Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

'India Is A Meat-Eating Country'

'Our study finds that only about 20% of Indians are vegetarians and the rest of the 80% are non-vegetarians or meat-eaters.' 'Your eating habits have a lot to do with where you live.' Kindly note......

Budget 2024: Over Rs 2 lakh cr allocated to home ministry

The interim budget 2024-25 on Thursday allocated Rs 202868.70 crore to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with the highest share of funds going to the paramilitary forces like Central Reserve......

Govt allocates Rs 928 cr to CBI, down by Rs 40 cr from FY 2024

The Centre has allocated Rs 928.46 crore to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Union Budget 2024-25 announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, a snip of over Rs 40.4......

Netherlands is now India's 5th-largest export destination

The Netherlands has emerged as India’s fifth-largest export destination in 2021-22 (FY22), jumping from its 10th position a year ago. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Exports to the......

India's textile and apparel exports outshine pre-Covid numbers

Backed by the China-plus-one policy, India’s textile and apparel exports have seen a 53 per cent growth during the April-November period of the current fiscal year at around $26 billion.......

Swiggy, Zomato to pay 5% GST to govt; food won't cost more

The GST Council on Friday extended concessional tax rates on COVID-19 medicines, cut tax on cancer drugs and waived GST on import of highly expensive medicines for muscular atrophy, but will......

The Top 10 Spy Thrillers On OTT

The West has had an advantage over Indian cinema and OTT when it comes to espionage thrillers -- the two World Wars and the Cold War were grist for the mill, and then the Middle East joined the......

There was no end to what Irrfan could do

]Irrfan never stopped being hopeful about the endless possibilities open to actors and film-makers in Indian cinema, recalls Subhash K Jha. IMAGE: 'Puppy seems to be a better poser,' Irrfan......

India-Pak clash fails to ignite spark. What went wrong?

'It was because of the rain prediction that people don't want to take a chance, or may be the local interest is not there' IMAGE: Empty stands not good advertisement for cricket's greatest......

'It is not ideal, we would have also liked to have an extra day'

'Yeah! Look, obviously, I was a little surprised when I heard it first. But we don't organise the competition, so we can't do a whole lot about it, right?'   IMAGE: Bangladesh coach Chandika......

Asia Cup perfect testing ground ahead of World Cup

IMAGE: India captain Rohit Sharma and Pakistan captain Babar Azam will lead their teams at the Asia Cup where the India-Pakistan games will once again be the toast of the tournament. Photograph:......

Rivalry Ignites: India to face Pak in Asia Cup opener

India to open campaign against Pakistan in Kandy on Sep 2, meet again in Colombo on Sep 10 IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam are all smiles as they pose for photographs. Photograph: Martin......

India snubs Pakistan! Asia Cup games relocated to Sri Lanka

Shah, Ashraf finalise Asia Cup schedule; Indo-Pak matches in Dambulla IMAGE: Rohit Sharma led team won't travel to Pakistan. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images The much anticipated Asia......