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Swiss surprise may spoil India's hunt for black money
Rediff.com3 Feb 2016Move will be a setback for India which wants information on black money probe based on leaked data
Zika outbreak is now a global emergency: World Health Organisation
Rediff.com2 Feb 2016The World Health Organisation on Tuesday declared an international emergency over the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying it is an 'extraordinary event'.
Will seek $600 mn from India in damages: Cairn Energy
Rediff.com19 Jan 2016Cairn said it had initiated arbitration.
General Jacob masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lt Gen JFR Jacob: The man who masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lt Gen JFR Jacob: The man who masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lt Gen JFR Jacob: The man who masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lt Gen JFR Jacob: The man who masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, revealed how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
Lt Gen JFR Jacob: The man who masterminded Pakistan's surrender in 1971
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016How Pakistan surrendered in 1971
Rediff.com16 Dec 2015Lieutenant General J F R Jacob, Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command during the 1971 war, reveals how, armed with only a draft surrender document and an aide, he made the Pakistani army led by Lieutenant General A A K Niazi surrender.
India, Switzerland improve cooperation on tax matters
Rediff.com10 Dec 2015Many requests are pending with the Swiss authorities.
HSBC whistleblower Falciani sentenced to 5 years in prison
Rediff.com27 Nov 2015Herve Falciani, who refused to appear for trial in Switzerland, has been charged of industrial espionage.
HSBC to shut down India private banking business
Rediff.com27 Nov 2015HSBC Holdings Plc will shut its private banking business in India, a spokesman said
Ex-MEA spokesperson Akbaruddin India's new permanent representative to UN
Rediff.com16 Nov 2015Akbaruddin is currently serving as additional secretary in the MEA.
How the Internet was born, 25 years ago
Rediff.com13 Nov 2015November 12 marks 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began.
Russia faces ban from athletics for widespread doping offences
Rediff.com9 Nov 2015The scandal revolves around accusations that money was demanded from top athletes to 'bury' medical tests showing drug use
Diack faces provisional suspension from IOC's ethics commission
Rediff.com9 Nov 2015The International Olympic Committee's Ethics Commission recommended the provisional suspension of Lamine Diack as an honorary member of the IOC on Monday.
Doping alert! Damning revelations from WADA
Rediff.com9 Nov 2015A report by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Monday is set to deepen an athletics scandal that, according to one of the document's authors, eclipses even the alleged corruption at football's governing body FIFA.
Saving India from the 'mad cow' people
Rediff.com5 Nov 2015'it looks like India wants to follow Pakistan on the slippery slope of stupidity masquerading as religion.'
Whistleblower raising hue and cry on blackmoney investigation: SIT
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money today rejected an HSBC whistleblower's claim that Indian authorities are not using a "lot of information" on illicit funds, saying he has created a "hue and cry" and not replied to its earlier requests.
HSBC whistleblower offers to 'cooperate' with India on blackmoney
Rediff.com2 Nov 2015HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani on Monday said he is willing to "cooperate" with the Indian investigative agencies in their black money probe.
Two accidents, a wheelchair and a National award
Rediff.com6 Oct 2015How Shivani Gupta bounced back from a major accident is sure to inspire you.
Black money: Action time now, warns Centre
Rediff.com5 Oct 2015India has a double-taxation avoidance pact with Singapore and more than 85 countries.
Declassified files reveal Netaji wanted to speak over radio
Rediff.com19 Sep 2015"For the last one month a rather strange broadcast is being heard over the radio...The broadcast only says 'Neta Subhas Chandra transmitter...wanted to speak," this was written by Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose in a letter to his brother in 1949 as revealed by one of the secret files on the leader declassified by the West Bengal government.
Why HAF wants international probe into Sri Lankan war crimes
Rediff.com18 Sep 2015Hindu American Foundation: 'As an organisation that works on issues affecting Hindu minorities... in the civil war although all groups were affected, Hindu temples and Hindu institutions were disproportionately affected, and Hindus continue to be affected.' Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States Prasad Kariyawasam: 'Assume that Sri Lanka is referred to the ICC through the UN Security Council -- which will never happen because Sri Lanka has enough clout to block it. But assume it is. Still, the ICC cannot handle it because retrospectively they don't have jurisdiction.'
Indian black money deposits moved out of Switzerland
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015The Swiss National Bank, the country's central banking authority, has estimated the funds currently held by Indians in Swiss banks at a mere $1.98 billion. Fear of disclosure due to greater scrutiny of this illicit wealth has played the main role in the flight of capital.
India ranks low on inclusive growth, development: WEF
Rediff.com7 Sep 2015India has been ranked very low, mostly in the bottom half, globally on most of the parameters for inclusive growth and development even as it fares much better internationally when it come to business and political ethics.
India hopes of a solution to WTO food security issue by 2017
Rediff.com5 Sep 2015Earlier this year, the US accused India and China of exceeding the WTO limits on farm subsidies, saying these caused trade distortion.
Rs 3.45-cr Ferrari California T returns to India
Rediff.com27 Aug 2015Ferrari launched four other models -- 488GTB, 458 Spider, 458 Speciale and F12 Berlinetta.
Travel: Self-driving in Switzerland
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015Rachit Hirani crisscrossed 1600 kilometres through Switzerland's mesmerising landscape in 10 days and he cant stop gushing about it...
Rajapaksa concedes battle again, but the war may still remain
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015Unlike in the presidential polls, victory might not have been complete, at least as yet, for Mahinda Rajapaksa's electoral rivals. While his one-time aide and confidant, Maithripala Sirisena, became president without any issues after defeating him, incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who again may not command an absolute majority in the 225-member parliament, would have to count on his 'national government' concept to carry the day and the nation with him, this time round, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Himalayan glaciers are melting, but will still exist by 2099'
Rediff.com17 Aug 2015'Himalayan glaciers are expected to become smaller, and small glaciers will have disappeared, but by no means will all glaciers have melted by the end of the 21st century,' glaciologist Markus Stoffel tells Rashme Sehgal.
Will BJP go the Congress way in Tamil Nadu?
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015Narendra Modi's meeting with J Jayalalithaa in Chennai has set the rumour mills abuzz. Will the Tamil Nadu chief minister ally with the BJP ahead of the 2016 polls, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Rs 3.3-crore Ferrari California T to race Indian roads soon
Rediff.com7 Aug 2015This is the car major's second coming in India.
BNP Paribas acquires broking firm Sharekhan for over Rs 2,000 crore
Rediff.com30 Jul 2015The move will help BNP Paribas expand its operations in India.
China's fall makes the ride ahead rough for JLR
Rediff.com20 Jul 2015Despite superior margins, JLR hasn't had a smooth ride in China.
World's 10 richest countries, India at a dismal 130!
Rediff.com20 Jul 2015Qatar is the world's richest country in terms of per capita income.
Innovation remains a distant dream for Indian entities
Rediff.com19 Jul 2015Indian cos or academic institutions accounted for only 1,394 patent cooperation treaty applications
UNHRC adopts resolution on Palestine, India abstains
Rediff.com4 Jul 2015India has for the first time abstained from voting on a resolution on Palestine adopted at the UN rights body that calls for accountability by parties involved in last year's conflict in Gaza.
India may change its WTO stance, seek another package
Rediff.com3 Jul 2015The 10th ministerial conference, will be held at Nairobi, Kenya.