The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

US Senate Panel Set To Needle China

A powerful United States senatorial committee on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, is set to consider a bipartisan resolution to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, pushing back......

Arunachal integral part of India: US resolution snubs China

A bipartisan resolution was introduced in the United States Senate on Thursday to recognise Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of India, pushing back against Beijing's military aggression to......

India abstains from voting on UNGA resolution on Myanmar

India has abstained on a United Nations General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft and New Delhi does not believe the resolution, tabled hastily,......

Eyeing a slice of Mumbai's smart city pie

Big developers are learnt to have made a pitch to get a role in the project that is spread over 16 acres behind Mumbai's popular Crawford market. Image: Traffic moves in front of the Chhatrapati......

'SEZs are Special Exploitation Zones'

Think of protests against 'anti-people' policies of the government and the first name that comes to mind is that of Medha Patkar. Long associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Patkar has now......

Do economic boycotts work?

Boycotts are a funny business, and none funnier than the economic ones. Iran is going to be threatened by United Nations sanctions over its nuclear policy. Iran was exposed to economic boycotts by......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......

Sports Shorts: Dani Alves blames media for Brazil's World Cup debacle

  Thiago Silva, Luiz Gustavo, Ramires, Dani Alves, Jo, Marcelo, Hulk, Willian and Neymar of Brazil look on during a penalty shootout against Chile at the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil.......