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Three issues for Modi and Xi to consider

'This novel format of diplomacy -- the informal summit -- will not only facilitate bilateral communication and reduce miscalculations at the very top level of the two governments, but possibly open......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's your weekly dose of weird, true and funny news from around the world. Man eats an entire turkey in ten minutes, wins Rs 3 lakh Competitive eater Joey Chestnut has won a turkey-eating......

Non-communicable diseases on UNGA agenda

In a historic meeting on non-communicable diseases, the international community called on the food and beverages industry as well as the tobacco and pharmaceutical industry to be held accountable......

Indian American heads US college of chest doctors

Dr Kalpalatha K Guntupalli of Houston, the only woman president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian origin, has been elected as the first Asian American woman president of the......

Ramadoss' smoking ban is year's highlight

A dogged Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss overcame stiff resistance from the tobacco lobby to press ahead with a ban on smoking and stepped up his campaign during the year against junk food. The......

Time To Make Budget More Transparent

The Budget should use the extra RBI surplus to better effect, suggests A K Bhattacharya. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Now that Nirmala Sitharaman has returned to the ministerial......

After a Rs 600-cr renovation, Oberoi Delhi to open from Jan 1

The hotel is equipped with new, clean air technology which promises its guests the cleanest air in the city on par with global standards. Lutyens’ Delhi’s 52-year-old luxury hotel, The......

A tax notice that affected India's credibility

Former Union minister Salman Khurshid explains why the UPA government felt compelled to tax Vodafone and why the Modi-led NDA government is following in its footsteps in this matter. Earlier this......

India vows to press tobacco companies for bigger health warnings

Up to 900,000 Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases India is committed to boosting the size of health warnings on tobacco products, the government said on Friday, seeking to deflect......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history.Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.......

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Three issues for Modi and Xi to consider

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Non-communicable diseases on UNGA agenda

Indian American heads US college of chest doctors

Ramadoss' smoking ban is year's highlight

Time To Make Budget More Transparent

After a Rs 600-cr renovation, Oberoi Delhi to open from Jan 1

A tax notice that affected India's credibility

India vows to press tobacco companies for bigger health warnings

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Kolkata 2001: The Odyssey, viewed from the sidelines

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