Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......
'Whatever else may or may not happen, China and its people are likely to pay a very heavy price for the lack of transparency of its Communist regime,' predicts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE:......
'The soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance. This plurality of our society has come through assimilation of ideas over centuries.''Secularism and inclusion are a matter of faith for us.......
The German police had received information about plans to carry out a bomb attack on a gurdwara in Essen by a group of teenagers from one of the suspects' mother some weeks before an explosive was......
A third suspect has been arrested in connection with the terror bombing of a gurdwara by suspected Islamist militants in Germany's western city of Essen that injured three persons including a Sikh......
For starters given a declining West, it is indeed unwise on our part to depend on it for any matter whatsoever for our growth, writes M R Venkatesh. The events of the past few years at the global......
Germany's participation in a historic Euro750 billion (nearly $1 trillion) rescue package for the financially-troubled euro zone nations has been sealed with President Horst Koehler signing into......
If the economics of globalisation has come to challenge the politics of the Westphalian state, will the politics of North Rhine-Westphalia challenge the economics of European integration? The......
German chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right coalition has agreed on a plan to reform the nation's banking system and to impose a levy on the financial institutions to make them accountable for......
The US auto maker General Motors has confirmed it will retain all four plants of its European subsidiary Opel in Germany but will cut 9,500 jobs in Europe as part of restructuring to make the......
IMAGE: The Italian government has also criticised the media for focusing on whether Serie A would be finished. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/Reuters The Italian government is still not ready to set......
IMAGE: General view of a Bundesliga match ball. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters German football clubs are hoping a return to action is on the horizon, even if it means playing in closed......
IMAGE: Atletico Madrid players celebrate a goal by Gelson Martins against Sant Andreu durinng their Copa del Rey round of 32 first-leg match on Tuesday. Photograph: Atletico de Madrid/Twitter......
IMAGE: Fans of AS Monaco leave the Signal Iduna Park area after the match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco was cancelled after the team bus of the Borussia Dortmund football club was......
‘He eats, lives, breathes and thinks football day after day’ Juergen Klopp, left, signs contract with Liverpool. Photograph: Twitter Liverpool named former Borussia Dortmund coach......