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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China censors rare anti-Xi protest ahead of Communist Party congress

Beijing is on high alert against any disruption to a landmark Communist Party meeting where Xi is expected to secure a...

14 Oct 2022 2:19 PM IST

Binny gets a top post without hankering for it and it is on the cards that he will prove a sane voice in matters to do with taking Indian cricket forward. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

AA Edit | WC champ in BCCI hot seat

Once the highest wicket taker in the 1983 WC for Kapil's Devils, Roger Binny has the credentials to serve the game, with...

14 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Inflation eased to 6.80%, significantly lower than Januarys 7.59%, according to the March 4-6 poll of more than 40 economists (PTI)

Opinion

AA Edit | Amid global headwinds, govt must rally all forces

This is the ninth consecutive time that the retail inflation has come above RBI's tolerance level of six per cent.

14 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

The CPC under its overlord Xi Jinping refuses to play second fiddle to any global power. (AP)

Opinion

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Xi as new Mao? India & China face testing time

An unprecedented third term for Xi Jinping would silence those who seek to revive the debate on the market economy

14 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

India

Army evacuates 550 tourists stranded in Sikkim landslide

On Wednesday morning, the route from Chungthang to major tourist destination of Lachung was blocked due to landslides at...

13 Oct 2022 8:03 PM IST

Opinion

AA Edit | Kerala's cannibalism shocker

The Kerala police, who began investigating a missing complaint, cracked the case in the following weeks using forensic...

13 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Some rail babus even speculate whether the ministry will adopt the same method for the appointment of divisional managers and Board members. (Representational Image/ PTI))

Opinion

Dilip Cherian | Railway reforms slow down due to promotion delays

After rigorous efforts for over a year, the ministry has finally announced the appointment of 20 officers as...

13 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

Opinion

Anand K. Sahay | Loyalists' and Congress: Will polls change party?

Whatever the party's many failings, it is hard to see the Congress as a straitjacketed Stalinist outfit in which free...

13 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

$Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 blamed Ukrainian secret services for the huge blast a day earlier that ripped through Russias Crimea bridge, which he described as a \terrorist act\. (Photo: AFP)$ Opinion

AA Edit | Will Putin see reason, stop war in Ukraine?

As Mr Putin hits out from his Kremlin corner, he is fast losing friends

12 Oct 2022 7:55 PM IST

Scientists have eyed lunar water as a key resource for enabling long-duration astronaut missions on the moon, though its form and exact amount are unknown.

Technology

World's 1st space tourist signs up for flight around moon

He isn't interested in hopping on a 10-minute flight to the edge of space or repeating what he did 21 years ago

12 Oct 2022 7:17 PM IST

Unlike the other prizes, the economics award wasnt established in Alfred Nobels will of 1895 but by the Swedish central bank in his memory. (Photo: Nobel Prize)

Opinion

AA Edit | Nobel season sans controversy

Battlers for freedom of expression and ability to speak truth to power were honoured, including Ales Bialiatski who is...

12 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Opinion

DC Edit | MPs' Hindi push attack on India's diversity, good sense

Such a move will forever close on Indians who get to study in higher institutions the window of seeking a job anywhere...

12 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST