Centuries old religious conflicts may be nearing an inevitable end with the addition of nuclear warheads to their arsenal, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Apart from May, the four other contenders for the Conservative leadership and prime ministership are Stephen Crabb, Liam Fox, Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom.
After a busy day in Stockholm, Sweden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. PM Modi is in London to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. The PM will also have a top-level meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as well as a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace. Here's a glimpse of NaMo's busy English day.
'The feeling is growing that if India slips in the realms of liberal tenets, it will be a tragedy not only for the country, but also for the world because it will lose a remarkable role model,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
The legislation passed with 230 votes in the 300-seat chamber.
Switzerland has been perceived for long as a safe haven for alleged illicit funds or black money
'India placed the order, primarily due to the IAF's 'critical operational necessity'.' 'The complexity of the IAF's requirements delayed the process for months.' 'It is these requirements which cannot be made public.' 'Can you image Indian politicians publicly discussing the pros and the cons of such military equipment?' 'It would provide India's enemies with indications about the IAF's tactical plans in case of a conflict.' 'It is crucial that they should remain secret to protect India's defence preparedness,' explains Claude Arpi.
Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot.
The country witnessed over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading "no more Polish vermin" posted outside a school.
'Modi forgot to ask Trump for anything that India may need -- and there is so much shortfall all around!', states Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
In Sialkot, people found five empty ballot boxes near Kashmir Park in the Cantonment area, the report said.
European leaders are searching for solutions as conflicts in Syria and Iraq are sending thousands of refugees on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation European Union. Here are the latest developments on the crisis.
He rejected the arguments that the publication of cartoon reflects press freedom and said this is the misuse of freedom of expression.
'It was a 20-minute boat ride journey of about 500 metres, but it must have been a giant leap together for the two staunchly secular leaders, Modi and Macron,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively
'And so, despite demonetisation, people in business feel safe with Mr Modi,' points out T N Ninan.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Northern Ireland reached their first major tournament in 30 years and their neighbours south of the border beat world champions Germany to take a big step towards joining them at Euro 2016 in a memorable night for Irish football on Thursday.
'I want France to remain itself. The barbarians who attack France would like to disfigure it. They will not make it change.'
Nifty is likely to remain under selling pressure unless and until it breach the 7,700-7,720 levels on closing basis.
Sensex was up 184 points at 25,580 and the Nifty added 71 points to end the day at 7,654
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap outperformed the frontline indices to gain 0.2% and 0.3%
The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
The video shows images of the United Kingdom Parliament and Eiffel Tower crashing to the ground.
Greek proposals hailed as "a positive step forward".
Nearly 10 months after it ended its decade-long boycott of Narendra Modi, UK said any engagement with the Gujarat chief minister was not an endorsement of him and expressed concern over human rights violations in the state.
Pakistan has taken too much of a chance with Pulwama - with the wrong government in India, and at the wrong time.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 14 images.
Kerala has recorded 24 cases including two foreign nationals.
Rediff.com brings you some images of the Mahatma's statues erected around the globe.
Father Uzhunnalil, who hails from Kerala, was abducted in March by terror group Islamic State which attacked an old-age home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in southern Yemeni city of Aden.
Almost echoing the results of analysis done by a Mysore institute, another government laboratory has said that most soft drink samples contained higher pesticides level than the European Union norms but well within the Indian safety standards.
Iran's decision to keep India out and welcome China to the scene is a huge strategic setback for India, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
'The NRC had an effect on Assam and I think to cover up or make up for that, CAB has been brought in.'
As and when the GST comes in, Budget projections will have to be unbundled and revised. In fact, the pragmatic decision would be to present another Budget! This makes the passage of the Finance Bill with its multiple unrelated amendments seem even more dubious, says Devangshu Datta.
The referendum will have long-term implications for Indian companies, which earn a substantial portion of revenue from the region.
What will be the impact on the Euro itself? Will it devalue and to what extent?
Since 2005, in 8 out of 10 years (except in CY11 and CY14) the benchmark indices have given positive returns in December.
India has been probing hundreds of black money cases.
The former general physician, who is the son of an Irish nurse and a doctor from India, won the Fine Gael party leadership earlier this month.
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