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One Month Of Trump: The World Is In Shock

The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom,......

Will China wage war over Taiwan in 2025? Xi's remark raises alarm

President Xi Jinping has said that no one can ever stop Taiwan's reunification with China as he signed off 2024 amid growing anxieties in the country over the continued slowdown of the economy and......

'Musk, Vivek biggest threat for China'

United States President-elect Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the government with a new department headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be a......

'Trump will pick up from where he left off with India'

United States president-elect Donald Trump, who enjoys very good relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is expected to build on the progress made during his first term and continue......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

Goodbye Skipper!

'He asserted in his usual jovial style that he was not an MBA like his audience at IIM-Ahmedabad but perhaps had an even better business degree: MBB'.'He went on to explain to his perplexed, blue......

FPI selling tops $10 bn in Oct amid China shift

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have net sold domestic shares worth over $10 billion so far this month amid a shift to China, which not only offers attractive valuations compared to India but......

India to award leases to top up strategic oil reserves amid Gulf tensions

State-owned Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL), which operates India’s strategic crude oil storage, will make awards by December to lease around 1 million tons of crude oil......

A yr of Israel-Hamas war: Trade with W Asia holds steady

A year after a Hamas attack against Israel on October 7 and the ensuing Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, India’s trade with most West Asian countries has largely escaped any major......

Market Rout Shaves Rs 16 Trn From India's MCap

On a five-day rolling basis, FPI selling is the highest in 24 years. IMAGE: A broker reacts as he trades at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis......

Chandrika Tandon Wins A Grammy

Photograph: Kind courtesy Chandrika Tandon/Instagram Chennai-born Indian-American businesswoman and musician Chandrika Tandon, 71, won a Grammy in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category......

2024's 10 Best Web Series

The year was rich in content as far as Web series were concerned. The general bent was towards thrillers, and many of them were slick and entertaining. Shows that ran into their next seasons, like......

Vijay 69 Review: Bland

It's too bad Viijay 69 does not let the viewer feel Anupam Kher's despair or his triumph. The most forgettable 'zero to hero' films at least managed that much, notes Deepa Gahlot. Last year's......

The Path-Breaking '70s Actor You Didn't Know

Rehana Sultan was all set to be a path-breaker.The time was right.Hindi cinema had emerged from the 1960s musicals era.But somehow, leading film-makers of the time did not believe Rehana had that......

800 Review: Watch Out For The Spin

800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something pretty elementary: Cricket is a team sport!, notes Sreehari Nair. In 800, Director M S Sripathy creates a world of......

Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha trounce TN, set up Mumbai semis

IMAGE: Yash Rathod made a watchful 112 as Vidarbha trounced Tamil Nadu by 198 runs in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals on Tuesday. Photograph: Yash Rathod/Instagram Riding on seamer Nachiket......

Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha take huge lead against Tamil Nadu

IMAGE: Pacer Aditya Thakare claimed 5/34 to help Vidarbha take a huge lead against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final on Monday. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Pacer Aditya Thakare picked......

Nitish's Dad Touches Gavaskar's Feet

SEE: Muthyala Reddy, Nitish Kumar Reddy's dad, touches Sunil Gavaskar's feet. Video: Kind courtesy Ben Cameron/X Nitish Kumar Reddy's proud family shared emotional moments with Sunil......

PIX: Reddy leads India's fightback with gritty hundred

Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the MCG on Saturday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Nitish Reddy celebrates scoring his maiden century on Day 3 of the fourth Test against......

Resilient Pant speaks out following India's shocking defeat

IMAGE: New Zealand players celebrate following the dismissal of Rishabh Pant in the third and final Test following a controversial DRS decision. Photograph: BCCI Rishabh Pant, India's star......

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