Great wall of China in way of G20 consensus on Ukraine

A day ahead of the G20 summit, there was no clear indication on Friday of a breakthrough in arriving at a consensus on the text to describe the Ukraine crisis in the joint leaders' declaration with......

Will Operation Rahul Boomerang On BJP?

It is clear to any observer that the BJP risks its demolition drive boomeranging on itself.Except for one unpredictable factor in the works -- Rahul Gandhi himself, observes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE:......

'We think about him and it moistens our eyes'

'The fact that all the charges against my son are baseless and concocted, in itself, gives me all the hope.' IMAGE: Dr Umar Khalid, the political and social activist. Photograph: ANI Photo With Dr......

Huge blow for UK PM as Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit as ministers

Boris Johnson's premiership was on the brink of collapse after two of his top ministers, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, dramatically announced their resignations, saying......

Aviation Industry Vulnerable To Cyberattacks

Aviation is a juicy target. It's a 24x7 industry, which cannot afford delays or loss of customer credibility. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Low-cost airline SpiceJet suffered a......

Rags to riches tale of mining mogul Anil Agarwal

A reception often reserved for rockstars came the way of mining mogul Anil Agarwal when he started revealing nuggets of his ascent from a scrap-metal dealer to one of India's most prominent......

Tata Steel back with a bang in Q4; shows Rs 6,644-cr PAT

Overall, Tata Steel becomes the seventh non-financial firm, including four oil PSUs to report quarterly revenues of Rs 50,000 crore. Tata Steel reported a higher-than-expected consolidated net......

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.Surajeet......

Have you seen these super TV shows?

'10 shows that left my senses boggled after bingeing on them,' says J Jagannath. The year gone by was when we got the biggest affirmation to the cultural adage of the 21st century: 'TV is the new......

Delhi Belly, Nirbhaya, The Night Of: Poorna's awesome journey

'There are a lot of things to make the series The Night Of relevant.''The decision to make it -- not only South Asian, but Pakistani Muslim -- is intensively relevant with what's going on today.'......

'Preity is extremely moody'

National award winning Assamese director Jahnu Barua entered the Hindi film industry with his critically acclaimed film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara. Now, the director is back with his next, Har......

Black Caps head home after great night of celebrations

IMAGE: The New Zealand players let their hair down as they celebrated the emphatic eight-wicket win over India in the ICC World Test Championship final in Southampton. Photographs: Kind courtesy......

PHOTOS: Defining moments of the decade in Sports

PHEW! What a decade of glorious sporting events we have witnessed. Sportsmen falling from grace, India winning the ICC Cricket Cup in 2011 and then coming up short in the following two editions,......

Snooker: Advani, Aditya crash out in pre-quarters

India's leading cueists, Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta, bowed out of the third European Players Tour Championship (PTC) of the season -- the Bluebell Wood Open -- after suffering defeats in their......

Invisible flame is burning issue of London Games

The Olympic flame is nowhere to be seen. The enduring image of the Summer and Winter Games, lit Friday night at the climax of the opening ceremony, is out of sight from the throngs of fans who......

'Why is Alonso such a bad loser?'

The Formula 1 Championship battle has never been more alive, with Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso tied on points, and Michael barely ahead by the merit of winning seven races to Alonso's......