Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. PART I: Give us our gods back! PART......

Islamic State opens bank, moves towards statehood

Any attempt to defang Islamic State must first cut off its main sources of funding, says Sandhya Jain. In a bid to legitimise its existence as a new State carved out of vast swathes of territories......

56 personalities receive Padma awards from President

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday presented Padma awards to 56 distinguished personalities including actor Paresh Rawal, ace tennis player Leander Paes and author Ruskin Bond. Cricketer Yuvraj......

2 key Indian American physicians quit Obama's team

Two key Indian American physicians from the Obama administration, who worked on implementing healthcare reforms, are stepping down from their posts to return to clinical practice. Dr Sachin H Jain,......

FPIs bet on financial services sector; inject Rs 14,205 cr in Nov

The Indian financial services space seems to be in a sweet spot as foreign investors have made a net investment of Rs 14,205 crore ($2.1 billion) in the sector in November amid strong credit growth......

Rupee outperforms most EM peers as dollar surges to a 20-year high

If there was one event that made the month of August stand out, it was a strengthening of the dollar index to levels last seen only 20 years ago, as the Federal Reserve dispelled all doubts about......

Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal to focus more on long-term strategy

To drive scale, speed, and quality, Aggarwal said he is expanding Ola Group’s chief financial officer (CFO) G R Arun Kumar’s role to help him steer ‘day-to-day operations’......

'Impossible Trinity': RBI's precarious balancing act

However, the aggressive accumulation of foreign exchange reserves should be able to ring fence the country in the immediate future. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is precariously balancing two......