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Tough Road Ahead For Xi Jinping

China's deteriorating economy is a serious concern.Xi Jinping and China's new Premier will have a difficult task ahead after the 20th party congress, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W......

Govt doesn't see emblem atop new Parl as different from the original one

Amid the row over the national emblem, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday hit back at the Opposition, insisting if the Ashokan lions at Sarnath were to be scaled......

Left parties object to puja at national emblem installation at Parliament

The Left parties hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre on Monday over a religious ceremony performed at an event to unveil a cast of the national emblem on the new Parliament building......

Why Stalin jumped the gun on naming Rahul for PM

For Stalin and the DMK, the declaration was the essence of the commencement of seat-sharing talks with the Congress, and even more, the launch of their combined campaign for the LS polls. That......

The woman who nailed the idol thief

The startling story of how a bitter ex-girlfriend helped capture artefacts raider Subhash Kapoor.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The arrest of idol thief Subhash Chandra Kapoor, then 62,......

How Renault hopes to keep customers loyal

Renault Kwid plays the reinvention game to suit changing customer behaviour In November last year, French car maker Renault announced that Kwid, its entry-level hatchback would now be available in......

Taking rural produce to hypermarkets is the key

When Basu Deb Acharia tells us about lac in Purulia or potteries, bell metal and bronze work in Bankura, when Revati Raman Singh talks about the fisheries programme in Andhra Pradesh, when......

To market, to market...

The installations are assembled using what one knows as mundane objects that make up a middle class Indian lifestyle, yet Subodh Gupta's constructions with them have conjured up a global......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

Britain's Greatest Ever Moustache

Rock band Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury has walked away with the title of 'Britain's Greatest Ever Moustache' in a new poll. The poll of 3,000 men was carried by Remington to support the......

'I was known as Meow for the longest time'

Bubbly actress Genelia D'Souza is back to make her presence felt in Bollywood after having a string of hits in four languages in a single year -- Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na (Hindi), Sathya In......

Cui, 13, is China's youngest Asian Games gold medallist

IMAGE: China's Cui Chenxi took gold ahead of 18-year-old compatriot Zeng Wenhui at the Asian Games. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Cui Chenxi became China's youngest Asian Games gold medallist......

Taunted for wearing shorts, Nikhat is now toast of the town

IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen kisses her medal on the podium after winning the Women's Boxing World Championship title in the flyweight category on Friday. Photograph: Nikhat Zareen/Twitter "Why are there......

Olympics PIX: Nishiya, 13, Japan's youngest gold medallist

At 13, Momiji Nishiya becomes Japan's youngest gold medallist Rayssa Leal, also 13, claims silver for Brazil Bronze goes to Japan's Funa Nakayama, aged 16 IMAGE: Japan's Momiji Nishiya poses......

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Biden 1, Macron 0

The first host nation gold is often one of the loudest spectator highlights of an Olympic Games. On Saturday, Japan won its first Tokyo 2020 gold medal in the men's 60kg judo in front of a few......

India's Sporting Legacy: Yes, We Can!

'I have grown up in an environment where the dominant narrative of Indian sporting achievement was -- We can't.''These achievers have fought hard, built on each other's body of work and knowledge,......

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