In Search For Planet Nine

Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more. IMAGE: Kindly note the......

Taiwan: A Thorn In China-US Relations

Any miscalculation and miscommunication are fraught with the risk of a major catastrophe, warns Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with US President Joe Biden on the......

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

In a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the......

IISc cancels talk on UAPA, over 100 academics, students protest

More than 500 scientists, academicians and students have written to the Bengaluru-based IISc expressing dismay over the cancellation of a discussion on anti-terror law UAPA that was to be led by......

India's Quest For A Role In The Future Of Semiconductors

'Whoever owns the best chip industry will be the Saudi Arabia of the era of data,' predicts Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw......

The E-Comm Debate In India

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man’s guide to the state of e-comm in a nation of shopkeepers. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   News reports about consumer e-commerce are......

The many battles that Amazon is fighting in India

Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corpor­ate battle. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Several......

Was Peter Kerkar responsible for the 'death' of Cox & Kings?

Was Cox & Kings' Group Chief Executive Officer Ajay Ajit “Peter” Kerkar duped by his employees, as he claims, or did a cocktail of greed, poor cost control and bad management bring......

PIX: Humanoid robot ARTEMIS ready to play some soccer!

IMAGE: A full-sized humanoid robot named ARTEMIS is shown at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, where mechanical engineering students developed a first of its kind robot in Los Angeles,......

Football Focus: Inter sign Sanchez from Man United

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field. IMAGE: Inter Milan's Alexis Sanchez celebrates. Photograph: Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters Serie A club Inter Milan have signed......