BRICS Summit: Opportunities for India, Russia and China

Srikanth Kondapalli on what to expect from the seventh BRICS summit meeting to be held in Russia in July. The seventh BRICS Summit is to be held at Ufa in Russia on July 9-10. As the rotating chair......

Why a nuclear liability bill is essential

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the Bhopal tragedy have brought back into focus the issue of industrial accidents, contractual liabilities and questions of operator liability, notes Manoj......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Russia protests note ban; threatens retaliatory action

Russia has lodged a strong protest over cash shortage affecting the functioning of its embassy in New Delhi and threatening retaliatory action. Pressing the External Affairs Ministry to intervene......

'FDI policy should be seen in light of Make in India'

  'The latest Index of Industrial Production numbers show some recovery'. 'Exports, together with domestic market, will have to be sustaining growth.' Nirmala Sitharaman, below, left, has......

Defying US, European allies say they'll join China-led bank

Germany, France and Italy said on Tuesday they had agreed to join a new China-led Asian investment bank after close ally Britain defied US pressure to become a founder member of a venture seen in......

Mittal keen to sell Kazakh oil field stake to OVL

Steel czar Lakshmi N Mittal is keen on selling half of his stake in a Kazakhstan oil field to state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd to tide over the severe financial constraint affecting his planned expansion......

Cyclist Ronaldo scripts history in Asian c'ships

IMAGE: Ronaldo's silver on Wednesday was his third medal of the championships. He had earlier won bronze medals in 1km time trial and team sprint events. Photograph: Sports India/Twitter Ronaldo......

Indian boxers eye strong show at Asian Championships

India had delivered its best ever Asian Championship performance in the 2019 edition in Thailand, claiming 13 medals, including two gold, four silver and seven bronze. IMAGE: MC Mary Kom, who has......

'Medals at parallel event should be counted at CWG'

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra. Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images Indian Olympic Association's proposal......

India loses tennis events due to closure of Pakistan's air space

IMAGE: Germany's Alexander Zverev (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Reuters The closure of Pakistan's air space in the aftermath of the Balakot air strikes has resulted in......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......