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......

Modi reveals names of Gaganyan mission astronauts. They are...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the names of the four astronauts--all IAF fighter pilots--for India's ambitious maiden human spaceflight mission Gaganyaan scheduled for next year.......

World One Step Away From Disaster

A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). Kindly note the images have only been published for representational purposes. All photographs: Kind......

65 Ukrainian PoWs among 74 killed in Russian military plane crash

A Russian military transport plane with 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian Prisoners of War, crashed in Belgorod region of Russia on Wednesday, the country's defence ministry said as......

Jack Ryan 3 Review: Engaging Watch

An entertaining spy thriller with elements of world politics bunged in: Utkarsh Mishra endorses Jack Ryan, season 3. Jack Ryan is back with a new mission. This time, to stop a World War. The......

Putin supports Russians going to 2024 Olympics but need to analyze IOC's conditions

IMAGE: The Russian Olympic Committee headquarters in Moscow. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he supported Russians competing at the 2024 Paris......

Russian Prez Putin slams IOC over politicising sport

IMAGE: A man carries the Russian flag past the Olympic rings. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday of......

Is India the new hotbed for chess?

IMAGE: In the years to come, India will become a formidable force in the world of chess. Photograph: FIDE/Twitter Things have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players......

Nepomniachtchi vs Ding: Chess awaits a new world champion!

IMAGE: Chess will get a new world champions as Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren face off. Photograph: Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding......

IOC: Bow to demands to ban Russian or risk boycott

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters The Olympic movement is facing its biggest dilemma since the Cold War: bow to demands to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes or risk the first......