Debate on no-confidence motion replete with poetry

From Indian poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar to English great William Shakespeare, Lok Sabha members quoted extensively from literature to put across their arguments as they raised the Manipur......

Astronomy Photographs of the Year

Astronomy Photographer of the Year, an annual exhibition that showcases the world's finest space photography, now in its 13th year, has announced its 2021 winners. The competition attracted over......

How will Biden deal with Iran?

The reversal of Trump's policy with regard to Iran, like the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, may not be a matter of just turning the clock back, but one of patient negotiations, with uncertain......

Modi's China blunder

Prime Minister Modi made a strategic blunder of Nehruvian proportions -- presuming no war can happen now, and the Chinese won't be a military threat and risk their economic interests, observes......

Globalisation is making way for 'slowbalisation': Birla

'While the march of globalisation is perhaps inevitable, what is certain is that the world is no longer flat as, the emerging pattern of trade is more regional. 'This new trend of......

'It is climate change time for corporate India'

'There are companies that are losing and there are companies that are rising.''And the companies that are losing are positioning it as an economic slowdown.'Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Indra Nooyi inducted into Smithsonian portrait gallery

‘To be an immigrant, a South Asian immigrant of colour, a woman to be included in the Portrait Gallery... it really says that we are the country where people look for the people who make a......

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral V Acharya.......

Slumdog races past $ 100 million in box office

The flavour of the season,Slumdog Millionaire, raced beyond the $100 million benchmark worldwide over the weekend. For a film that cost a mere $15 million and which is also substantially in Hindi,......

007 will come early to India

Once upon a time, long, long ago, decades before Thomas Friedman wrote the The World Is Flat, only the choicest Hollywood's hits trickled into the Indian subcontinent, usually months after the......

Oscar buzz for Anil Kapoor-starrer

As he was dropping me at the Varsity Theatre in Toronto, the cab driver asked me what film I was going to see at 8 am. I said it was Slumdog Millionaire. "And it starts at 8 in the morning?" he......

If a film's set in India, you'll spot a cow!

I don't know if it's sacred, but it's a cow alright. I call the game cow-spotting. These days, if it's a film set in India, sooner or later you'll find the cow. Cows holding up traffic are......

Aus Open PHOTOS: Djokovic wins marathon battle; Serena, Sharapova to face-off in last eight

Photos from matches played Day 7 of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Sunday IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates a point in his fourth round match against France's Gilles Simon at the......

Mask-wearing US athletes were cyclists

The US athletes who arrived at the Beijing airport wearing face masks were identified on Wednesday as four track cyclists. A USA Cycling spokesman confirmed the identity of the four as Jennie......