Beijing begins 3-time Covid testing of 3.5 mm people as 51 die in Shanghai

Beijing city on Monday held the first round of three-time COVID-19 mass testing of over 3.5 million people in one of its high-profile districts following a spike in cases, raising fears that the......

Shanghai reports 1st Covid deaths since fresh lockdown

China on Monday reported first fatalities in Shanghai due to the ongoing COVID-19 surge in the city where the Omicron variant continues to paralyse the country's business hub of 26 million people.......

Ukraine: India Refuses To Toe US Line

The Americans have expended a lot of diplomatic energy to coax India into toeing their line, but India has refused to buckle under pressure.As Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said, India......

Covid cases continue to surge record high in Shanghai amid public anger

China on Friday reported more than 3,400 positive and 20,700 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, majority of them in Shanghai as the city of 26 million continued to reel under over fortnight-long......

What makes Reliance Retail a unique venture in India?

Unlike its competitors, RR’s overarching presence in all key related goods and services that has potential to influence buying patterns is its biggest advantage, says Arnab Dutta.......

Why Are Banks Venturing Into New Areas?

For now, the concerns over bad loans have taken a back seat; a bigger challenge for the banking community is credit growth, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Ban on Chinese mobile apps is bonanza for India's own

But the ban has not meant that Indian publishers replaced the Chinese in terms of ranking in the top ten. Eighteen months after the government started banning Chinese mobile apps, two distinct......

Modi Failed India on the Economy

The government did not tell us why our economy had imploded.The prime minister simply stopped speaking on the subject, Aakar Patel points out. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Till......

Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Freestyle skiing- China's Gu wins Bir Air gold IMAGE: Gu Ailing Eileen of China reacts after her run during the Freestyle skiing Women's Freeski Big Air final Run 2 at the Big Air Shougang,......

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads IMAGE: Russian Olympic Committee's Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of the in action during the Pair Skating......

Chinese tennis star says she is safe in video call with Olympic official

IMAGE: Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai makes a video call to IOC President Thomas Bach on Sunday. Photograph: Reuters Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai had a video call on Sunday with the president of......

Peng Shuai appears in Beijing, WTA not reassured

IMAGE: Peng Shuai was seen having dinner with her coach and friends at a restaurant in Beijing on Saturday. Photograph: Hu Xijin/Twitter Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been......

'Missing China tennis player Peng will reappear in public soon'

IMAGE: Former doubles world number one Peng Shuai has not been seen or heard from publicly since she said on Chinese social media on November 2 that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli coerced her......