countries is intensifying--affecting virtually every aspect of life among peoples on every continent.......
India is now less corrupt, despite the fact that it tops the world bribery list!The latest Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog, ranks India at number 70 on......
Over the past quarter of a century, India's energy consumption has tripled. The rate of growth is faster than China's, albeit from a lower base, though the causes are the same: rapid economic......