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RIP Danish Siddiqui

Danish Siddiqui, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist who worked with the news agency Reuters, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday night. Danish was embedded with the......

Who will blink first? Govt or Twitter?

Twitter can probably afford to wait it out. But would it have the moral courage to do so? asks Devangshu Datta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Twitter and the Indian government are......

First Covid case may have emerged in China in Oct 2019: Study

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in Wuhan, according to a modelling study.......

Global nuclear warhead stockpile appears to be growing: SIPRI

The overall number of nuclear warheads in global military stockpiles appears to be increasing this year, a new finding released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on Monday......

Is Xi Scared of Tiananmen 1989?

Why omit the Tiananmen massacre from the history of China's Communist party? asks Claude Arpi. IMAGE: The most famous image from the crushing of the Tiananmen Square uprising: A Chinese citizen......

How India can protect itself from cyber attacks

Regulations around data privacy, protection and penalty should be enacted and enforced as these measures will help businesses evaluate their cybersecurity posture and seek ways to improve. Dev......

'Cyber attacks meant to smear India's reputation'

'The hackers' objectives were centred around smearing India's reputation, causing productivity loss, creating operational damage and seeking financial gains.'Shivani Shinde and Dev Chatterjee......

India looking to store oil in US, other commercially viable locations

India and the US had on July 17 signed a preliminary agreement for cooperating on emergency crude oil reserves, including the possibility of India storing oil in the US emergency stockpile. ......

'India in race for worst performing economy in 2020'

'India is in a slowdown which most of us have not seen in our living memory.'Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Even if you are climbing out of the hole, you are not really climbing......

Why M&M will halt investment in SsangYong Motor

M&M will close down GenZe, an e-scooter business in California, because it is unlikely it would stand on its own feet, and is ahead of its time. International revenues for most of the Mahindra......

Why movie theatres will thrive after lockdown

Cinema screens bring in over 60% of the Rs 19,100 crore that Indian films earned in 2019.The reception a film gets in theatres impacts the price of every other revenue stream -- TV, OTT,......

Biden reaffirms support for Tokyo Olympics to Japan's Suga

IMAGE: The comments echoed a similar statement made in April during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's visit to Washington. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters US President Joe Biden reaffirmed......

Saso triumphs in playoff to win US Women's Open golf

IMAGE: Yuka Saso, 19, became the first Filipino player to win a golf major and announced herself as a new force in the game. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Yuka Saso battled back from a horrid......

Was IPL a distraction to hide governance failure?

'It is no accident that politicians strive to control sports bodies, and get their names associated with popular sports, sometimes by renaming stadiums after themselves,' observes Devangshu Datta.......

Why Mirabai Chanu is a big medal contender for Tokyo Olympics

Mirabai Chanu's medal hopes swell after North Korea's withdrawal from Olympics IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu stands to gain if North Korea sticks to its decision of withdrawing from the Tokyo......

North Korea drops out of Tokyo Olympics citing COVID-19

IMAGE: It will be the first time North Korea has missed a Summer Olympics since it boycotted Seoul in 1988 amid the Cold War. (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Tom......

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