Why target Aurangzeb alone, Mr Kejriwal?

Yes, Aurangzeb was a tyrant who ill-treated his subjects. But was he the only Mughal emperor guilty of this, asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf. Last week, after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal......

Ranju Batra sworn in as AIA-New York president

Community activist Ranju Batra was sworn in as president, Association of Indians in America, New York Chapter, at an event held at the Indian consulate. Indian Consul General Prabhu Dayal led the......

Indian American scientist, activist passes away

Dr Sam Bathena of Wheaton, Maryland, a popular communist activist in the Washington, DC area, died in March while on a visit to India. Mumbai-born Dr Bathena, founding member of the Zoroastrian......

Nepal govt closes radio station, arrests scribes

Nepal police seized equipment from a radio station late Sunday night and arrested four journalists and a technician to stop the broadcast of an interview with top Maoist leader Prachanda, reports......

'Huge demand for life insurance products in India'

'As our per capita income increases and various demographic segments emerge, the need for various kinds of protection and risk covers will become even more explicit.' Photograph: Kind courtesy LIC......

Private life insurance companies seem to be on a secured path to growth

Private life insurers experienced reasonable growth in the July-September quarter (second quarter, or Q2) of 2023-24 (FY24), and the October data is also encouraging. Illustration: Uttam......

Life insurers' new biz premium down 17% in Feb, LIC collections shrink 32%

Life insurance companies  reported a 17 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in new business premium (NBP) in February as state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India’s premiums......

'Invest in growth oriented mid-caps'

'In the medium to long term, mid-caps tend to generate higher returns, albeit with increased volatility.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com With the markets hitting a fresh record high and......

Italian refs hoping for more respect when Serie A returns

IMAGE: Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte argues with referee Gianluca Manganiello after he sent off Lautaro Martinez. Photograph: Alessandro Garofalo/Reuters The head of the Italian Referees......

Will Coronavirus see the scrapping of VAR?

‘I haven't heard any serious proposals regarding the protection of the referees’ IMAGE: General view of the big screen as a penalty decision against Portugal is referred to VAR.......

Sharath, Shamini bow out of Asian Cup TT

Indian paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and K Shamini have failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the 26th Table Tennis Asian Cup, being played at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Honk......

Indian paddlers confident of Olympic qualification

With three of the four Indian paddlers already through to the next stage of the final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha, national coach Bhawini Muhherji says his wards are "motivated......

Dempo seek Fifa's help for release of T and T's Densill

With the I-League 2011-12 commencing from October 22, Dempo seems to be a bit worried as they have still not been able to register their foreigner Densill Theobald from Trinidad & Tobago and have......