'Are you alive? Please tell me you are alive'

'There is no safe spot in Gaza.''Israeli airstrikes are targeting everything, everywhere.''Hospitals, mosques, churches, schools have been bombed. These are places where people were taking......

Mentioning Ukraine at G20 opening, Modi calls for mending fences

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged world leaders to end a 'global trust deficit' as India proposed a new text on the Ukraine crisis to break the impasse on G20 communique, and also......

31 Karnataka tribals stranded in war-torn Sudan

As many as 31 people belonging to Hakki-Pikki tribal community from Karnataka are stranded in Sudan, where rival factions of the ruling military regime have been battling for control of the African......

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of......

Markets dive for second straight day; Sensex falls 115 points, Midcaps drop 0.6%

Broader markets broke the winning streak and ended lower, underperforming the benchmark indices Benchmark indices extended losses for second straight day weighed down by weakness among select......

Paris and after: India in the world

India can claim that its twin principles of equity and “common but differentiated responsibilities” found their way into the Paris climate change summit’s 31-page text. However,......

China's $20 bn investment to transform India?

Read through the list of 16 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between China and India during President Xi Jinping's state visit a fortnight ago and it is hard to pin down the $20 billion......

Suzlon Energy signs first South African deal

Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy has signed its first South African deal for supplying turbines and is in talks with four more clients here.Suzlon is also looking at South Africa as a......

Can you watch 425 films in a year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020. IMAGE: Danesh Razvi and Tanya Maniktala in A Suitable Boy. It was the year of staying at home and watching films......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

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......

The Faf-Maxwell Show

IMAGE: Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell's match-winning stand set RCB up for a win at home. Photograph: BCCI On a sunny afternoon at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, the home fans may have......

India down South Africa; finish 9th in hockey World Cup

IMAGE: India trounced South Africa 5-2 on Saturday to finish joint ninth in the FIH Men's World Cup in Rourkela. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter A dominant India scored twice in the first and......

Pandya, Rahul to lead new IPL teams Ahmedabad, Lucknow

IMAGE: The Ahmedabad IPL team picked Hardik Pandya (Rs 15 crore), Rashid Khan (Rs 15 crore) and Shubman Gill (Rs 8 crore) as their three draft picks for IPL 2022. Photograph: Star Sports/Twitter......

Kohli & Co. look to maintain clean slate before Tests

IMAGE: India will surely fancy their chances of an encore, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli's familiar exuberance and pep talks drowned the chatter around Rishabh......