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Muizzu's pro-China party secures 'super majority' in parliamentary polls

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party won 71 seats and secured a 'super majority' in parliamentary elections, preliminary results suggested on Monday, a victory seen as a strong endorsement of......

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

India Gains Upper Hand In China Port Rivalry

The Sittwe deal is more significant than Chabahar in Iran, where India has rights to operate only two terminals and not the port itself. IMAGE: A view of Sittwe port in Myanmar. Photograph: Press......

Can't fight elections, don't have money: Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said she declined the offer of the Bharatiya Janata Party to contest elections pleading that she did not have the 'kind of funds' required for......

No dispute with neighbours, but shared future with BRI, says China

China on Monday sought to play down increasing tensions with its Asian neighbours over the simmering South China Sea dispute and the eastern Ladakh border issue with India, saying its initiatives......

25 Global Brands Coming To India!

'The Indian retail landscape is poised for a significant shift with the anticipated arrival of several prominent international luxury fashion brands in 2024.' Kindly note the image has been posted......

India's services sector growth hits 13-and-a-half-yr high in Mar

India's services sector witnessed one of the strongest growth rates in over 13-and-a-half years in March on the back of strong demand that spurred sales and business activity, a monthly survey said......

MNCs look towards India for a booster dose

In recent months, several pharma multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly turning to Indian companies to expand market reach in the country’s pharmaceuticals sector. Illustration:......

Home Is Where The Revenue Is, Find India's Biggest MNCs

In FY23, Indian operations accounted for 41.6 per cent of the consolidated revenue of India's top five multinationals, up from 34 per cent in FY18 and 33.2 per cent and 34.2 per cent in FY21.......

Stanchart to continue focus on wealth management in India

Standard Chartered’s India strategy will focus on wealth management while credit card will remain core to its business though will avoid competition with the country’s private banks,......

2023's Must Watch Movies From Around The World

2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals. In the post-pandemic situation, as restrictions were......

Jharkhand spin stalwart Shahbaz Nadeem calls it quits

'I felt this is the correct time and there is no point holding a place in a state team for individual records. It's better to give chance to the youngsters.' IMAGE: Shahbaz Nadeem was handed a......

Dharamsala Test: Rahul unlikely to play; Bumrah expected to return

IMAGE: India is unlikely to play KL Rahul in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Senior India batter KL Rahul is unlikely to feature in the fifth and final Test......

U-19 Final: India's young turks aim for World Cup glory

IMAGE: India captain Uday Saharan's batting style resembles the 1980s and 90s' top-order accumulators. Photograph: ICC/X Few careers will get wings to soar while some will fade into oblivion......

Cool head, sound technique drivers of Uday Saharan's success

IMAGE: With one hundred and three fifties in six Under-19 World Cup games so far, Punjab batter and India captain Uday Saharan is currently the highest run-getter in this edition, and his batting......

Rohit named ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year captain

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and Kuldeep Yadav are among the three Indians including Virat Kohli in the ICC ODI Team of the Year. Photograph: ICC/X Rohit Sharma was on Tuesday named captain of the ICC ODI......

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