Need to address de-escalation: Jaishankar in Beijing

India and China should build on "good progress" in normalising the bilateral ties to address border-related issues including de-escalation, and it is essential to avoid "restrictive trade measures......

2 Hurriyat allies, another group sever ties with separatists

Two Hurriyat Conference constituents -- the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement and the J-K Democratic Political Movement  -- have announced severing their all ties with separatists, Union......

Will Japan Instability Derail India Ties?

There is nothing to be worried about as bilateral ties are robust with solid foundations.Both are on the same page on the economic and defence/security ties bilaterally and globally and that shall......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

The 'C' word India needs (and it's not cashless)

Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa. Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Weighing India's progress amid economic uncertainties

If the pathbreakers in electricity supply and waste management succeed, these could serve as models for breaking the mould in our approach to coal and spectrum allocation and management, notes......

5 ways NITI Aayog is using AI to change India

'AI will be bigger than the advent of the Internet or the harnessing of electricity.''India must embrace it with all its might,' says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.Illustration: Dominic......