"Moshi, moshi": PM Modi tweets in Japanese ahead of visit

Ahead of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tweeted in Japanese to strike a chord with the Japanese people whose “scale of innovation” he admired. In a series......

'Matter of time before China starts creating problems'

'Manipur is critical to India's Look East policy.''It's a strategic state. In the Second World War, the Japanese entered Manipur through Burma.''China can use the same direction to approach India.'......

Will honour his memory by...: Quad leaders mourn Abe

Leaders of India, Australia and the United States -- countries that make up the Quad with Japan -- expressed shock at the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, saying he......

'Most Japanese don't want an apology for Hiroshima'

'Whether he will apologise or not is not a problem.''I want him to make an effort to create a new world, by learning from history.'Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com speaks to some Japanese living......

Lessons Pepsi should learn from Tata Tea

IMAGE: The Pepsi ad, which has now been pulled, attracted deserved uproar with people variously dubbing it "tone-deaf", "racist" and "simplistic".  How India became a high-priority......

How to beat the gloomy jobs scenario

'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.' One thing experts working in the field of employment talk about the most is the need for fresh graduates to have new skills. They......

'We all need a little piece of utopia in our life'

'This was a film, a story that had never been told before.' IMAGE: Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days. For the last four-and-a-half decades German film-maker Wim Wenders has been making compassionate......

Vin Diesel honoured at Hollywood Boulevard

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Image: Vin Diesel poses for photographers during his handprint and footprint ceremony. Photograph: Phil McCarten/Reuters Action star Vin Diesel......

2036 Olympics in India? PM Modi's major announcement

'We are putting in all possible efforts to host the 2036 Olympics': PM Modi in New York P IMAGE:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian diaspora at Nassau Coliseum arena, Long......