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Can the Taliban Survive?

The US intends first to cripple the Afghan government financially through sanctions, freezing of assets, denial of access to international banking, etc, and then proceed to do pretty much what it......

FCRA challenge for foreign think tanks in India

Funding challenges are not limited to just one think tank. Several scholars say that access for conducting research and getting foreign funds has become a major hurdle for think tanks, with the......

Kerala and Tamil Nadu are quiet champions of India

'There is a degree of civility, efficiency, cleanliness and cultural ease here that has all but vanished in the squalid, chaotic and rootless Hindi heartland,' says Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Karthyayani......

India, Japan and the China threat

'Relations between India and Japan are robust and devoid of either shadow of history or any irritant.''In fact, there is plenty of warmth and goodwill earned over history. There are no negatives......

Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. PART I: Give us our gods back! PART......

Abhijit Banerjee and the mystique of the Nobel Prize

Does Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel Prize help India reduce extreme poverty, asks Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Professor Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. Photograph: Brian......

Biggest challenge facing India's financial sector

The most pressing issue facing the financial sector is the rising stock of non-performing assets in the banking system, say Isha Agarwal & Eswar Prasad. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India......

Govt readies sweeping reforms for PSBs

The governance reforms, as an official put it, would bring in measures to track the performance of the executive-rank employees of the banks, intensively. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......

What digital start-ups can do, and cannot do

Technology infrastructure solves many problems, but it cannot build roads or bridges and provide clean water. However, such activities are essential for human progress, and their creation provides......

e-Payment regulations stuck as RBI unwilling to cede control

The Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up. The acceptance of the final report of a government committee on electronic payments, headed by former finance secretary......

Meet The Sexy Fear-Fighting Khiladis!

The second season of Khatron Ke Khiladi is back with Akshay Kumar and 13 gorgeous women. Level 2 promises to be bigger, better and tougher than the first one, as the girls try to fight their fears......

Phelps regains sparkle as records tumble again

Michael Phelps retained his 200 metres butterfly world title and smashed his own world record on Wednesday to reassert his authority after a tough 24 hours. The American lost his world record in......

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