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Brahma Chellaney wins Asia Society award

India's leading strategic thinker and analyst, Brahma Chellaney has won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book Water: Asia's New Battleground. Chellaney......

Now NCERT Class VII book expands account of Ghazni's plunders, killings

The new NCERT social science textbook for Class VII carries an extensive section on the Ghaznavids, detailing Mahmud of Ghazni's plunder of Indian cities and the slaughter of "infidels," including......

Telangana quarry halts operations to let rare owl hatch eggs

In an environment-friendly gesture, quarrying has been stopped for about a month at a stone quarry in Vikarabad district in Telangana to let a rock eagle owl, a rare bird, hatch its eggs. IMAGE:......

SIR concerns: Sonagachi sex workers fear mass exclusion from voter list

Gripped by fear and confusion over the Special Intensive Revision process, sex workers in Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, have written to the state's chief electoral officer, pleading......

Asia Society's India-born president to quit

Global non-profit organisation Asia Society's India-born head Vishakha Desai, who has advised President Barack Obama on India related issues, is stepping down as President and CEO after 22 years at......

Asia Society Conference: PM's speech

This is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech inaugurating the Asia Society's 16th Asian Corporate Conference -- whose theme is 'Driving Global Business: India's New Priorities, Asia's......

Asia Society leadership award for Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director ofReliance Industries Limited has been awarded the prestigious Asia Society Leadership Award, by the Asia Society, Washington DC. Leo Daly, chairman,......

PM to open Asia Society meet on Saturday

It's Destination Mumbai for business head honchos from more than 23 nations as they get together to assess India's rise in the global economy at the Asia Society's 16th Asian Corporate Conference,......

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk, compliance, taxation, speed, and cost.' Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only......

L N Mittal bags Asia Society 'Leadership Award'

NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal has expressed confidence that the fast-growing economies of India and China would have a positive impact on world economy but cautioned the two south Asian giants......

'Gurus Abuse The Very People Who Give Them Power'

'What is it about the institution of faith that makes somebody get a sense of impunity, that they believe they can get away with anything?' IMAGE: Huma Qureshi in Bayaan.......

Must Watch: Stories From Around The World

The Toronto International Film Festival heralds the beginning of the Fall awards season as films from the earlier festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Telluride compete with new projects......

The Indian Film Making Global Waves

'I thought of a suppressed country and a free world.''If we travel from one to another, what will that road look like?''What colours, music there will be? What kind of people would you see?'......

Asia Cup star reacts as internet trolls 10-YO

‘Social media has become a place for cowards’ IMAGE: Varun Chakaravarthy, fresh off India’s Asia Cup 2025 triumph, was among those who spoke out in the boy’s defence. Photograph: BCCI As a......

'There should be no cricket & trade with Pakistan'

'Everyone has their own way of thinking and understanding, but I feel till the time relations between the two countries do not improve, cricket and business should not be there as well.' IMAGE:......

PIX: Durand champs NEUFC honoured by President Murmu

IMAGE: President Draupadi Murmu awards the President's Cup to NEUFC owner John Abraham at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. Photograph: NEUFC/X President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday......

Ban India-Pakistan match telecast: FWICE Tells Modi

'We strongly feel that allowing such a telecast at this time would be seen as an affront to the memory of our martyrs and an insensitivity to the grief of their families.' IMAGE: The Federation of......

Babar-Virat's Mutual Admiration Society

IMAGE: Babar Azam and Virat Kohli. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babar Azam/Twitter Pakistan Captain Babar Azam has graciously returned the compliment showered on him by batting superstar Virat......