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......
India is increasingly a willing participant in the evolving US' Indo-Pacific strategy.While these developments are related to the perception of a growing Chinese security challenge, their......
Today, with China centrally seated and located, the Global South has an intriguing road ahead.Odds of it becoming a Chinese bloc in the emerging new bipolar world are higher than we'd wish them to......
Influential Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said that Indians now see China as their greatest military threat and not Pakistan, and emphasised the need to have constructive re-balancing......
Anybody who's plugged in to the modern, globalised world will understand why, says Kanika Datta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The debate over whether Hindi should be an official......
Economist Deepak Nayyar says economic openness, while necessary, is not sufficient, and is conducive to development only when combined with industrial policy. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......
As Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyn Tan Dung prepares to undertake his maiden visit to India early next month, Hanoi wants greater economic engagement with New Delhi to counterbalance China's......
West Bengal's longest serving chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.Ishita Ayan Dutt tracks the political......
Germany, as the locomotive of Europe, has much to teach India in manufacturing and process management, says Rajeev Srinivasan. November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin......
A century ago when India was a British colony, Sir Frederick Upcott, the then chief commissioner of Great Indian Peninsular Railway, vowed to "eat every pound of steel rail" if Tatas succeeded in......
'The moments of laughter you've gifted us will always remain.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Mammootty/Facebook Siddique, who directed numerous superhit Malayalam movies and the Salman Khan-starrer......
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry. Director duo Siddique-Lal redefined the concept of comedy in Malayalam cinema with their maiden venture Ramji Rao Speaking. Some superb......
Paresh C Palich feelsVenicile Vyapari is pretty run-of-the-millWhat happens when a film is inspired by the title? You have to weave a story around it and make it convincing as well as entertaining.......
The four-man army-- Mahadevan, Govindankutty, Appukkuttan and Thomaskutty-- in Siddique-Lal's In Harihar Nagar had entertained viewers with their funny escapades two decades ago, and the sequel......
It was with director Sathyan Anthikkad's Manassinakkare that Nayantara made her entry into Malayalam films. Sometime later she shifted her attention to Tamil and Telugu. Now she returns to......
IMAGE: US basketball player Brittney Griner teared up during her first news conference after being detained in Russia for nearly 10-months. Photograph: Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters U.S. basketball......
IMAGE: Mercedes' F1 driver, Britain's Lewis Hamilton has expressed his reservations at F1 races being hosted newer countries. Photograph: Dan Istitene/Getty Images Reigning Formula 1 champion......