Russia's Unease Over India-US Proximity

The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......

Putin Is Back In Business!

As Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was petitioning members of the United States Congress to pass a bill earmarking more US aid for his besieged country, Russian President Vladimir Putin......

Putin lauds 'big friend' Modi's 'Make in India' initiative

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a big friend" of Russia and said his 'Make in India' campaign has had a "truly impressive effect" on the country's......

Russia replaces Ukraine war commander with General who planned invasion

Sergei Surovikin on Wednesday was removed from his role as head of Russia's war in Ukraine only three months into the job, reported CNN. IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chief of the......

Why the middle-class across the world is angry

There are few periods in human history that have seen worldwide expressions of middle-class angst like the current one has. In India, this expression takes the form of - sometimes tacit and......

Continental to invest 50mn euros in India

German auto component maker Continental AG said on Wednesday it would invest over 50 million euros (about Rs 330 crore) in India in the next two years primarily to get into the radial tyre segment......

Continental takes over Modi Tyre company

The world's fourth largest tyre manufacturer Continental has taken over full control of India's Modi Tyres Companyin an all-share deal valued at 18.6 million euros.The acquisition of the subsidiary......

Prophet of innovation

"The wind turns and returns according to its circuits, all the rivers run into the sea and yet the sea is not full. Unto the place whence the waters came, there they shall return again. And there......

Salman: I don't want to make depressing films for my fans

Salman Khan gave one of the biggest hits of 2009 with Wanted. It almost made us forget his next two duds -- Main Aurr Mrs Khanna and London Dreams. Now with the new year comes new......

Review: Eastern Promises

The setting is unspeakably macabre. Two Russian mobsters stand over a barber's attic in London, helping him dispose of a razor-guillotined corpse. Nikolai, played by Viggo Mortensen, set to 'treat'......

Eastern Promises -- review

A teenage girl drags herself into a London chemist begging for medicine. Few hours later, we see her dead in a hospital having given birth to a baby girl. A midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) comes across......

Avinash Sable: 'To win an Olympic medal, I need...'

'I need mental conditioning and support staff to deal with the mental aspect.' IMAGE: In the absence of a mental conditional coach, Avinash Sable is relying on YouTube to take lessons on Yoga,......

CWG: The man who helped Sable challenge Kenyans...

'I will never forget what coach Nikolai Snesarev did for me. Many coaches will come and go in my life but his influence on my career has been life-changing. He changed my belief.' IMAGE: Avinash......

Neeraj Chopra, Sable give India reason to cheer

IMAGE: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra broke his own meet record. Photograph: Athletics Federation of India/Twitter Maharashtra's Avinash Sable paid the best possible tribute to late coach......

COVID-19 derails Indian boxers in Spanish tourney

IMAGE: Olympic-bound Ashish Kumar, in red, tested positive for COVID-19 and as a result of being his roommates, Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) were forced to withdraw from......

Boxam International: Manish Kaushik strikes gold

IMAGE: Manish Kaushik defeated Denmark's Nikolai Terteryan in a split decision. Photograph: Boxing Federation/Twitter Olympic-bound Indian boxer Manish Kaushik (63kg) struck gold in his first......