Officials 'intimidated' Indian journalists critical of govt: US report

Government officials at both the local and national levels in India were involved in "intimidating" critical media outlets through physical harassment and attacks, a United States report on human......

10 African dictators Modi shook hands with

The third India-Africa Summit was the biggest gathering of international leaders in India since the Non-Aligned Movement summit 30 years ago. Over the last four days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Want to be happy? Try moving to Finland

If you want to be happy, move to Finland.  The World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support......

'You cannot say everybody connected with modern medicine is a doctor'

'We are warning that if you get these 3.5 lakh additional non-medical people with licence, our infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will deteriorate'. IMAGE: Junior doctors and......

India lost over $1.3 billion to internet shutdowns in 2019

The total cost of internet shutdowns across the world stood at $8.05 billion in 2019, an increase of 235 per cent since 2015-16. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India lost over $1.3 billion......

10 most dangerous places to work

Children dressed in costume sit together during a party celebrating. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters A recent MBA graduate, Puneet Kohli, got a job offer from a global commodity giant to join their......

What will it take for India to be rich?

'China's development is on a different scale from India's. They are very far ahead.' 'I don't think it will be possible in the next 30 years for us to catch them,' says Aakar Patel.Photograph:......

Refugee team to take part at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: IOC

IMAGE: Members of the Olympic refugee team pose in front of Christ the Redeemer during the 2016 Rio Olympics (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters......

Why the Arabs are bitter after FIFA presidency elections

‘Arabs split as usual so a historic chance has been wasted and I think it will not come again’  ‘Sheikh Salman was depending heavily on Africa and Asia and the plan was to......