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With 1.83 crores trapped, India tops Global Slavery Index

Of the nearly 4.6 crore people living as slaves globally, two-thirds, or 3.04 crore, are in the Asia-Pacific region, with the highest number in India. Natasha Chaku reports. IMAGE: The......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

This week’s collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world 1) Now that’s how you take a zelfie Malte Woestefeld was left stunned as a zebra photobombed......

India tops slavery index with 14.3 million victims

Nearly 14.3 million people, including children, are ‘trapped’ in modern-day slavery in India, which tops a global index of people under bondage across the world with an estimated 35.8......

Rajeev Srinivasan On Protectionism

One of the articles of faith these days is that free trade is a panacea for all sorts of evils. Proponents of free trade and the concomitant globalization argue that comparative advantage is key.......

Nirav Modi 'only thinks of cutting or hanging if extradited'

The high court in London on Tuesday began hearing evidence from two leading experts in the field of psychiatry to determine the level of suicide risk faced by Nirav Modi if he is extradited to......

Is Nirav Modi a Suicide Risk?

The British home secretary has granted permission for jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition to India.During their arguments in a London court, his lawyers claimed Modi suffers from mental illness and......

'Nirav Modi's move to Barrack 12 may benefit his mental health'

The UK court, which had been presented with detailed submissions regarding the precarious mental health of Nirav Modi and a family history of depression and suicide during the extradition......

From flashy diamantaire to fugitive: Nirav Modi's long road to extradition

The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank scam case, lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge......

Can Julian Assange 'save' Nirav Modi from being extradited?

Nirav Modi's lawyer raised a British court's judgment blocking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US on mental health grounds, as the embattled diamond merchant appeared via......

If I were Harry Potter for a day

We had asked you what you do If you were Harry Potter for a day.We received tons of responses. Some said they would do make the world a better place to live in. Some said they would enjoy a trip of......

114 cricketers for IPL's second player auction

The Indian Premier League on Thursdayannounced a final list of 114 interested world cricketers for the second player auction to be held at Goa on February 6th 2009. The list comprises the cream of......

Katich to lead Australia 'A' on India visit

The Australia 'A' team, led by left-hand batsman Simon Katich, will arrive in Bangalore on Friday. It will play two three-day games against its Indian counterparts, before participating in a......

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