If I were to explain stealth to a layperson, I'd ask them to think of the game chupan-chupai (hide and seek) we played as children, explains Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: A prototype of......
Trump's sweeping tariffs and penalties on China-built ships have turned global shipping into the front line of economic war, observes Shyam G Menon. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters For Donald......
'It will be important strategically and geographically because there is no port in India which is as close to the international shipping route as Vizhinjam.' IMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi......
Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......
'With Punjab and Kashmir in flames, it would not have been politically wise to alienate the West.''It would have inclined Western countries towards Pakistan.''It would have been a self-goal.'A......
There were 12.4 million mobile-phone subscribers all across the world in 1990, but this figure jumped to more than six billion in 2011, according to Wikipedia. Let's take a look at 30 countries,......
Indian Railways has 114,500 kilometres of total track over a route of 65,000 kilometres and 7,500 stations. It has the world's fourth-largest railway network after those of the United States,......
New York skyline. Photograph: Courtesy, Wikipedia Commons India's multi-millionaires prefer to buy their second homes in leading global financial centres, including London, New York and Singapore,......
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg launched a free Internet application in Colombia on Wednesday as part of a drive to bring developing markets online, but remained mute on when and if......
'Our research shows that 60 per cent of the growth and interest in anime will come from India for the next few years.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......
Your turn to tell us. Vote! From Nargis to Nutan, from Madhubala to Madhuri, from Hema to Sridevi, and Karisma and Priyanka and Kajol and Kareena... the list is long and impressive. Deepika, today,......
In 2019, World Champion Magnus Carlsen was asked to guess the nationality of the reigning world champion in 2050. He responded: 'India will have had many by then!' IMAGE: 16-year-old R......