India's foreign minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed regional and global issues including the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and what the US described as Russia’s “brutal aggression” of Ukraine and its implications...

Taipei: China’s military announced fresh drills in the seas and airspace around Taiwan on Monday, a day after the scheduled end of its largest-ever exercises to protest against last week’s visit to the island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi....

Colombo: After an objection from India, Sri Lanka has asked China to defer the planned visit of a Chinese survey ship to the island nation, a government source said. The Chinese research and survey vessel, Yuan Wang 5, was still on its way to...

Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, in his “last remarks” in the House after members from across parties delivered emotional speeches, said, “People want the House to discuss, debate and decide - 3Ds. They do not want the other D that is disrupt.”

Florida: Former US President Donald Trump has said that his home in Florida has been "raided" by the FBI. "My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,"...

A late night roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan struck a vehicle carrying members of the Pakistani Taliban group, killing a senior leader and three other militants, several Pakistani officials and militant figures said.

On 15th August the whole of India, and Indians across the world will celebrate Independence Day. I have always been troubled by this notion of ‘Independence Day’and the associated celebrations. I ask myself what is it that we are celebrating?

Last week we missed an opportunity to make 100% return on funds deployed.  The funds would have been held for a little over a month.  But hindsight is a wonderful thing; there is no shortage of retrospective advice.   

SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh is now in talks with multiple players - including a Middle Eastern carrier and a big Indian conglomerate - for stake sale to raise funds for the struggling-to-survive budget airline, which urgently requires re-capitalisation...