US Farm Distress Real Reason For Trump's Tariff Tantrums

'What the US appears to be doing is to force India to be "the buyer of last resort", on whom their products can be dumped, 1.4 billion people have to eat something, so why not eat American corn?'......

US Will Eventually Realise India Can't Be Bullied

'Things may get much worse before they get better,' predicts Ajay Chhibber. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   The gradual improvement in India-United States relations that began with......

Time For India's Defence Reality Check

When the technology gap between China and India will remain large, cost-effective hardware of the kind that proved their worth in Operation Sindoor should be our priority, points out R Jagannathan.......

Shuks Picks This SRK Song For Launch

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the pilot of the Axiom Mission 4, shared his favourite song ahead of the launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. IMAGE: Axiom-4 Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla......

Will Buy Russian Oil: Sitharaman

New Delhi 'will have to take a call which supply source suits us the best,' the finance minister said, pointing out that crude oil accounts for the bulk of India's foreign exchange spend. IMAGE:......

Will India Inc get to explore critical minerals overseas?

India is planning to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act 2023 to specify the use of funds currently earmarked at 5,600 crore for exploring critical mineral mines......

India's GDP growth revised downward to 6.3% for 2025

India's economic growth forecast for 2025 has been revised downward to 6.3 per cent, and despite a projected moderation, the country remains one of the fastest-growing large economies, supported by......

LTIMindtree chief talks about the company's growth drivers

'We added a significant number of freshers in Q1. You will see a good number of hiring in Q2 as well.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LTIMindtree/Instagram For LTIMindtree, the first quarter......

'It's like asking Harsha Bhogle to bat'

'The common ground between a film-maker and a film critic is a mad masochistic love for the movie.' IMAGE: Raja Sen on the sets of Chup: Revenge of the Artist. Photograph: Kind courtesy Raja......

Why Netflix Hasn't Made An Impact in India

Netflix is reminiscent of Star TV in the 1990s: Very Western in its gaze, very expensive, and clueless, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Tumisu/Pixabay It began innocuously.......

Barcelona add Rashford firepower for LaLiga defence

IMAGE: Marcus Rashford has arrived on a season-long loan from Manchester United, looking to revive his stalled career alongside teenage sensation Lamine Yamal in what promises to be one of......

Verstappen-Piquet welcome baby girl Lily

Photographs: Kind courtesy Max Verstappen/Instagram Four times Formula One world champion Max Verstappen and partner Kelly Piquet announced the birth of daughter Lily on Friday.The 27-year-old Red......

The major signings in the January transfer window

IMAGE: Neymar returned to his childhood club Santos after parting ways with Al-Hilal by mutual consent. Photograph: Carla Carniel/Reuters Manchester City easily topped the spending charts in the......

Brazil's President defends World Cup spending, urges warm welcome

Less than 48 hours before the month-long soccer World Cup kicks off in Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff defended the cost of hosting the tournament, vowed to punish corruption and urged her......

Soccer PIX: Suarez farewell ends in goalless draw; Italy stun France

IMAGE: Uruguay's Luis Suarez in action during the World Cup - South American Qualifiers against Paraguay at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay, on Friday. Photograph: Mariana Greif/Reuters......