Taiwan getting ready for war with China: Report

As China is increasing its military activities near Taiwan in line with its stated goal of reintegrating it with the mainland, Taipei also started taking concrete steps to defend and train itself......

What Olympics postponement will cost Japan

'The Olympics postponement may not be a political body blow to Abe Shinzo, but it is no denying that the economic cost of the postponement of the Games will be heavy for Japan,' observes Dr Rajaram......

Paytm employee tests positive, India's coronavirus count rises to 29

A Paytm employee in Gurgaon has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Wednesday, advising its employees to work from home for the next couple of days. With......

The young Indians who are shooting for the moon

The atmosphere at the sparkling new Axiom Research Labs facility is informal and collegial. This is not surprising, since most of Axiom's 80-strong workforce is just out of college. It's also......

Venugopal Dhoot: From an industry leader to a defaulter

Starting with a family, which had a dealership of Bajaj Auto's scooters, to becoming the owner of a household name in consumer appliances who could afford to have Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan......

Sony-Zee to hold 52.93:47.07 stake in new merged entity

IMAGE: Punit Goenka will head the new entity. India's largest publicly-traded television network Zee Entertainment Enterprises will merge with Sony Pictures Network India, capping days of high......

Why Jaitley is upbeat about Sino-Indian ties

IMAGE: (From left) Shaktikanta Das, Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs in the Indian Ministry of Finance, Naushad Forbes, CII President, Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate......

FDI: Why the govt expects 45% jump in 2016

  Bullish on a series of reforms unveiled in the year passing-by, the government expects foreign direct investment inflows to rise by 40-45 per cent in the New Year while further steps could......

US won't send officials to Beijing Winter Olympics

'The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the PRC's ongoing genocide and crimes against......

Tokyo Olympics: What you need to know right now

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter The director of the Olympics opening ceremony was fired over an old comedy act in which he joked about the Holocaust, a day before the usually......

In coronavirus-hit world, sponsors to stand by delayed Olympics

Five major sponsors, Procter & Gamble, Intel, Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Samsung Electronics reaffirmed their commitment to the Tokyo Olympics despite the postponement. IMAGE: Miraitowa, left, the......

Winter Olympics sidelights: Robots take to the slopes on sidelines of Games

IMAGE: Robot Rudolph skies during the Ski Robot Challenge at a ski resort in Hoenseong, South Korea. Photograph: Kim Hong-ji/Reuters While Alpine skiers fought high winds at the Pyeongchang Games......

PHOTOS: Bolt sprinkles star-dust as athletics goes Hollywood

'I've never handed (a baton) over to a girl. For me that was exciting.' IMAGE: Usain Bolt competes in the mixed 4x100 metre relay during the Nitro Athletics event at Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne,......