Looking for meaning in multilateralism

As one surveys the changing face of mulilateralsim today, we see mutation and multiplication. The underlying reality is that the world is multipolar and with more poles, you tend to get more......

Indian teens win top scholarships

Two Indian students -- Ashish Agrawal of Ghaziabad, near New Delhi, and Asilata Bapat of Pune -- are among the lucky 89 American and international students selected for the prestigious Research......

Three South Asians win Rhodes scholarship

Three South Asians -- Ian Desai, Swati Mylavarapu and Kazi Sabeel Rahman -- from the United States have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year.In between pursuing ancient studies......

Highlights of the Interim Budget 2009-10

Presenting the interim Budget for 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee claimed in Parliament on Monday that every effort has been made to fulfil promises made to the......

How open is your office?

Chris Crespo led the proverbial "double life" for eight years. At her home in Pittsburgh she lived with her partner of eight years and at Ernst & Young, where she was in the tax practice, she was a......

Yang Yuanqing: China's first global capitalist

On a bright September afternoon, a black Mercedes S320 pulls up to a curb in the middle of Beijing's bustling Zhongguancun, the consumer-electronics shopping district. Out steps a man in a......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

FIFA pleads with World Cup nations to 'focus on football'

IMAGE: Gianni Infantino, FIFA president makes a speech during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final Draw at the Doha Exhibition Center. Photograph: David Ramos/Getty Images FIFA has written to......

Sports Shorts: China's Chen claims maiden TT World Cup title

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tingshu Wang/Reuters Team owners and the NBA players' association have agreed on a shortened season to allow players from the world's best league to compete in next......

Vijender set for US debut; to work with Mike Tyson's trainer

Hall of Famer Freddie Roach has produced over 36 World champions till date including Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Oscar de La Hoya and Mike Tyson. IMAGE: Vijender Singh, right, with trainer......

Start of 'acche din' for Indian boxing?

'Sports in India seems to be more about its administrators and politicians and less about the sportsperson. So I think it is worth an effort to professionalise it.' IMAGE: Shiva Thapa, left, with......

IOC: 'Great determination of the members for these reforms to make it happen'

Participants take pictures with International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, center, after he delivered a speech. Photograph: Feng Li/Getty Images Radical changes to how cities will bid......