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Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Israel's Gaza Offensive And The US Dilemma

Israel needs to come terms with the new reality that they are no longer invincible or the dominant power in the West Asian region, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: United States......

Biden's secretary of state will be...

'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same old politicians, who are responsible for the 'endless wars' in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, are being brought......

Haley to join private sector, hopefully make a lot of money: Trump

Indian-American Nikki Haley, who a day earlier announced her resignation as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, is likely to join the private sector and hopefully, make a lot of......

Trump shared sensitive information with Russians, says US daily

Donald Trump has been accused of sharing “highly classified” information with the Russian foreign minister and the country’s ambassador during a White House meeting but the......

Vibrant Gujarat man is India Inc's PMO pointsman

Industry captains now directly get in touch with the Prime Minister’s Office for issues that need quick resolution. For them, the go-to person in PMO is a bureaucrat from Gujarat Prime......

US maintains status quo on India's patent regime

In its much-awaited Annual Special 301 Report, the US Trade Representative on Wednesday maintained status quo on India, by keeping it on a “priority watch list” for an allegedly lax......

Why American companies are 'angry' with India

The complexities of Indian taxation system have become a sore point with American firms, says US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell. In an interview, she tells Nayanima Basu, the US is looking......

'India, US enjoy mature bilateral relations'

India and the United States enjoy 'mature bilateral relations' and there is a need for further strengthening economic and trade ties through vibrant partnership and join ventures, US Ambassador......

Don't stifle outsourcing, India tells America

A day after Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States, New Delhi impressed upon the US not to stifle outsourcing to India and the visa regime for the professionals. Washington did......

Modern athletes lack hunger, reckons legendary Mike Powell

Track and field legend Mike Powell doesn't doubt the talent of modern athletes but feels they lack hunger and that is precisely the reason why his world record of 8.95 metres in long jump still......

Bolt's 100m record will be easier to break than 200m: Asafa

Out of the two world records held by track superstar Usain Bolt, his 100m dash timing of 9.58 seconds stands more likely to be broken than the 200m mark of 19.19secs, his fellow Jamaican sprinter......

Olympic mission accomplished! 9 finals, 9 gold medals for Bolt!

‘I've proven to the world I'm the greatest in the sport, so it's mission accomplished pretty much’ IMAGE: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images.......

At 52...Daddy Mike Powell going to the Olympics?

Confident of beating the best of today even at 52, world record-holding long jumper Mike Powell has announced that he would try to qualify for this year's Olympic Games. "The state of the long jump......

Enhanced prize purse for Mumbai Marathon 2012

Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj was named event ambassador of the 2012 Mumbai Marathon on Tuesday. His association with the event is in line with the organisers' efforts to bring to India some......

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