China and Russia’s Information and Intellectual Thievery

Amidst all the concerns that the U.S. has regarding China and Russia, here is one sometimes doesn’t get much attention: Publishers in China and Russia, along with India and Indonesia, are the most likely to publish books to which they have no...

PAKISTANI DIPLOMACY’S MOMENT IN THE SUN?

Maleeha Lodhi Former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, UK and the UN The Pakistan-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) is emblematic of changing geostrategic dynamics and shifting alignments that are reshaping the regional landscape,...

India Untold: How An Army Man's 'Jugaad' Saved Ladakh From China in 1962

In the Chushul sector of Ladakh, Indian soldiers bravely blunted a massive Chinese offensive. If Indian forces had lost Chushul, it would have given the China unhindered access to the roads and valleys leading up to Leh. When historians recount...

‘Pakistan-India Relations’: ISC of ISSI hosts book launch event

ISLAMABAD: India Study Centre (ISC) of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted the book launch event of “Pakistan-India Relations: Fractured Past, Uncertain Future”, authored by Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, Pakistan’s Former...

'Gwadar failed to transform Pakistan': Husain Haqqani questions Pak Army's new Pasni pitch to Trump

Former Pakistan ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, has dismissed the Pakistan Army's reported plan to court Donald Trump with a proposal to build a port at Pasni, calling the idea unrealistic and historically unconvincing. "If China building...

‘I walked out with an overwhelming feeling of wellbeing’: We tried a new Japanese head spa therapy

Having travelled to the land of the rising sun this summer, when I heard of a new Japanese head spa therapy in Bury St Edmunds I was the first to volunteer to try it out. The treatment has been launched at The Kejoraku – which translates to ‘my...

My luxury boat trip adventure exploring Indonesia’s remote islands

It is a Friday afternoon and Lauda, a fisherman from Wakatobi Regency, an archipelago in southeast Indonesia, is scouting the coral beneath us for his next catch.It’s impressive, not just because of his success rate, but because today we are not...

Tata Capital, LG Electronics, WeWork: India's IPO Market To See Record $5 Billion Deals This Month

Last Updated:October 05, 2025, 08:50 IST Tata Capital, LG Electronics, ICICI Prudential AMC, Pine Labs, and WeWork India are gearing up to raise funds, making this one of the strongest IPO months ever. India's IPO market has remained one of the...

Japan junior high students' trust in newspapers rises after 3-month reading habit: study

A classroom is seen in this file photo unrelated to the story. (Mainichi/Buntaro Saito) TOKYO -- A study conducted by a Tokyo-based private think tank found that junior high school students who read newspapers for three months developed increased...

‘The Conscience Network’: Sugata Srinivasaraju’s book on the Emergency chronicles a brave defiance

We live in a world where genocide is celebrated. We live in a world of mass-produced opinions. We live in a world of crumbling moral frameworks. We live in a world where the very game – this brutal game of existence – is rigged. What then? Do we...

Tata Capital IPO anchor book attracts `4,642 cr

Non-banking financial company Tata Capital collected Rs 4,642 crore from 68 domestic and global institutional investors, with the anchor book witnessing demand nearly five times higher than the allocated amount. This comes days before its...

"They did not go for Rahul" - Former opener reacts to Shreyas Iyer's leadership role in India's ODI squad for Australia

Former opener Aakash Chopra has stated that the decision to appoint Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain of India's ODI squad for Australia is proof of how much weightage is given to IPL success. He added that the selectors could have looked at KL Rahul...

The RSS should be instrumental in bringing a revolution in India: Jayaprakash Narayan

I am very grateful to you for inviting me here and for honouring me in this way. Perhaps this is the time to clarify what I have already said, because some of my statements have led to certain misunderstandings. I have said it before, and I say it...

Comings & Goings: Gowan, The First Round, Tacna Table & Mercantile, Pacific Style Custom Apparel & Headwear

Gowan Company has completed the acquisition of Ceradis, integrating the Netherlands-based innovator into the Gowan Group. This alliance combines Gowan’s global strength in crop protection and seeds with Ceradis’ expertise in the formulation,...

Korean content industry grows 2.7% in Q1: report

Korea's content industry expanded 2.7 percent in the first quarter, driven by strong growth in the music and animation sectors, a report showed Saturday. According to a quarterly report by the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), the industry's...

South African Businessman Sues Thai MP Over Scam Allegations

BANGKOK — A South African businessman has appointed a Thai representative to file defamation charges against a prominent People’s Party MP after being accused in parliament of being a major scammer with ties to Cambodian and Thai politicians....

China’s AI research prowess is proof of global innovation power shift: book

The belief that China is a country only good at adopting technologies at scale has been a “misperception”, according to the author of The New Geography of Innovation, a recently published book that maps the rise of new tech powers around the world...

Karate kid nails Book of Records feat

SEREMBAN: Eight-year-old V. Vasanth Abhinandan etched his name in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) after performing Karate Kata movements on nails, creating a unique milestone in martial arts. The Year Two pupil received recognition under the...

India Knight: I’m obsessed with interiors — here’s everything I know

I love stuff. Teetering piles of books, messy kitchens, walls filled with pictures. This is because I love houses that tell the story of the people who live in them, and I sometimes think those sorts of houses are in grave peril. Interiors have...

Meet the ‘Next L&T’: An engineering firm with a Rs 1 lakh crore order book

For decades, Larsen & Toubro has been the default name for everything that needed to be built in India, from airports and refineries to metros. Its rise from a mid-sized contractor to an engineering behemoth is the stuff of business-school case...