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What connects '2G' Raja and 'skirt-chaser' Berlusconi?

What connects '2G' Raja and 'skirt-chaser' Berlusconi?

Rediff.com20 May 2011

Former Telecom Minister A Raja, at the centre of the 2G spectrum allocation scam, has earned the dubious distinction of figuring in the list of Time Magazine's "an ignominious club of privileged leaders who stepped too far".

Indian wins alternative Nobel

Indian wins alternative Nobel

Rediff.com28 Sep 2006

The founder of the awards Jakob von Uexkull sold a valuable stamp collection to fund the awards.\n\n

Microsoft to set up data centre in India to spur growth

Microsoft to set up data centre in India to spur growth

Rediff.com6 Aug 2014

Even as Microsoft has seen exponential growth for its cloud platform Azure in India, the firm has not yet set up local servers.

Wikileaks source US soldier found guilty of espionage

Wikileaks source US soldier found guilty of espionage

Rediff.com31 Jul 2013

Bradley Manning, the United States army soldier who leaked a massive trove of secret US government files to WikiLeaks, was on Tuesday acquitted of the most serious charge of aiding the enemy but was convicted of several counts of espionage.

'Mera Naam Tera Naam, Vietnam-Vietnam!'

'Mera Naam Tera Naam, Vietnam-Vietnam!'

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

'America's withdrawal from Vietnam was an inspiring moment for all of us. We believed that it was a glorious victory of ideology and spirit and as historic as the defeat of the Nazis exactly 30 years ago,' remembers Kumar Ketkar 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War.