China showcases latest arms in parade, a veiled warning to US?

China on Wednesday for the first time displayed a range of new weapons at a massive military parade, which included laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles, giant underwater drones, besides......

Jiang Zemin: A Chinese Leader Like None Other

Barring the many young women he had sex with, it is doubtful if anyone saw Mao Zedong smile. Zhou Enlai, Mao's premier, often sported an enigmatic smile, one that hid his devilish intentions as he......

Xi re-elected as China's President after removal of term limit

Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters Xi Jinping was on Friday re-elected as president for a second five-year tenure by China's rubber-stamp parliament, days after it scrapped the two-term rule for the......

Xi Jinping's war on corruption angers China's leaders

The Chinese Communist Party's all important 19th Party Congress is just months away, and President Xi Jinping finds himself confronting unlikely challenges to his pre-eminent position, says former......

FTX Failure: Lessons To Be Learnt

Damage from new shenanigans can be contained if regulators move quickly when something does not smell right, counsels Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Sam Bankman-Fried, who founded and led FTX until a......

Chinese movie mogul's big bet on Haryana

He is widely admired for maintaining an almost military like discipline and is not known to smoke or drink Last week, China’s Dalian Wanda group announced its intention to invest $10 billion......

China posts slowest growth in 24 years

A series of modest support measures from the government over the year helped stave off worries of a more dramatic slowdown Image: China services industry growth slows, confirms year-end......

China unveils boldest reforms in decades, shows Xi in command

China unwrapped its boldest set of economic and social reforms in nearly three decades on Friday, relaxing its one-child policy and further freeing up markets in order to put the world's......

2016 SAG Awards: Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman on the red carpet

The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, January 30 at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. While a lot of celebs rocked the red carpet with their......

HOT, SEXY, QUIRKY: Vote for your FAVE Golden Globes styles

Take this fun poll!The 72nd Golden Globes, held at the luxurious Beverly Hilton hotel in California, was a star studded affair with tons of surprise winners and was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy......

Brand India ambassador Priyanka Chopra: 'This is not the country I grew up in'

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on Priyanka Chopra's appointment as a brand ambassador for India, despite her frankness on intolerant India. IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra looks picture perfect in......

Priyanka's HOTTEST Hollywood appearances? VOTE!

Yay or nay?With her ABC thriller Quantico ready for its television debut (on a prime time slot no less!), Priyanka Chopra is busy hobnobbing in the big mighty world of Hollywood.However, her tryst......

Edwina, Oshin secure silver at Asian Youth Games

IMAGE: Edwina Jason clocked 55.43s to win the silver medal in the girl's 400m race at the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Riffa, Bahrain, on Friday. Photographs: Athletics Federation of India/X India's......

Priteesmita Bhoi shatters world youth record

IMAGE: India's Priteesmita Bhoi won gold in the girls' 44kg Clean and Jerk event with a world youth record. Photograph: IOA/X Weightlifter Priteesmita Bhoi broke the world youth record in clean......

Tharun upsets Srikanth, Satwik-Chirag advance at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win opener. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters India's top men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty began their Hong Kong Open......

Sindhu shocked; Prannoy, Sen advance in Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: This was P V Sindhu's first loss to the 25-year-old Line Christophersen in six outings. Photograph: Weixiang Lim/Reuters India's two-time Olympic medallist shuttler P V Sindhu bowed out,......

Ayush Shetty stuns former World Champ at Orleans Masters

India's Ayush Shetty produced a sensational straight-game victory over former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, while HS Prannoy also advanced to the second round of the USD 240,000 Orleans......