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'Dishonourable act': Varun turns down Oxford union invite to speak on Modi govt

Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Varun Gandhi has turned down the Oxford Union's invite to speak at a debate on whether India is on the right path under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,......

UK's PM-in-waiting Liz Truss remains committed to India ties

Newly-elected Conservative Party leader and prime minister in waiting Liz Truss is among the senior British politicians known for championing deeper India-UK strategic and economic ties, describing......

Hijab Row: Politics Of Communal Polarisation

Some important simple truths about the issue may be more helpful than high sounding debates, asserts Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Students wearing hijab sit outside their school after the school......

World leaders thank India for Covid vaccine shipments to combat pandemic

World leaders thanked India for its help and support in combating the coronavirus pandemic through 'early and meaningful' shipments of Covid-19 vaccine doses, as they addressed the high-level......

Oxford debating society puts off Mamata event at 11th hour, draws fire

The Oxford Union Debating Society, citing unforeseen "circumstances", on Wednesday sought to postpone a scheduled virtual address by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the last moment,......

Let us stop taxing women!

Double tax exemption on wages paid to women can encourage companies to hire, retain and compensate women better, argues Nitin Pai.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The single biggest policy......

How can globalisation succeed?

Threat to job security and plummeting labour incomes have fuelled protectionism, say Abheek Barua & Bidisha Ganguly. The UK might not have faced the dire consequences that analysts had......

Forecasting media's future

Ajit Balakrishnan recalls some lessons from the last time people talked of 'convergence' -- the mid-1990s. Image: In the 1990s, convergence itself was a word used in two different senses.......

India is good bet for foreign investment: Montek

There is a good chance that Vodafone dispute will be resolved soon, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said, underlining that India is a good bet for foreign......

'Developed countries to blame for WTO deadlock'

India has said that developed countries were trying to go back on their commitment on the development content of Doha round of WTO talks and are putting new conditions on developing countries......

Shyam Benegal: The Girish Karnad I Knew

'He had a continuing interest in life, people, and the society in which he lived,' remembers Shyam Benegal, who collaborated with the polyglot playwright and actor through the 1970s and remained......

Sonu Niigaam rocks Atlantic City

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I'm no ruthless parasite, Blatter tells Oxford students

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has hit back at his critics, saying he was no "ruthless parasite sucking the lifeblood out of football" and arguing the profits his organisation earn are ploughed back......

South Africa thrash England

England recorded their lowest total in a Twenty20 international as South Africa bowled them out for just 111 before easing to a seven-wicket win in the World Cup second round match on Thursday.......

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