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Indian-origin child abducted in Cape Town, residents accuse police of inaction

The abduction of an eight-year-old Indian-origin girl in South Africa's Cape Town and the alleged inaction of the police in probing the case has triggered protests by the residents of the city.......

Questions India needs to ask on world biodiversity day

India is the chair of Convention on Biological Diversity till 2014. India has the chance to lead the world with setting high standards on biodiversity protection within India and with operations......

Gujarat genocide: The State, law and subversion

The Gujarat genocide in 2002, resulting in the killing of nearly 1500 innocent citizens, mostly from India's major minority community, and the subsequent pervasive subversion of governmental......

US homicide suspect had plans to kill Obama

A 41-year-old man has been arrested for plotting to kill United States President Barack Obama. James Vernon McVay, a homicide suspect accused of killing a 75-year-old woman was arrested near......

Why Consumers Are Denied Discounts From Russian Crude

Officials from State-run refiners contend that savings from purchase of Russian oil are used to offset a part of the losses in revenues from selling transport fuels and LPG at State-set rates.......

The looming winter of discontent that awaits India

The dreary, cold months from December to February may prove to be the undoing of many a nation as they grapple with sky-high fuel prices — a result of the Ukraine conflict and the pandemic.......

Surging prices threaten to spoil India's coming-of-age gas party

The government along with companies like Adani Total Gas, IOC and BPCL have billions of dollars riding on gas as demand for oil continues to drop, to be eventually replaced by gas, hydrogen and......

Stage set for a clean-up act in mining

For a large part of the year, the mining sector continued to grapple with controversies related to allocation, production and pricing of minerals. However, the sector seems set for a clean-up in......

5 IT CEOs with the highest salaries in India

The annual compensation packages of some of India’s top CEOs are as high as Rs 20 crore (Rs 200 million) excluding stock options, states a Business Standard report quoting Argus Partners, a......

What is wrong with the Australian cricket team?

'It is a very significant fall from grace and we will need to ask ourselves some questions as to why or how this has happened.' Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland rejected clarion......

Australia's job not yet finished despite turnaround in Ashes

Australian business magnate Don Argus, who penned the landmark review of Australian cricket in 2011, has warned the team and its selectors that they must not be fooled into thinking the job is done......

Cricket lovers, meet the New India!

The Indian formula, says Faisal Shariff, exemplifies that the action bias in sport yields fewer results much like the goalkeeper who dives to the left or right during a penalty kick even when......

Clarke should quit as a selector immediately: Benaud

Amid fears of possible backlash in Australia's already vulnerable team culture in the wake of the 'homework-gate', former Test selector John Benaud has advised captain Michael Clarke to quit as a......

Clarke and Watson need to sort out differences: Waugh

Former skipper Steve Waugh has urged current captain Michael Clarke and his deputy Shane Watson to sort out their differences for the betterment of Australian cricket. Watson was one of the......

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