With three wins from five matches, Kings XI Punjab captain Adam Gilchrist on Friday said his side has not done badly in the Indian Premier League and they still have a chance to advance further in the tournament.
ndustry body Assocham on Thursday said it estimates the premium from general insurance to touch Rs 1 lakh crore in the next 5 years as awareness and income about insurance products among the rural masses are on the rise
Henry Kissinger once said, 'It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.' India will have to wait and see, observes Rajeev Srinivasan.
Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who helped bowl his side to a 10-wicket victory over India in the first test on Thursday, has been rested on medical advice for the second test that starts on Monday.
'Even as discord over US-India trade and commerce colours diplomatic relations, defence relations between the two countries remain on a firm footing,' points out Ajai Shukla.
Prem Kumar enacts well in an emotional role in Gauththam, a remake of the Tamil film Aahaa. Fine performances by veteran artists and good music by Guru Kiran are the appealing points of the film. A good family entertainer despite a rather lengthy second half.
Pakistan are confident that a tough conditioning camp and psychological counseling will make up for a lack of playing time and prepare the team for a serious assault on the Twenty20 World Cup in England.
The calf, which was born on February 6 and was yet to be named, died late on Wednesday night, A K Srivastava, Director of the National Dairy Research Institute, told PTI from Karnal.
The elephant in the room will permeate the conversations, predicts Rup Narayan Das.
Abdul Razzik, one of the key conspirators in the July 26 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, on Tuesday confessed his involvement in the terror attacks before a local court.Razzik, along with 24 other accused in the blast cases, was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate G M Patel after their police custody ended today.He said he was instigated by Tauqeer and he has spoken up to prevent more youths of his community from being mislead by the likes of Tauqeer.
If everything works out smoothly, Aamir Khan might play the role of late singer actor, Kishore Kumar in a movie by Percept Pictures. The company has even gotten a go-ahead from the singer's wife, Leena Chandarvakar.
America needs to regain her faith and get back to work. It's a new beginning--just like it was in 1981
'The time has come for us to work for change and we will.'
United States Defence Secretary Lloyd J Austin arrived in India on Friday on a three-day visit, aimed at further boosting bilateral defence and security ties in the wake of China's growing military assertiveness in the region including the Indo-Pacific.
With an overdose of sermons on product and brand. Not anymore. Advertising is moving to be consumer centric rather than product.
The United States should hit top form in front of a capacity home crowd in this week's Davis Cup final against holders Russia, US captain Patrick McEnroe said.
Indians at large harbour a notion that their country is cherrypicking out of the American basket of goodies, but the policymakers in Delhi and the political leadership are well aware that it can only be a pipe dream since a military alliance with a superpower is a profound irrevocable commitment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
US-India defence cooperation must not adversely affect the India-Russia interface, which has its own strategic meaning and content, asserts Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd).
The deceased has been identified as Devesh Kumar Swain from Orissa.
Fed up of no personal life, Kirsten Dunst almost quit acting after filming Spider-Man 3. But the major cause of her depression was the poor response to Marie Antoinette, which was booed at the Cannes Film Festival.
China's behaviour in the post-pandemic geopolitical landscape which may determine the Quad's future trajectory, notes former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
In its latest issue, the weekly magazine takes a close look at the lifestyle of the two Ambani brothers as part of a survey of the leading business families of Asia.
African Player of the Year Samuel Eto'o completed a 24-million euro ($29.41 million) move to Barcelona.
Prime Minister Modi needs to call Biden next month and clearly say: 'Mr President, the threat from China is clear and present. We, in New Delhi, have determined it to be an urgent national priority to outfit our submarines and aircraft carriers with nuclear propulsion and we want to cooperate with America on this programme",' advises Ajai Shukla.
The time is ripe to extend the confrontation with the Chinese to the maritime domain, says former RA&W officer Krishan Varma.
Warning India against the increasing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean region, a top American military commander on Wednesday stressed on the need to sign two key agreements between India and the US for joint tracking.
With the signing of the pact, the Quad grouping of India, Japan, Australia and the US is set to gain more heft now, notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that India is in for joint military exercise but not for joint patrolling.
As India and the US hold fresh talks on three contentious defence foundational agreements, a top American military official on Wednesday batted for the pacts, saying these are an opportunity for deeper collaboration and cooperation in the key sector.
Jaishankar said that the resolution on Kashmir introduced by Jayapal in the House is not a fair characterisation of the situation in J-K. And also said that he has no interest in meeting the Congresswoman.
'The Modi government will do well to thrash out a national consensus before taking the leap and put itself in America's pouch,' says Rajeev Sharma.
In the light of India's increasingly 'darkening' threat environment and the convergence of strategic interests between China and Pakistan, the IAF's declining combat capabilities are a cause for concern, says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
'India-US defence pacts are seen by many analysts as a subtle move to jointly contain China's growing militarism, especially in the strategic Indian Ocean Region.'
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