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What kind of First Lady will Melania Trump make?

Eleanor Roosevelt, a advocate of civil and gender rights, invested the American First Lady's role with meaning. Jackie Kennedy was her husband's unofficial envoy, including to Asia. Betty Ford is......

Modi is not Chacha Nehru, or Chacha Modi, but Modi

'His script, his body language is different, at the most he is a trained pracharak, a national politician building a base, an audience, a community of behaviours and followers from a younger......

A strategic tsunami: Transformation in Indo-Japanese relations

In the media frenzy over inconsequential issues, the visit of the Emperor of Japan to India has been pushed to the margins of public discourse. Colonel (retd) Anil Athale explains the great......

'Govt should encourage, not prosecute, whistle-blowers'

Tarun Jain of the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad says allowing legal immunity to bribe-givers motivates citizens to increasingly report bribe demands, in an interview with Faisal Kidwai.......

Parliament's role in making India Great is over

Give this fact that the middle class is not responsible in India and cannot be trusted to lead, it is remarkable that our legislature, even given all of its vulgar traits, has performed as......

Mutual funds knock RBI door for hike in foreign investment limits

Several mutual funds (MFs) have recently approached the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as they renew efforts to increase their overseas investment limit. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In......

AMCs' contribution to backstop fund for debt MFs tops target

The contribution from asset management companies (AMCs) has surpassed the Rs 3,000 crore target for the creation of a Rs 33,000 crore backstop facility for debt mutual funds (MFs). Illustration:......

MFs Are Putting Investors' Money At Risk

Mutual funds, as experts and custodians of another set of retail investors' savings, play a speculative game they are neither supposed to nor equipped to do, cautions Debashis Basu. IMAGE: The PB......

What Went Wrong at Axis Mutual Fund

Following the money and freezing anything unaccounted is the only way to set an example for others, suggests Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Recently, Axis Mutual Fund removed......

Cairns accepts India's $1bn refund offer, to drop cases, says CEO

UK-based Cairn Energy PLC on Tuesday said it will drop litigations to seize Indian properties in countries ranging from France to the US, within a couple of days of getting a USD 1 billion refund......

Kiwis happy to fly under the radar at World Cup

'New Zealand are in a sweet spot. No-one's talking about us too much.' 'We're forever the underdogs and that suits us quite well.' IMAGE: Since the last World Cup, New Zealand have risen as high......

Sports Shorts: Ronaldo's agent claims he will never return to Manchester

Cristiano Ronaldo (left) of Real Madrid with head coach Carlo Ancelotti. Photograph: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Portugal's football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo's agent has revealed......

India in command as rain plays spoilsport on Day 3

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin's career-best figures of 6-31 helped India to enforce the follow-on against New Zealand on third day but inclement weather stood in the path of hosts' victory in the......

Pujara's maiden ton hoists India on Day 1

Cheteshwar Pujara hit an elegant century on his Test comeback as India recovered from a jittery start to finish the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand on a comfortable 307 for 5 in......

British Open: Hole-in-one icing on the cake for Lahiri

Anirban Lahiri's dream debut run at the 141st Open championships continued unabated as the 25-year-old authored the first ace of the event and then brought home an even par round to stay at par for......

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