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Jaishankar hails Vajpayee's post-Pokhran diplomacy

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday lauded then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's handling of the diplomatic situation following the nuclear tests in 1998 and said that within a......

India and the Quad: Murky waters ahead

'Any future course of action towards active participation in the alliance when formed would need a lot of deliberation, long term vision and should be in our best national interests,' notes......

Beware! What does America want to sell India?

'It's pretty likely that Kissinger, Rice came bearing gifts (read Trojan Horses) from McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Grumman, Northrop, and all the other Military Industrial Complex stalwarts,' argues......

PHOTOS: Here, the heroes rest in peace

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Arlington National Cemetery in the United States on Tuesday and paid tributes to fallen soldiers. He is the second Indian prime minister to visit Arlington......

US rules out putting India, Pakistan in same basket

'The US-India relationship is in a different league altogether,' Obama administration officials tell Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in Washington, DC. IMAGE: Departing from mandated security guidelines......

'India one of fastest growing export markets'

India has become one of the fastest growing export markets of Australia and is expected to continue to post impressive rates of growth, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Monday, while he outlined a......

Why leaders must be paid more

The world treats its leaders shabbily, no doubt about it. Only when a Finnish journalist joined the European Union did it become known that any clerk in Brussels took home fatter pay packets than......

Australia to toughen citizenship laws

Immigrants to Australia will now be required to pass an English language test and wait for four years instead of three to qualify for citizenship, according to a new government proposal for tougher......

Muralitharan roped in by Australia as spin consultant for Lanka tour

This is a piece of news that could come as a hilarious surprise to cricket lovers. Cricket Australia has roped in Muttiah Muralitharan as spin consultant ahead of Australia’s tour to Sri......

'ICC might do away with rotational presidents'

The ICC is planning to do away with the rotation policy for appointing presidents and cricket's world governing body is likely to deliberate on the proposal in its annual general meeting later this......

Aus, NZ nominate Isaac for ICC vice-presidency

Cricket Australia will back New Zealand Cricket chairman Alan Isaac for the two countries' joint nomination for the vacant ICC vice president position. Cricket Australia (CA) have declined to put......

'Howard's nomination for ICC top job regrettable'

New Zealand Cricket chief Justin Vaughan says the nomination of former Australian Prime Minister John Howard for the ICC vice President's post was regrettable considering the furore it created.......

Lahore attack report awaiting govt clearance: PCB

Rubbishing Ehsan Mani's claim that PCB was dragging its feet on the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan by delaying the report on the Lahore attack, board chief Ejaz Butt said they were......

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