Of all the talented cricketers that Shane Warne has seen over the years, Sanju Samson is ' a very special talent' and the Rajasthan Royals mentor is hoping that the big-hitting batsman would become an India regular in all formats if this IPL goes well for him.
'India imports 70 per cent of its bulk drugs from China. Are we going to live without antibiotics?' asks Debashis Basu.
Karthik is a certainty if it's a 40-over-plus per side game.
'Le Carré's spies were nothing like the exotic Kim of Kipling or the caricature that is James Bond.' 'Driven by a simple patriotism, held back by incompetence and politics, his characters use deceit and treachery to win their morally Pyrrhic victories,' notes P Rajendran.
Though the story of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is kept secret, it seems to be a tale between a man, who falls in love with a much younger girl.
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Modi campaigned on the issue of national security, which cannot be ensured without a strong economy.
The Budget would have been the perfect vehicle to introduce some bold initiatives.
That opportunity has been lost through this Budget, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Meet the young and enterprising Samarth Mungali who joined hands with classmate Bhavna Bahri to start a design firm called No Formulae.
"... I know there's been a lot of debate about shining the ball but the idea was to kickstart cricket, play the sport, and then I'm sure things will fall in place. Yes, there will be some challenges. You have to go one game at a time.'
The actual expenditure will only be marginally higher and hence, the multiplier effect will be muted.
India are faced with a selection dilemma on whether to strengthen their pace attack or rely on part time spinners when they brace up for the crucial Super Eights match against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup in Bridgetown.
The talented Shreyas Iyer will be auditioning for the vacant number four slot when India take on West Indies in Sunday's second ODI of the three-match series.
The problem is with the broking model and what brokers are allowed to do, notes Debashis Basu.
Newly-appointed chief coach Graham Reid's biggest desire is to have a 'stable environment' for himself as well as his players.
'The first year of the Modi government's second term has laid the roadmap for the future and we will embark on it with gusto,' promises Gopal Krishna Agrawal, the BJP's national spokesperson on economic affairs.
'Any normal human being, even if he is the American president, will find it hard, at least in the initial stages, to get over the gnawing feeling that Modi is Trump's man.' 'Modi should not be surprised if India and its requirements are treated as of low priority by Joe Biden,' warns B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
While the focus on infrastructure means more business for PSU banks, the lack of risk-assessment capability is a major issue.
He will be remembered not only as a writer but as one of the great chroniclers and interrogators of the history of our times, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
La Liga leaders Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 to all but knock their rivals out of the title race on Saturday, while second-placed Atletico Madrid stayed seven points behind the Catalans with a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference at the AAP headquarters, senior party leader Manish Sisodia, who was the deputy chief minister in the outgoing government, said the cabinet ministers will also take oath along with Kejriwal.
When the recession ends, a new crop of billionaires will be unleashed on the world economy.
Some of the tax proposals made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee like marginal increase in in exemption limits or abolition of FBT will not have the desired effect and could hurt economic growth over time.
Refraining from tinkering with tax and duty rates in the interim Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday made a huge allocation of Rs 30,100 crore (Rs 301 billion) to government's flagship rural employment programme and many other schemes in a bid to counter the economic recession.
As of now, tankers carry petroleum products from India to Nepal as part of an arrangement which is in place since 1973.
The Supreme Court came down heavily on Ram Gopal Varma's distortion of the national anthem in his forthcoming film Rann saying it gives a 'totally negative sense.'
'Banks are being encouraged to lend instead of parking their resources with the RBI and earn risk-free interest income,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
With Cricket Australia repeatedly stressing on the "unrealistic" challenge of hosting the 16-team T20 World Cup in October-November, the likelihood of having the IPL has increased significantly in a year thrown haywire by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC recently pushed its final decision on the T20 World Cup to next month but the BCCI has already zeroed in on the September-October window for the tournament.
The Indian selectors retained the same 15-member squad for the third and fourth one-day internationals against Pakistan.
Newly appointed International Cricket Council chief executive officer Haroon Lorgat has hinted that the international cricket calendar may be revised to make room for the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL). Lorgat, who will take over from Malcolm Speed as the ICC CEO in July, said it is hard to ignore the league and the game's governing body is more than willing to tinker with the Future Tours Program (FTP) to accommodate it in the international calendar.
What was the RBI doing, what was the PNB top management doing, what were the auditors doing, asks Debashis Basu.
It was after many years that an Indian cricket team lived up to expectations outside the sub-continent.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive Director Shyamal Mukherjee tells Business Standard that the real changes in the Budget, from the taxation point of view, will be evident in the new tax code the finance minister is developing.
"It may be clarified that bringing the IIMs under the ambit of a central law will in no way alter their accountability to the Parliament or their status of being public institutions," the HRD Ministry official stated
The decision to introduce four-day Test was taken during a recent ICC board meeting in Auckland with South Africa and Zimbabwe set to play the inaugural four day 'Test' on Boxing Day.
Hybrids can get us to 100mpg, but only if we relearn how to drive, says Lisa Margonelli.
States could then stop complaining about the Centre and fashion their own economic destinies, says T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.
John Donahoe, head of Ebay's marketplace division, is preparing an overhaul for early next year that amounts to a major revamp of Ebay's core business.
South Africa will be hoping to ease new coach Ottis Gibson into his job in a two-Test series against Bangladesh where the home side defend a one-sided record against their opponents but are light on fast bowlers and still tinkering with their top order.
With the changing economic scenario, the political and bureaucratic stance in India ought to change too.
