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With 101 votes, Rishi Sunak wins 2nd round in race to become UK PM

Rishi Sunak tightened his grip on the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and British prime minister as he bagged 101 votes to again emerge as the winner of the latest voting......

Make no mistake, we're heading into war

The days of a thousand cuts are over.These mini wars will remain under the threshold of undeniable war, but will escalate closer to that threshold when their big brother pushes in.Chinese......

Coming Up: Women Power in J&K

Women will have a decisive say as chairpersons in seven of Jammu and Kashmir's 20 districts, observes David Devadas. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sharda Bhau flashes the victory sign in......

What J&K poll results means for BJP/NC/PDP

What the election demonstrated is that the BJP has a stranglehold on most of the Hindu votes in the Union territory, observes David Devadas. IMAGE: Top and below: Victorious candidates in Kashmir......

Kim's Nuclear Games of Smoke and Mirrors

Is North Korea really dismantling its nuclear programme?Rajaram Panda explains the many challenges to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula. PART 1: Is Kim Jong Un under threat from his army? IMAGE:......

Old India is still sceptical about investing in start-ups

Though startups find 17 mentions in the Budget speech of the finance minister, and have been promised tax exemptions, the reality is that only 2 per cent of the 4,648 applications received from......

5 economic lessons India can learn from China

Image: Modi's ‘Make in India’ campaign has won some early backers. Photograph: Reuters The biggest lesson China can teach India is that when it comes to sustaining a love affair with......

What good are economists, anyway?

Economists mostly failed to predict the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Now they can't agree how to solve it. People are starting to wonder: What good are economists anyway? A commenter on a......

Obama's billionaires

Despite funding the majority of his presidential run with paltry $5 donations from everyday Americans, President-elect Barack Obama has had a slew of billionaire backers with him on his journey to......

Mobile gambling devices may get to casinos

It won't be long before gamblers are shooting dice while queued up waiting to see their favorite comedian. Or playing poker and roulette under a poolside umbrella.Even a trip to the buffet will no......

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.Nikitta Puri reports. All Photographs:......

Article 15 Review: Entertaining social drama

'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.''It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari......

Hey, that's Steve Jobs!

In Danny Boyle's biopic, reports Aseem Chhabra from the Telluride Film Festival, 'we are left with Jobs -- the man, a genius as well as (what Steve Wozniak calls him in the film), an asshole!'......

Grammy 2012: Kanye West, Jay Z among top nominees

Rappers Kanye West, Jay Z, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Mumford &Sons and Frank Ocean emerged as the top nominess for the 55th Grammy Awards that were announced recently.Here's a look at the......

Why Brokeback lost to Crash

For movie lovers, Oscar watchers, and a lot of gay men and women, this has to be a night that will go down in the history as one of big disappointment-- almost at par with the night when John Kerry......

Australia's Gabba to be rebuilt for 2032 Games?

IMAGE: President Ian Chesterman said on Thursday the AOC fully supported the review of the Gabba rebuild, suggesting it did not fit with International Olympic Committee (IOC) expectations of host......

Can Pakistan find solution in must-win WC clash vs SA?

Captaincy on line, Babar's Pakistan locked in a do-or-die battle against South Africa IMAGE: Ahead of Pakistan’s clash against South Africa, skipper Babar Azam brushed aside the fear of......

PIX! RCB clinch nervy last-over win over Royals

Images from the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday SCORECARD IMAGE: Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell put......

PIX: PSG thump Leipzig to enter Champions League final

IMAGES from the Champions League semi-final played between PSG and Leipzig at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon on Tuesday. IMAGE: Paris Saint-Germain's Angel Di Maria celebrates......

Sponsors hail Sharapova's reduced ban

IMAGE: Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia during their women's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in......

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