We are entering 2022, facing another infectious variant, with much the same baseless confidence, notes Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A mural on a street in Mumbai, January 10, 2022. Photograph: Francis......
The crisis may not be as visible this time, but the stakes are just as high, points out Rajeswari Sengupta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff In an unexpected development, India now faces a......
While acknowledging that they needed strong allies for a chance in the assembly polls, AIADMK cadres seemingly prefer actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to the BJP, owing to the......
The avoidable stresses and strains in ties helped in one way.It showed for the entire region how a matured India handled diplomatic relations, especially with a smaller and suspicious neighbour,......
Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday said though COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency for the world, it is still a 'global health threat' and a......
India's economy, estimated to contract by 6.9 per cent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, is forecast to record a "stronger recovery" in 2021 and grow by 5 per cent, according to a UN report......
'India's future: To manufacture so efficiently that we do not need protection,' says Naushad Forbes.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Sociologist Ronald Dore was a great scholar of......
'We haven't flattened the infection curve, we may have merely smoothened it temporarily.' Photograph: PTI Photo Bajaj Auto's plant in Waluj, Aurangabad, has seen an exponential rise in the......
We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I......
'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.''The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as......
'I realised why the farmers and the rural folks are going for Trump. They are so insecure and vulnerable that anybody who is throwing a line of hope to them, they seize it.' IMAGE: US President......
IMAGE: US gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated man or woman her sport has ever seen. Photograph: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters The Olympics have captured the world's imagination......
IMAGE: India were knocked out of the T20 World Cup after early losses to Pakistan and New Zealand in the Super 12 group stage of the tournament. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images World......
'My father (Mahavir Singh Phogat, who Aamir Khan played in Dangal) has given me a few tips which you will get to see on the fight night.''I have given my 110 per cent for this fight.' Photographs:......
Atanu Das vows to not repeat the same mistakes he did last time in the showpiece event Photograph: Kind courtesy World Archery/Instagram Nearly nine years after he failed to qualify for the......
Pant, Gill star as Ajinkya Rahane's injury-ravaged India humble Australia SCORECARD IMAGE: The Indian team celebrates with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after victory over Australia on Day 5 of the......