India abstains as UN Women's Commission votes out Iran

Iran was ousted from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday evening in the wake of the Mahsa Amini protest. IMAGE: A woman takes part in a protest against the Islamic......

India abstains from UN rights panel vote on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang

India on Thursday abstained from voting on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's restive Xinjiang region. IMAGE: A protest......

PFI had ties with radical Turkish group linked to Al Qaeda

The Popular Front of India has been maintaining close ties with a radical Turkish group accused of supplying arms to al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists in Syria and even two top leaders of the......

India bought Pegasus as part of defence deal with Israel: Report

The Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2 billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017, according......

Delhi airport named the world's 2nd best

Indira Gandhi International Airport has been named the world's second best airport in the 25-40 million passengers category by the Airport Council International.The airport also has been adjudged......

GMR group eyeing Maldives airport project

India's GMR group, which successfully completed an airport modernisation project in Istanbul last year, is now looking at developing an airport in Maldives as part of its plan to expand......

Column: India's stake in the dollar's future

New Delhi can be neutral in the dollar-euro-yen dance, but it has a stake in a stable US currency, writes Sanjaya Baru. It was happenstance that I landed in Washington DC on the 21st of September.......

Life lessons from Narayana Murthy

N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor and chairman of the board, Infosys Technologies, delivered a pre-commencement lecture at the New York University (Stern School of Business) on May 9. It is a......

Formula One to have 19 races in 2009

The Formula One season will stretch to 19 races next year with Abu Dhabi making its debut as the final Grand Prix in mid-November, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday. The International......

Turkish Grand Prix organisers fined

Turkish Grand Prix organisers were fined a record $5 million on Tuesday for inviting a Turkish Cypriot leader to hand out the trophies after last month's Formula One race in Istanbul.A spokesman......

'F1 worse than Italian football'

Renault team boss Flavio Briatore stepped back on Sunday from comments comparing Formula One to Italian football's match-fixing scandal and suggesting the championship had been decided "around a......

Formula One calendar trimmed to 17 races in 2007

The Formula One calendar will be trimmed to 17 Grands Prix next year with Germany and Italy each losing one of their two races, the governing body said on Tuesday.The International Automobile......

Turkey on 19-race F1 calendar

Formula One's governing body confirmed the threatened British, French and San Marino Grands Prix on a bigger than ever 19-race calendar on Friday.Turkey, with a new track near Istanbul, will also......