Trump Tantrum: 'Present Moment Difficult For India'

'Geopolitically and diplomatically it's a very difficult situation for India.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   Not since the days of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger has India been berated......

How India Must Deal With Trump The Bully

The way to deal with a bully is to resist bullying, because submission in the first instance only invites even more overbearing demands in future. What may seem like a small price to pay now will......

India's Foreign Policy Needs Strategic Expansion

The era where nations thrived through rigid alignments is giving way to an age where the connective State defines power.For India, that era has arrived, points out Dr Nishakant Ojha. IMAGE:......

Modi's Diplomacy Needs To Get More Done

One must wonder whether Mr Modi's efforts to wine and dine the Big Two of today's world were seen as a sign of weakness rather than a proffered arm of friendship, points out R Jagannathan. IMAGE:......

India accelerates Iranian port project after US-Iran thaw

India is sending a team to Iran to speed up work on a port that will provide access to resource-rich Central Asia and Afghanistan, officials said, moving quickly to take advantage of a thaw in......

Who Can Dethrone The US Dollar?

Policymakers should aspire to restore the pre-Independence environment where the rupee was trusted and used all over South Asia, in Southeast Asia, in West Asia, and in East Africa, suggests Ajay......

Why India will always play second fiddle to China

Thinking big, China is changing the world order; with mixed priorities, we can but tag along, writes T J S George. It is now clear that China is seeking to change the way the world is run. Its......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

10 AMAZING Stories from Across The World

Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the 72nd Berlinale. While the COVID-19 situation in Europe was uncertain, the organisers of Berlinale made the tough decision of physically holding the film......

FIFA stares at mammoth challenges ahead of 2026 World Cup draw

US host cities, notably in the Midwest, the Southeast and parts of the Southwest, are expected to experience extreme heat and high humidity during June and July, with thunderstorms potentially......

UAE on cusp on FIFA World Cup spot; Iraq on course

IMAGE: UAE beat Oman 2-1 in their FIFA World Cup Group A AFC qualifiers at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar, on Saturday. Photograph: Kind courtesy AFC Asian Qualifiers/X The United Arab......

New, unique events at the Hangzhou Asian Games

The Asian Games officially begin on Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou and will feature several sports that are unlikely to be seen in any other major continental or global......

World Cup Diary: Oracle tapir predicts Sweden will beat South Korea

IMAGE: Limpopo Zoo's tapir, called Cleopatra, predicted a win for Sweden against South Korea. Photograph: Nils Petter Nilsson/Ombrello/Getty Images With three days until the Russian city of Nizhny......

PIX: On the road with Portuguese fans is a moveable feast

'We have food, wine, cheese from Portugal. We set up a table, share it with people, and talk about our cultures. We had 180 bottles of wine. Now we have less.' IMAGE: Portugal fans celebrate......