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India, Pakistan, Taliban On Same Page?

Delhi has come to accept the Taliban takeover in Kabul as a reality and seems increasingly unsure of its dogmatic view of the Taliban as a mere proxy of the Pakistani military and security......

Omicron variant: UK, EU ban travellers from 7 African nations

The United Kingdom's health authorities have confirmed that a new and 'most significant' variant of COVID-19 is officially under investigation in the country as the World Health Organisation......

UK, EU agree to travel ban on 7 African nations

The UK's health authorities have confirmed that a new and ‘most significant’ variant of COVID-19 is officially under investigation in the country as the government on Friday added six......

Climate Change: India Must Walk The Talk

India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade.Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover!It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero......

Pentagon reveals China's border tactics with India

China has been taking "incremental and tactical actions" to press its claims at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India and has unsuccessfully sought to prevent New Delhi from deepening its......

'Even the RBI was caught by surprise and was totally unprepared to handle its fallout'

I kept insisting that Rs 100 notes were in short supply and there was an urgent need to augment the supply of 100 rupee notes while also rapidly bringing into circulation the proposed new Rs 500......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......

From the brink to recovery, India's retail sector pins hope on 2021

With an epic battle of billionaires for supremacy in one of the world's most prolific markets and a pandemic-propelled surge in online shopping in the background, India's nearly trillion-dollar......

US sues Facebook over acquiring WhatsApp, Instagram

Social media giant accused of anti-competitive conduct by abusing its market power to create a monopoly and crushing smaller competitors. The United States government and 48 states have filed......

Modi and the problem of 2 minute presentations

'It won't be easy to undo the damage that has been done to the economy by the lockdown and the solution will not come from two minute presentations,' observes Aakar Patel.Illustration: Dominic......

City of Dreams 2 review

The second season of City Of Dreams has more pulp, hardly any juice, feels Sreehari Nair. Season 1 of Nagesh Kukunoor's City of Dreams, for all its pulpiness, aspired to paint an epic vision of......

In what movies will we see Alia, Kiara this year?

There were so many big releases planned for 2020 until coronavirus changed all that. With the lockdown in force and no clarity on when theatres will eventually open, quite a few movies will spill......

Argentina, Dutch qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Dutch qualify for World Cup as Bergwijn, Depay grab late goals IMAGE: Netherlands players celebrate qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Netherlands......

Anand holds Kramnik to win 'No-Castling' Chess

IMAGE: India's Viswanathan Anand ponders a move during the ‘No Castling' Chess tournament, for the Sparkassen Trophy, in Dortmund. Photograph: Sparkassen Chess Trophy/Facebook India's......

World Cup qualifiers: Germany, England, Italy win but Spain held

IMAGE: Germany's Ilkay Gundogan scores their third goal as Iceland's Hannes Halldorsson attempts to make a save. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Former champions Germany, England and......

Coronavirus: 1975 Hockey World Cup winner Diwan stranded in US

Veteran Olympian, Ashok Diwan has sought government help to return home after ‘developing some health problems in the USA’. IMAGE: Ashok Diwan who was part of the 1975 World Cup......

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