Great improvements in education and healthcare are the need of the hour.
The move will make it the first global automobile major to design a vehicle here
As Britain's track cyclists left Rio's velodrome on Tuesday with their saddle bags laden with gold, their rivals were left scratching their heads wondering just how they managed to keep peaking at the Olympics.
Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as FIFA president should allow people to now focus on events on the pitch .
New Zealand's finest batsman was defined by one innings, one tournament and one seriously damaged knee.
At least 13 Indians were also among the over 863 people injured in the tragedy.
Andy Murray took another step towards securing a berth at next month's World Tour finals when he fought off a typically dogged David Ferrer to win 6-4, 7-5 and move into the final of the Valencia Open on Saturday.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Telangana's Rythu Bandhu policy is an embryonic UBI, or rather embryonic QUBI (a quasi-universal basic income, pronounced Kyoo-Bee). And it could potentially also be the future of agricultural policy in India, says Arvind Subramanian.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
India has the fourth highest number of malaria cases in the world.
The challenge was launched by Mackay Conservation Group in January.
Aided by the new initiatives of the government, there has been a huge drop in imports
Fifty-six months on, the government's record in implementing these schemes and projects has been mixed, report Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana.
The agreement came in after the Ruias agreed to clear most of the Rs 26,000-crore dues to the lenders on completion of the transaction.
The Rs 3-trillion West Coast or Nanar refinery has all the potential to become India's flagship petrochemicals project, with the planet's largest oil producer Saudi Aramco as its biggest shareholder. Yet the locals don't see the plant as a harbinger of better times.
Rosneft bought a 49 per cent stake in Essar Oil's refinery port and petrol pumps, while Netherlands-based Trafigura Group Pte, one of the world's biggest commodity trading companies, and Russian investment fund United Capital Partners split another 49 per cent equity equally.
Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata are cities of global repute.
'It might get worse. We don't really know what is it that is resulting in the high value of R now.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Mukesh Ambani feature amongst the most searched personalities online this year, according to search engine Yahoo.
'The idea is to align the HR policies and work culture with changing times'.
It is the the biggest fight of his emergent professional career, but Indian boxing star Vijender Singh said the WBO Asia title contest against Kerry Hope is no huge deal for him and he is taking it as just another stepping stone in the circuit. The 30-year-old dasher, who is unbeaten in the professional arena, has won all his bouts via konckouts. Eyeing a seventh knockout in what is meant to be a 10-round contest, Vijender said his approach to the contest is no different from the one he had for his previous bouts.
Rediff.com has compiled a few photographs to show you the kind of selfies our world leaders have taken a fancy to. Different strokes for different folks, eh?
The GIFT City management is in talks with Hong Kong, London, and Singapore arbitration centres
Relishing every bit of the IPL experience in his debut season, Sun Risers Hyderabad's New Zealand import Kane Williamson is mighty impressed by the local talent available in the Sun TV-owned side.
'Even if you are aping the West, if you customise the idea for the Indian market, localise it based on the Indian ethos, it will succeed.'
It will have made uneasy viewing for coach Jorge Sampaoli and emphasised more than ever how reliant his side are on their talisman Messi, who has been struggling with a muscle problem.
After condemning Steve Smith's conduct during the Cape Town Test on Sunday, Shane Warne struck a more supportive tone on Wednesday.
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Television stars share their fond memories with Rajul Hegde.
Indian cotton and paddy could see their competitiveness in international markets take a hit
Sale at acquisition price may have been prompted by slow coal traffic and fall in prices.
Hockey India secretary general Narinder Batra confirmed that that they are in look out for a foreign expert to work with Indian goalkeepers on short-term basis.
A collapse in global oil prices has unleashed a wave of monetary easing.
This would be bigger than group co Adani Power's existing capacity.
ICC CEO David Richardson lauded Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for correcting his bowling action after being called twice in his career and making it absolutely legal, insisting that there's no conspiracy in the timing on the crackdown of illegal actions.
India handed over signed documents to the head of UN treaty division at the opening of the special event to mark the International Day of Non-Violence.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas assumed the role of the International Cricket Council president.
Adani intends to ship most of the coal from the mine to India.
