Henry Kissinger, the veteran American diplomat who died at the age of 100, was known for his disdain towards India's leadership in the 1970s and even had used racist and misogynist language for the......
Threats were often communicated to Pandit homes through notes tied to stones chucked through a window, or a notice pasted on a wall.Those sometimes came from neighbours eyeing that Pandit family's......
India has much paranoia in India about a new 'Terroristan' coming up between Pakistan and a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.Pakistan has zero ability economically, diplomatically, geostrategically or......
Lobbying on the Hill is time consuming and cumbersome, but very effective to influence US government policies, asserts Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in......
Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course.A......
After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......
Overseas investors, as well as other key stakeholders, such as brokers, custodians, and clearing corporations, are yet to iron out critical issues, even as the shift towards a shorter trade......
The value of the foreign portfolio investors' (FPI) holdings in the domestic equities reached $667 billion in three months ended September 2021, a surge of 13 per cent from the preceding quarter,......
The country's foreign exchange reserves surged by $58.38 billion in April-September 2021 to $635.36 billion, says an RBI report released on Wednesday. The forex reserves were at $576.98 billion at......
Thus far in FY21, BSE, NSE have rallied 70 per cent and 71 per cent, respectively. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) continue to bet big on ‘India story’ with their net investment in......
IMAGE: Tina Turner performs during the Grammy awards in 2008. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll for her blistering performances and powerfully gritty......
'Kishore Kumar lived like a king and knew that he could get away with anything. It's as simple as that.' IMAGE: Kishore Kumar with his son, Amit. Photograph: Kind courtesy Amit Kumar/......
IMAGE: Shubman Gill will lead the Gujarat Titans in the upcoming IPL season. Photographs: Gujarat Titans/X With the IPL season set to roll on Friday, one captain who has 100 Tests under his belt......
There is a hint of difference, yet a sameness to the proceedings at the Gujarat Titans training camp ahead of IPL 2024. Coaches Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten continue to be the guiding......
IMAGE: Joe Root celebrates his century. Photograph: BCCI Experienced batter Joe Root became England's most successful batter after he became the first batter from his nation to go past the......
Photograph: Andrew Couldridge Livepic via Reuters Notorious for drugs and crime and afflicted by large-scale poverty, the Khayelitsha township in Cape Town is better known for being one of the......
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......