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China quietly developing military bases in Pacific islands

China, which wishes to expand its maritime and economic profile has started to court the Pacific island nations. IMAGE: Chinese Navy's Jiangkai-class frigate No.573 sails on the sea near Japan.......

INS Vikrant : 12 years late, 13 times the cost

The MiG29K and MiG29KUB, the aircraft carrier's primary fighters, spent more time in the hangar than in the air, with fleet serviceability remaining below 50 per cent, reports Ajai Shukla. IMAGE:......

The new revolution that is transforming America

The US is still a place for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is good to see Indian Americans and immigrants contributing to this in a major way, says K V Seshasayee who visited the US after......

Pak forces foil terror attack on Karachi naval dockyard

A major terrorist attack on the Pakistan naval dockyard in Karachi was foiled by security forces who killed two militants and captured four others, a top naval official said on Monday. One......

'America cannot live in isolation'

How did 9/11 change the India-US equation? Are the two nations now really on the way to become strategic partners? Do they really see eye-to-eye on the war on terror? As the world marks five years......

World's most expensive addresses

An address is more than a location. It's a brand. That's what the CEOs of Tiffany & Co, Bergdorf Goodman and Harry Winston presumably know. Their flagships are situated on Fifth Avenue between......

Mumbai a global financial centre? Of course!

Mumbai is not seen to be controlled by New Delhi just as New York is not seen to be controlled by Washington. Mumbai is the financial capital of India. It has the two largest Indian stock markets.......

India's construction boom

It was a tiny construction company founded in 1986 with the modest goal of developing farmland in Sohna, 30 km from Gurgaon.Today the Vatika Group's flagship project is the multi-crore Vatika City,......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

Seventeen not too many for England: Maynard

England assistant coach Matthew Maynard on Wednesday defended the large number of players in the squad for the seven one-day internationals against South Africa."There's the odd niggle (injury) and......

One-Day Internationals in the year 2004

For the ninth year running more than 100 One-day internationals were played in a calendar year (though 2004's figure of 128 is quite less than the figures of 2003 and 2002). It was for the first......

Champions Trophy averages

West Indies: Batting & Fielding BatsmanMtsInnsNORunsHsAve.100500BFSRCt/StRR Sarwan4421667583.00-2-21776.501CH Gayle4401399934.75-1-19272.40-S Chanderpaul44212751*63.50-1-16079.383BC......

Windies champions of Champions

Scoreboard| ImagesJoyous scenes were witnessed at the Oval as the West Indies beat England by two wickets to win the ICC Champions Trophy and pick their first major title since the 1979 World Cup......

Battle royale in the offing

Very few people would have picked the West Indies and England to make it to Saturday's final of the ICC Champions Trophy, at the Oval, in London.But, then, even fewer would have thoughtEngland had......

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