The US drone strike that killed Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri on the balcony of a safe house in downtown Kabul points to the use of secret Hellfire missiles by the CIA as there was no explosion......
'The whispers and the murmurs had reached even the king's private quarters.''Of a royal surgeon wielding a chain-saw like a carpenter; a chemist with a cannister of acid; the royal chief......
'Saudi Arabia's standing internationally and in the West is going to take a big hit even if MBS is dethroned.'Aveek Sen reports. IMAGE: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks to Jordan's......
'Responding with outrage is not enough,' says Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Usually this column appears with the disclaimer that though the writer works for Amnesty India,......
‘Welcome to America’, ‘#Americaisbeautiful’. These were just some of the chants heard at American airports as families reunited with their loved ones after a federal court......
'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.''It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues......
More often than not unskilled workers end up getting a raw deal, writes Sunanda K Datta-Ra. It sounded like the understatement of the year when Montek Singh Ahluwalia said India would "not be......
Now you can buy Jaguars and Land Rovers from dedicated showrooms in India. Indian owned or not, they represent some of the best sports cars and sports utility vehicles. Instead of bringing in......
A novella (as television soaps are called in Brazil) called Passage to India (Caminho das Indias in the original Portuguese) is capturing the imagination of Brazilians night after......
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello ended five years of frustration on Sunday with an emotional victory for championship leaders Brawn GP in the European Grand Prix. Barrichello, whose last victory was......
'Out of the Box: Watching the Game We Love' is eminent cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle's latest book. It was launched by Sachin Tendulkar at a glittering function in Mumbai on......