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Singapore PM removes Indian-origin Pritam Singh as LoP

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has removed Indian-origin Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh as Leader of the Opposition (LoP), and asked the opposition party to nominate another Member of......

Row heats up over non-Hindu entry into Badrinath, Kedarnath shrines

This decision is not against anyone, but is to protect centuries-old faith, discipline, and purity. Anyone who has faith in Sanatan Dharma is welcome at Kedarnath and Badrinath Dham, says the......

Budget session from Jan 28; Union Budget on February 1

The budget session of Parliament will be held from January 28 to April 2, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses with a......

60 Years On This Week, Indira Gandhi Became Prime Minister

In a culture where children take up the profession of their father, her becoming a politician was seen as natural and acceptable. IMAGE: Indira Gandhi takes oath as the prime minister of India on......

DMK snubs Cong power-share demand, rules out coalition govt in TN

Ruling out scope for a coalition government, senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and state minister I Periyasamy on Sunday asserted that Chief Minister M K Stalin is firm on the stand against......

Insurance industry flags concerns over proposed Insurance Amendment Bill

The insurance industry is trying to get to grips with provisions in the proposed Insurance Amendment Bill, which gives additional powers to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of......

LS clears Insurance Amendment Bill to allow 100% FDI in insurance sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that raising the FDI limit to 100 per cent in the insurance sector will help attract more capital, improve competition and increase insurance......

States Pension Bills Surpass Interest Payments

The committed expenditure recorded a 9.37 per cent increase, reaching Rs 15.64 trillion. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Amid a debate on three variants of the pension system -- old, new......

'Inflation-targeting worked, no major revamp required'

Almost a decade after India shifted to a formal inflation-targeting regime under the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a high-level panel of economists......

Urgent Need For Data Sovereignty

'When global politics has some intervention on the core software one uses, and if you are cut off from your own data in critical workflows, sovereignty is no longer optional. It becomes a......

Suresh Kalmadi: From IAF Pilot To Powerbroker Of Indian Sport

What brought Suresh Kalmadi fame and a degree of infamy was his transition into the most powerful Indian sports administrator of his time. IMAGE: As head of the Indian Olympic Association, one of......

Ashes PIX: Root, Brook sparkle on weather-hit Day 1

Images from Day 1 of the fifth and final Ashes Test between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. Scorecard IMAGE: Harry Brook celebrates his half-century with Joe Root......

ICC's two-tier WTC model gets a thumbs down

'There was a discussion on the two-tier system but certain members were not convinced about the model.' IMAGE: The proposal to have a two-tier World Test Championship model was mainly opposed......

The Big Dilemma For Gill Ahead Of Kolkata Test

IMAGE: India captain Shubman Gill during the press conference at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. Photograph: ANI Photo Skipper Shubman Gill on Thursday admitted that India are facing a......

AITA power struggle erupts ahead of India's Davis Cup tie

IMAGE: Court battles, ego clashes rock India’s tennis body. Photograph: AITA/X As the results of last year's AITA elections stay unannounced, the rival factions in the national tennis federation......