Siddharth Chatterjee takes over as top UN diplomat in China

Senior United Nations official Siddharth Chatterjee of India has formally taken over as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, a key posting of overseeing the work of 27 agencies, funds......

Mumbai's iconic spots turn into quarantine facilities

Mumbai is converting several of its iconic structures into quarantine facilities as it races to prepare for a predicted peaking of infections this month. With some projections suggesting the number......

What India needs to do in Kashmir

'India needs to learn in Kashmir how to spread development.''Pakistan needs to learn in Balochistan how to spread development.''China needs to learn in Xinjiang and Tibet.''And if they can show......

Why India and China won't go to war

'The reason why we don't have an escalation of war like in 1962 is because in 1962, we didn't have this connectivity.''Whereas today, we have lots of incentives to stay stable and connected to......

Review: Ki & Ka is clueless & caricatured

In this film the Ka -- as in the Ka-poors, who act in the film -- are okay, it is the Ki -- as in Bal-Ki, who directs it -- who stumbles rather badly, feels Raja Sen. As a Bengali, I have......

How Olympian Maana battled depression, injury before stunning comeback

'I had to start from zero, so it was very, very frustrating and very consuming-- mentally and emotionally. I threw tantrums. There was a point that I really wanted to quit swimming.'   IMAGE:......