Is China New Leader Of Global South?

Today, with China centrally seated and located, the Global South has an intriguing road ahead.Odds of it becoming a Chinese bloc in the emerging new bipolar world are higher than we'd wish them to......

BRICS Expansion: Boost For China

This could become tricky territory for India, given its basically adversarial relationship with China, its moves to block imports and investment from that country, and to deny market access for......

Is India Prepared For AI Adoption?

The impact of AI automation in India is the lowest. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Only 11-12 per cent of full time equivalent employment (FTE) in India can be automated, the lowest......

India home to 18 of 20 cities with most severe rise in PM2.5 pollution: Report

India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants or PM2.5 from 2010 to 2019, according to a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and......

India's Russian revolution: Why refiners are buying more Russian crude

For India to become a fuel export powerhouse, and diversify its supply sources, New Delhi must stand up to western pressure, and let private refiners pump products overseas. S Dinakar reports.......

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.Surajeet......

India will beat China to become world's largest employer

A report published in British journal The Lancet reckons India’s working population will surpass China’s in the mid-2020s. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India’s gross......

Every 3rd tablet in the US market is from India

India lost its competitive advantage as China gave fiscal benefits to its local manufacturers. Besides, recent policy flip-flops have, however, dented India’s image as the ‘pharmacy of......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

Soccer PIX: Madrid down Villarreal; Kane nets brace in Bayern win

IMAGES from the football matches played across Europe on Sunday. IMAGE: Real Madrid's Luka Modric celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Lucas Vazquez during their La Liga match at Santiago......

Champions League PIX: Man City, Barcelona score big wins

A summary of the opening day's action in the UEFA Champions League Group Stage matches, on Tuesday. IMAGE: Julian Alvarez scores Manchester City's first goal during the Champions League Group G......

FIFA WC: Africa needs parity with Europe for berths

IMAGE: Ghana coach Otto Addo during training Photograph: Suhaib Salem/Reuters African teams' strong World Cup showing so far demonstrates a need for the competition to be more inclusive with more......

ICC announces rescheduled qualification path to 2022 U-19 WC

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, ICC World Cup/Twitter The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Sunday, announced a rescheduled qualification pathway to the 2022 under-19 men's World Cup in the West......

Football PIX: Brazil score five against Bolivia

IMAGE: Brazil's players celebrate after Philippe Coutinho scored the fifth goal against Bolivia at Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, on Friday. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli - Pool/Getty Images......