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Rishi Sunak joins Oxford, Stanford in academic roles

Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has taken on new academic roles at the University of Oxford in the UK and University of Stanford in the US -- both alma maters of the Conservative Party......

Rishi Sunak makes it clear: 'Golden era' with China is over

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made a clear break with the past on UK-China relations as he declared that the ”so-called golden era” of bilateral ties is over in the face of the......

After Rahul's jibe, 'govt sources' say UPA started process to buy VVIP jets

The process for procuring two VVIP aircraft, over whose acquisition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government on Tuesday, had begun under the United Progressive Alliance government,......

Biden plans to host a global Summit for Democracy in 1st yr of Presidency

During his first year of presidency, Joe Biden plans to bring together the democracies of the world by hosting a global Summit for Democracy to 'renew the spirit and shared purpose' of the nations......

REWIND: Best of the month -- August

Here are the images that encapsulated the biggest moments in the month of August. An aerial view shows smoke rising over a deforested plot of the Amazon jungle in Porto Velho, Rondonia State,......

Microsoft, Facebook to jointly lay giant cable across Atlantic

Microsoft and Facebook have joined hands to lay a giant state-of-the-art sub-sea cable across the Atlantic Ocean connecting the US with Europe and beyond so as to facilitate faster speed and access......

Virgin Atlantic to introduce doubled-beds on board

Virgin Atlantic has become the first airline to introduce double-beds on board its planes, giving rise to claims that it is tacitly encouraging couples to cuddle up and get intimate.The move is the......

9% growth possible if industrial sector picks up

In its first five years in office, the Manmohan Singh government of the United Progressive Alliance gave the country an unprecedented run of an average annual growth rate of around 9.0 per cent.......

RJio brings high-speed subsea cable network to India

The network has been built by six telcos to handle high bandwidth demands of emerging technologies and applications. Image: Mukesh Ambani's family and Shah Rukh Khan at Reliance Jio 4G launch.......

Trade negotiations: How India, China are starkly different

China and India have approached trade negotiations very differently: the former with confidence, the latter in a defensive crouch, says T N Ninan. There are many India-China narratives that have......

An event worthy of a pioneer

The venue for the New York press conference for Amelia was surprising: A small airport in New Jersey, an hour's drive from New York City. But the unusual venue was a natural choice. As......

Travel woes and halal food hunt plague Afghan cricketers

Afghanistan players turn chefs to overcome a ‘beefy' issue Photograph: Kind courtesy ACB/X For the Afghanistan cricketers, it was a meatball-sized problem to fork through! The......

'It's in my contract not to speak to media'

India's newly-appointed cricket coach Duncan Fletcher was more of a bystander than conductor of his first practice session with the team ahead of Saturday's Twenty20 match against the West......

Our young players are extremely motivated: Raina

A depleted Indianteam, sans senior players Sachin Tendulkar and regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrivedin the Carbbeanfor a limited overs series against the West Indies, starting on Saturday.......

Ryder Cup: US have slight edge over Europe

After three days of practice in sunny weather, the 39th Ryder Cup finally gets underway on Friday at Medinah Country Club with hosts the United States appearing to hold a wafer-thin advantage over......

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