India at UNSC highlights 'contemporary threats' to peacekeeping

India on Wednesday called for a sound information and intelligence foundation aimed at securing UN peacekeepers to meet "contemporary threats", asserting that UN peacekeeping simply cannot afford......

'To Kanti Bhatt, books played god'

Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years......

Modi begins 'groundbreaking' visit, Netanyahu says 'historic'

Laying the foundation of a new chapter in relations with Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his “ground-breaking” visit on Tuesday, receiving an extraordinary welcome by the......

Revealed: 5 outcomes from Modi's Israel visit

Israel is determined to take the bilateral engagement to a different level that goes beyond defence hardware and intelligence software.Kanchan Gupta reports exclusively from Tel Aviv for Rediff.com......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 4 at the Games

China continued to put up dominating performances in the pool, this time taking gold in women's 10 metre synchronized diving on Tuesday. Slovenian Judoka Tina Trstenjak became her country's......

France takes first gold in team eventing; Germany's Jung claims second individual gold

IMAGE: France's Karim Florent Laghouag riding Entebbe jumps during the eventing team jumping final at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters......