Dream of Asian Union with India, Japan, China as members

After breaking several records in India and China, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's sports drama is creating 'Dangal' in Honk Kong too.Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to announce that the Nitesh Tiwari-directorial, that released on August 24 ...

'The only choice we have is to strengthen ourselves militarily and economically and develop friendships with others without alarming our neighbours, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. Commentators are at a loss to choose the right Shakespearean title to describe the end of the Doklam standoff. The tempting ones are 'Measure for Measure', 'Love's Labour's Lost', 'As You Like It' and 'Comedy of Errors'. But the most appropriate thing to say, particularly when the details of the deal are not known, ...

What worries the world is that the Chinese dream has come to mean, among other things domestically, that Xi will turn China into a muscle-flexing monster across continents to browbeat countries that refuse to toe the Chinese line. The post Sikkim border row: ...

BRICS nations, apart from China, have complained about their low ratings by the world's top 3 credit rating agencies

The future of economic development in China's far western Xinjiang region lies behind the shattered glass door of a welcome centre on the outskirts of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. Inside, a dusty model depicts a modern urban development with wide, ...

IMAGE: Simona Halep is planning a major celebration of her ascent to the top of the rankings at the end of the season but the Romanian remains aware that six of the other seven women at the WTA Finals could usurp her as world number one. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Simona Halep is still coming to terms with her rise to the top of the world rankings at the start of the month but is trying not to let the euphoria of the achievement distract her at the eight-woman WTA Finals which ...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that the economy is on firm footing and said he was 'dreaming'. Addressing party workers in his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi, he said the gross domestic product has fallen by two per cent in one go and lakhs of people have become jobless. Gandhi also took a dig at the '56-inch chest' remark of Modi, saying, "Our Manmohan Singh did not have 56 inch chest but had ...

German aid likely for Bengaluru-Chennai bullet train Germany is likely to follow Japan in aiding India’s quest for superfast trains. After laying the foundations of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train with aid from Japan, India is tapping Germany to finance and execute the proposed Chennai-Bengaluru high-speed rail project, which will have almost the same terms as the Japanese venture. For the Rs 110,000-crore (Rs 1,100 billion) Mumbai-Ahmedabad project, Japan has offered a loan of Rs ...

As India U-17 football team gears up for FIFA U-17 World Cup that begins today, master blaster Sachin Tendulkar shared his best wishes for the team.He took to Twitter to say, "My best wishes to the @IndianFootball U-17 team for the World Cup! Enjoy your game ...