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US prez polls: Romney surges ahead of Gingrich

Ahead of the make or break Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, Mitt Romney appears to be surging ahead in opinion polls against his nearest rival Newt Gingrich, as the two top presidential......

Comatose US Senate India Caucus gets new life

United States Senators Christopher Dodd and John Cornyn have launched an attempt to revive the largely comatose US Senate India Caucus. Coryn founded the US Senate India Caucus nearly five years......

I am not out of the race, says McCain

Trailing in a raft of polls with barely a week to go for the November four showdown, the Republican nominee for the Presidential election has vowed a comeback even if many political analysts have......

Bush seeks support on Iraq in final address

The following is the text of US President George W Bush's final State of the Union address delivered to Congress on Monday: Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished......

PSB Bull Run: Time For Govt To Reap Riches

Since March 31, 2022, the PSBs' market cap has risen 43.7 per cent, from Rs. 7.29 trillion to Rs. 10.47 trillion.It's time for the government, the majority owner of public sector banks, to reap the......

Tough Times Lie Ahead For Banking Sector

For the banking system a new cycle starts in FY2024.It's fraught with fresh challenges on asset quality and profitability, warns Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......

Lehman@10: How the crisis unfolded

The US market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission was doing what it could to stem the flow. It temporarily prohibited naked short-selling in the securities of major financial players......

Lehman crisis@10: Has the financial world changed for the better?

The 2008 financial crisis set off by the crash of Lehman Brothers in the US pushed back global growth, which declined from a high of 5.6 per cent in 2007 to 3 per cent the next year and a negative......

'Minimum government, maximum governance' in public sector banks

The Bharatiya Janata Party regime will have to make good on this election slogan to restore state-owned banks to health, says Rajiv Lall. Minimum government and maximum governance was one of......

Golden Globes 2018: Big Little Lies wins

The 75th Annual Golden Globes awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: IMAGE: Laura Dern,......

Golden Globes 2018: The Shape Of Water, Dunkirk, Big Little Lies lead nominations

Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya. The 75th Golden Globe nominations were announced by Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone at the......

Bollywood's most interesting bloggers

In the past, I have lamented the lack of quality blogging coming out of Bollywood, most actors and filmmakers using it to get back at media criticism, take jabs at other actors, and essentially......

PHOTOS: Sangakkara makes history as Sri Lanka crush Scotland

Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka celebrates his century during the 2015 Cricket World Cup match between against Scotland at Bellerive Oval. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Kumar Sangakkara......

World Cup PHOTOS: Moeen Ali secures England redemption

Moeen Ali of England celebrates scoring his century with team mate Ian Bell during during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match against Scotland at Hagley Oval. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty......

World Cup preview: Can embarrassing England stop free fall?

England coach Peter Moores talks with captain Eoin Morgan during an England nets session at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch on Sunday. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images A floundering......

World Cup 2015: Know the Scotland cricket team

Penpix of the Scotland squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Preston Mommsen of Scotland. Photograph: Clint Hughes/Getty Images Preston Mommsen (27): Right-hand bat,......

Subprime mortgages and cricket

As I was flipping on my bed trying to catch some sleep after a "full" sake dinner, I could hear my inner voice. The fact that I had one glass too many of sake made me hear my inner voice loud and......

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