"We raced against time and were the first country to report cases to the world," Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said in interviews to the official media over the weekend.
England have lost to Germany in their last three knockout meetings at major tournaments
Tom Brady leads Buccaneers to Super Bowl win on home field
Millions across the globe have been waiting for his historic 100th international century but Sachin Tendulkar says that he would prefer to just enjoy the game without thinking much about the hype surrounding the landmark.
The flawed Indian policy toward Afghanistan is missing the woods for the trees. The Modi government doesn't have a 'big picture', observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's systemic dealings in Afghanistan in 1994.
'The media hype that the Gir lion species is in danger is totally wrong.'
It is easy to get swayed by your peers getting themselves the much hyped business administration degree. But should YOU get one too? Sameer Kamat, author of Beyond the MBA: A Guide to understanding and Surviving B-Schools lists out the questions you must ask yourself before taking the big step.
The brand new bankruptcy process is being brazenly gamed by those with connections and money. The touts and fixers of the previous regime have been replaced by a new set close to this one, observes Debashis Basu.
And what an exciting week it has been, with players returning to packed stadiums, some memorable individual and team performances and a medical incident which had the world on edge.
Allotment could be low, and expected listing-day gains can quickly morph into losses if sentiment takes a turn for the worse
Any shortlist of contenders for the greatest of all-time events must include the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
Four-time champions India will back themselves to reach their third successive final at the U-19 World Cup when they face arch-rivals Pakistan in the semi-finals, in Potchefstroom, on Tuesday. Both teams go into the last four clash unbeaten. While India beat Australia in the quarter-finals, Pakistan outplayed Afghanistan.
The Bengal outcome can have a marginal impact on national politics. Whereas elections in UP next year might still change the course ahead of the parliamentary poll in 2024, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Tenet is both incredibly obfuscating and feverishly magnificent, says Sukanya Verma.
Valieva dominates the ice despite doping scandal
Another week and a spate of OTT shows and movies to watch. Here's what Sukanya Verma recommends.
19-year-old Naomi Janumala stars in Rihanna's Fenty campaign.
Shaw knocks at selectors' doors ahead of NZ Tests with a splendid 150 off 100 balls.
In one of the most awaited weddings in tinsel town and the playing fields, the two were married in a private ceremony, attended by close family members and friends, at a resort in Tuscany, Italy.
'India knows very well that China will not be at a disadvantage in any China-India military operations along the border area'
In a major policy speech on Monday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the world will not allow China to treat the strategically important South China Sea (SCS) as its 'maritime empire' and vowed to support worried Southeast Asian countries against Beijing's 'campaign of bullying' to control the resource-rich region.
It is too early to write Narendra Modi's political obituary, asserts Virendra Kapoor.
Rohit Sharma produced an elegant hundred before Kuldeep Yadav flummoxed the Pakistani batsmen as India inflicted a humiliating 89-run defeat via the Duckworth-Lewis method on their arch-rivals.
Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com looks on the lighter side of things after India beat Pakistan in Adelaide for their sixth straight win over their arch rivals in a World Cup clash.
Modi seems to have an innate faith in his capabilities to handle the myriad challenges confronting the nation and would rather manage the affairs of the nation as a CEO would of a large industrial-business empire, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Cricket writer Bharat Sundaresan shares the key takeaways from Team India's historic win that you can apply in every day life.
Chebrolu said she was inspired to find potential cures to viruses after learning about the 1918 flu pandemic and finding out how many people die every year in the US despite annual vaccinations and anti-influenza drugs on the market.
For the first time in seven years the prime minister finds himself at his most vulnerable, observes Virendra Kapoor.
Selectors name the Test squad on Thursday but will have to rely on their gut rather than hard numbers
The commission had rejected the theory that it was a spontaneous act by karsevaks whereas the CBI court has ruled that there was no evidence that demolition was a conspiracy.
India's captain Harmanpreet Kaur says her team has the ability to put pressure on any side in the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup if it stays in the right frame of mind.
China has opened the world's longest high-speed rail line.
Apart from its enforceability through courts due to it being part of the I-T Act, two other factors will help ensure the taxpayers' charter is implemented, at least in letter (if not in spirit) this time around, points out Harsh Roongta.
In the form of his life for the past few years, the 29-year-old all-rounder already has 7000 plus runs and more than 270 wickets across formats and finds his name mentioned alongside the likes of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff.
The finance minister did very well for equity market investors but not so with families, reveals Mahesh Vyas.
Congress sources said party president Rahul Gandhi met Lt Gen Hooda and discussed the modalities of the panel.
Some BCCI officials are of the view that unless VIVO backs out on its own in prevailing circumstances, the board should honour the remainder of the contract, which ends in 2022.
Think again, is what Ashwin is telling the 'community' as a whole.
Top seed Robin Soderling was beaten 6-4, 7-5 by American Robby Ginepri in his opening match at the Chennai Open on Tuesday.
