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It is premature to make the assumption that Joe Biden's policy toward China will not be a break with Trump, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden,......
By removing Avinash Chander last week, the government has chosen to sacrifice the organisation's most potent symbol of success Defence and Research Development Organisation Director General......
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This week is slated to be the busiest in the last 15-years for the primary market, with eight companies seeking to raise around Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) through public offers, in addition to......
Citigroup will lay off 53,000 employees. JPMorgan Chase plans to cut one in 10 people from its investment banking staff. The drumbeats grow louder for an ailing financial services industry. Where......
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Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......
He is hailed as one of the brightest Tamil directors after the unprecedented success of his first film, Chennai 600028. We're talking about Venkat Prabhu, the fimmaker who got lucky with his......
You can't fault the logic of Koi... Mil Gaya.But to imbibe and revel in it, some givens have to be taken in one'sstride:* An alien will always be the 'other' and any attempt to portray the 'other'......
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Triumphant Michael Phelps did not need to rely on hi-tech swimsuit wizardry to reaffirm his worth at the world aquatics championships. He came to Rome a little rusty after a post-Beijing Olympics......
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It was a Ferrari fan's dream. Not just did the scarlet cars effortlessly dominate the German Grand Prix, but Fernando Alonso could only make it to 5th place, making the Championship race......
As part of a series of weekly chats on cricket, Prem Panicker appeared on the rediff Chat at 1300 EDT/1000 PDT on December 8. Following is a transcript of the chat. Transcript of Dec 1 chat: 'On......