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The Politics Of The Bharat Ratna

Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

As India watches, China grows powerful in Sri Lanka

Xi Jinping is winning the war without firing a shot in Sri Lanka, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd). IMAGE: Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, bumps fists with China's State......

Vajpayee, the 1st Indian leader to address UNGA in Hindi

It is said that Vajpayee, who was also fluent in English, was the force behind uplifting Hindi to the international platform by using the language at the UN each time he delivered a speech. ......

UN and New York, where leaders turn a blind eye to each other

It is a city where the higher you live, the better it is, because, you avoid seeing the grime and smelling the stink. You also avoid other human beings. Nawaz Sharif will be in town, but may not......

'Use UN's 70th birthday to promote human rights everywhere'

'Human rights issues continue to be exploited selectively, more often for narrow short-term political ends,' Modi tells Ban. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be one of the world leaders......

India's 20-21 GDP growth to slow down to 4.8%: UN report

India's GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 per cent, a UN report has said, warning that the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to result in significant adverse economic......

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

'Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.''That is not happening and is a......

Haryana's mission to become an investment hotspot

Despite the Jat agitation and investor scepticism, the state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches. The seventh of a 11-part series looks at the state of affairs in......

World's poor must have fair access to global resources: India

International cooperation to tackle climate change and ‘going green’ should not mean hundreds of millions are left ‘hungry’ or ‘homeless’, India has said,......

India tops world hunger list with 194 million people

India’s numerous social programmes are expected to continue to fight hunger and poverty, states a UN report. Image: Naushad, 18-months-old and suffering from severe malnutrition, lies on his......

Ronaldo, Zidane to play UN charity match

World champion footballers and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors Ronaldo and Zindine Zidane have announced that the 8th Annual Match Against Poverty will raise funds for the nearly 25 million......

US Open champion Del Potro returns home in triumph

US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro was greeted by thousands of fans and feted with rock band Queen's seminal "We are the Champions" when he made a triumphant return to his hometown of Tandil on......

Spotted: Leander Paes

Reader Pavan Malladi sent us this photograph. 'My name is Pavan Malladi. I live in Dayton,Ohio. 'I got a chance to meet Leander Paes at the recently-concluded Western and Southern Financial......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......

Indian cricket's Bollywood links

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