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Why do politicians keep their health secret?

'It is not the country's interests alone that lead to all this secrecy.''More usually, the reason is the threat from political rivals: What will they do if they find out?', notes T C A Srinivasa......

'Nehru didn't impose secularism'

'His secularism merely declared the equality of all religions in India under fundamental rights.' It took more than five decades and 100 volumes for the Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru......

It's Bharatiyata, not Hindutva!

It is time the current leaders who swear by 'cultural nationalism', that is religion neutral, assert that Bharatiyata is at the core of our nationalism and India was never a 'Hindu Rashtra', argues......

'Made on Earth by humans'

‘How will someone who has stood on Mars and looked at Earth, only a tiny blue dot in space, then see the idea of nations and religions and all of our divisions?’ says Aakar Patel.......

'Adopt stock-specific, not sector, approach'

'Today, there is no easy money to be made after the run-up in equities.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Global brokerages have raised concerns about India's record valuation premium to......

Bull Run: How Modi's Mantris Gained

Amit Shah's net worth grew 32 per cent to Rs 37.91 crore, mainly due to 80 per cent appreciation in the market value of his securities. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi flanked by......

Cairns accepts India's $1bn refund offer, to drop cases, says CEO

UK-based Cairn Energy PLC on Tuesday said it will drop litigations to seize Indian properties in countries ranging from France to the US, within a couple of days of getting a USD 1 billion refund......

Flipkart to buyback employee stock options worth Rs 600 cr

Walmart-owned Flipkart will undertake a buyback employee stock options worth about Rs 600 crore, according to sources Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Earlier in the day, Flipkart......

Flipkart raises $3.6 billion; valuation hits $37.6 bn

Flipkart Group on Monday said it has raised $3.6 billion (about Rs 26,805.6 crore) in funding led by GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Walmart,......

Tokyo Games: MIND-BOGGLING Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: Team United States's Cory Juneau warms up prior to the Men's Street Skateboard event. Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images......

Olympics Boxing: Pooja Rani in 75kg quarter-finals

IMAGE India's Pooja Rani in action against Algeria's Ichrak Chaib during the women's 75kg Olympics boxing bout, at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, on Wednesday. Photograph: Frank Franklin Ii/Reuters......

This Olympic champ vows to support Jharkhand-based NGO

Missy says ultimate aim is to build school there for girls IMAGE: Missy Franklin's support so far has been virtual, but she intends to visit the girls at Yuwa when circumstances......

A champion plans to create Indian Olympic medallists

Triple Olympic gold medal winner and five-time World record holder Stephanie Rice reveals how she plans to get an Olympic medal for India in swimming in 2028. IMAGE: Stephanie Rice is launching......

Is this New Zealand's World Cup?

Semi-finalists six times. Runner-up in 2015.Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers for the New Zealand team from World Cups. Result Summary IMAGE: Team New Zealand celebrates the fall......

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