Russia to formally annex 4 Ukraine regions on Friday amid global protests

Russia will hold a signing ceremony on Friday to incorporate the annexed four occupied regions of Ukraine at Kremlin, Moscow's President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. IMAGE: A......

Vikrant: A Giant Leap For Indian Navy

The Indian Navy has a big role to play in support of our strategic objectives in the Indian Ocean.The increasing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean is a matter of concern and need to be......

Rajnath's veiled attack on China at Visakhapatnam's commissioning

Taking a veiled dig at China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said 'some irresponsible nations' for the sake of their narrow partisan interests and hegemonic tendencies are coming up with......

Will India recognise a Taliban govt?

'We have been bold and innovative on recognition in the past and we do not need to rush,' advises Ambassador T P Sreenivasan recalling his experience as India's envoy in Fiji when New Delhi refused......

Should overseas deals be taxed?

While the Authority for Advance Rulings has ruled against this in the case of E*Trade, the Vodafone case will come up in a few weeks - with 40 per cent of Indian FDI coming through Mauritius, the......

Keep language simple: SC on arbitration disputes

The legal fraternity is known to be fond of technicalities and verbiage. International contracts between corporations are polysyllabic monstrosities running into scores of pages. Therefore, the......

Bill tabled to check cyber crime

To check cyber crimes like publishing sexually explicit material in electronic form, government introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha on Friday to amend the IT Act to enable service providers to set up......

125 firms listed by Volcker report under scanner

The Finance Ministry intends to examine tax returns filed by the 125 Indian companies, which have been named in the Volcker report on kickbacks to the erstwhile Saddam Hussein regime for the......