'Persisting with the inequalities, indeed seeing them get worse, is no one's prescription for national unity,' notes T N Ninan.
'Right now, politics is operating in a state of suspended animation. That works to Modi's advantage.'
Mumbai is the only Indian city in the top 30 cities in the world for multi-millionaires.
On the contrary, India, along with Pakistan and Egypt, figures near the bottom of a table of nations in a survey that ranks them in terms of prosperity. The three countries are better than only Zimbabwe.
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The runner-up of the inaugural tournament, which is offering Rs 12 crore prize-money, will be richer by Rs 2.4 crore, while even the team finishing last gets Rs 40 lakh.
Everyone is always talking about how the rich are getting richer--and it's usually true. But not always.
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has said the skewed distribution of power among the India-led big three in ICC can lead to a situation in future when the "rich will only get richer and the poor poorer".
Yes, industry should be socially responsible and it would be nice if the rich did not flaunt their wealth in a poor country, but what is needed most of all is effective governance and reform of the government.
Indian HNIs registered the second fastest growth of 20.5 per cent, says the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report released by Merril Lynch and consulting firm Capgemini.
India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas pocketed the $1,401,000 ATP Dubai Tennis title with a straight set victory over Czech pair of Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner on Saturday. In the final, the fourth seeded Indo-Bahamian pair prevailed over their third-seeded opponents 7-5, 7-6(7) in one hour 48 minutes.
Among the Indians, while Robin Uthappa was bought by Rajasthan Royals for 3 crore, Test specialists Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari went unsold.
Huge success in their careers -- or divorce courts -- has made them extraordinarily wealthy.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter warned that the proposal could harm England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
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The new-age traveler is no longer into ticking a checklist of must-see spots on his holiday. He is ready to pay a premium to experience culture, crafts and culinary delights of the local populace
'Soul might not win trophies. But, unlike trophies, soul actually matters,' says Shougat Dasgupta.
The top ten richest candidates are from the Trinamool Congress which has won a second consecutive term.
The government has sold equity worth only Rs 51,600 crore (Rs 516 billion) in state-run firms since 1991, but the market value of listed Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) has surged to over Rs 7.75 trillion making the establishment richer many times over.
Gains were led by Tata Motors on robust Q1 earnings and HDFC Group shares.
Chief executives are increasingly on the receiving end of some lush lifetime compensation deals.
Rwanda's Diudone Disi and Ethiopian Deriba Alemu won the men's and women's titles respectively at the new Delhi Half Marathon.
They have invested for the long term and made a strong organisational commitment by assigning senior managers to work with established local teams.
Rediff.com's Hitesh Harisinghani and Ashish Narsale give us a sneak peak into some of its latest features from its launch event in Bengaluru.
Everything in India has happened despite the system. However, the system needs a complete overhaul -- into one of strict meritocracy -- and until that happens India will continue to play second fiddle to China.
'When you watch your film for the first time with so many people, you feel naked.'
'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Daniel Radcliffe and katie Lieung took 30 shots to get it right.
Paytm's secondary share sale gave an opportunity to its employees - both former and current - to liquidate their vested Esops and earn around Rs 500 crore in total.
A woman who faced life threats and sexual abuses online for her tweets ahead of gymnast Dipa Karmakar's performance in Rio Olympics sought the help of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj following which a case was lodged by Rajasthan Police.
The latest estimates of poverty reduction in the country, put out by the National Sample Survey (NSS), are unique in that they have not been welcomed by anyone.
Modi will have limited choice other than stressing upon a request for more time to decide on tariff rates, especially with elections in 2019.
A host of dynamic reforms, policies and announcements during the last five years are expected to reach its logical fruition in the second term, says Ankit Kansal.
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'Perhaps there is a greater understanding of small town India amongst our stars today than earlier.'
'Reports of hitherto 'atmanirbhar' breadwinners having to stand in line for a plastic bag of khichdi or, travelling thousands of kms with nothing but packets of biscuits, have not moved the prime minister,' observes Jyoti Punwani.
Ravindra Chauhan, a regular commodity investor, is now regretting his decision to invest in gold, which fetched him only 6.08 per cent in the last one year because of a stronger rupee. He says that most banks' fixed deposits would have made him richer by at least 9 per cent during the same period with little holding risk.
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