Why The World Must Worry About Zaporizhzhia

The military conflict around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine -- Europe's largest nuclear plant -- has raised fears of an accident worse than the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Ukraine......

China's UNSC gamble is a setback to relations with India

'China's bona fides in moving the UNSC are suspect and based on protecting its gobbled-up Kashmir territories. 'It is not clear whether China's current move will be extended to its logical......

Amazing photos of the month: March

Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 20 images. Emma Gonzalez, a student and shooting survivor from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,......

What did Modi and Xi's 9th meeting achieve?

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the BRICS summit in Benaulim, Goa. Photograph: PTI Photo. China continues to hold out on fingering Pakistan as the......

Russia supports India's membership in APEC, SCO

Reflecting its close ties with India, Russia is pushing for the country's inclusion in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to enhance the effectiveness of the regional grouping and is also supporting......

Is the dollar's supremacy coming to an end?

The recent BRIC leaders' summit at Yekaterinburg, east of Moscow in the Ural Mountains, resulted in analysing the role of dollar as the global reserve currency and finding means for an alternative......

Peace must to sustain high growth: PM

Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Yekaterinburg (Russia), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that India is seeking an external environment conducive to its......

India ready to help overcome global crisis: PM

Leaving for Russia on his first foreign visit after assuming office for a second term, Prime Minister Manmohan Singhsaid on Monday India is ready to play its part in coordinating global efforts to......

Sports Shorts: Women's recurve team tops qualification

IMAGE: Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, who have won many international medals together in the past, will take on France in the World Cup mixed team quarter-finals in Guatemala City. Photograph:......

Covid-19: Belarus soccer continues amid empty stands

IMAGE: FC Neman Grodno players applaud to empty stands after their match against FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk last weeek. Photograph: Kind courtesy, FC Neman Grodno/Twitter Belarus is the only country......

Russia hosts major chess tournament despite coronavirus

Organisers of the prestigious event, in which matches will run until April 3 in Yekaterinburg, a city 1,400 kilometres east of Moscow, are taking special measures to ensure players remain healthy.......

Vishy Anand set to don the commentator's hat

Commentary to keep Anand busy after COVID-19 restrictions delay return to India from Germany IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand will handle the role from his present location. Photograph: Viswanathan......

'I will come back with an Olympic medal'

'I was determined to return with a medal from the World Championships.' Photographs: BFI/Twitter Manish Kaushik added another glorious chapter in the annals of Indian boxing after winning a bronze......