Pompeo an advocate of tough policy on Pakistan

Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated by United States President Donald Trump to be his next Secretary of State, is seen as an advocate of a tough policy on......

Rocket man? Yes. Fool? Definitely not

The US needs to find global support, especially from Russia and China, to make North Korea back down, says Claude Smadja. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

North Korea test-fires ballistic missile over Japan

North Korea on Tuesday morning launched a ballistic missile which has reportedly passed over Japan. The missile broke into three pieces and fell 1,180 kilometers from Cape Erimo into the waters off......

Tolerance has to become an essential national virtue: Ansari

Tolerance has to become an essential national virtue to promote harmony transcending sectional diversities, Vice-President M Hamid Ansari on Sunday said. Tolerance is a pragmatic formula for the......

Crude calculations on a Russian oil price cap

Come December, India may have to re-evaluate purchases of Russian oil if a price cap on crude oil proposed by the US and the European Union (EU) comes into effect. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters......

America Inc still finds India a difficult market to crack

Though the US has got together a number of vetted and potential Indian business partners, most of these companies say they haven’t had much luck in stitching up deals to tap into India as an......