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UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

India now a 'major power': Chinese scholar

India has emerged as a 'major power' by achieving outstanding results in economic development and social governance and its transformation as a stronger, assertive country has made it a 'new......

China: 'India Must Not Accept Ceding Of Patrolling Rights'

'Disengagement is merely the first step in a lengthy process of arriving at a new normal along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh and the entire land boundary.''The Indian government should insist on the......

Ek Hasina Thi: End Of An Era In Bangladesh

With Bangladesh descending into chaos, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surreptitiously fled the country for London in a military aircraft on Monday and the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum,......

Amid LAC row, China remembers Indian doctor Kotnis

China on Sunday commemorated the 110th birth anniversary of Indian doctor Dwarkanath Kotnis who served in the country during the Chinese revolution headed by Mao Zedong and the World War II. Dr.......

Companies Plan Yoga Day Celebration

'An in-house contest encourages employees to share yoga and well-being practices with their families.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph:......

Tricks of trade: How South Asian network can help India

The Greater Mekong Sub-region economic corridors initiative offers a model that should be duplicated in South Asia, notes Barun Roy. Slowly but surely, the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is moving......

Oxford plans research centre on Indian biz

Oxford University, which is on an overdrive to woo students from India on Wednesday announced plans to set up a research centre on Indian business. Chris Patten, chancellor of Oxford University,......

'India must play aggressive role in S Asia'

India must play an 'aggressive economic' role in South Asia to win over smaller states in the region in the face of the growing challenge to its influence from China, an expert said on......

Singapore keen to invest in India

Singapore on Saturday expressed its desire to act as a catalyst in directing FDI to India and asserted the investment climate in the country remained good."Singapore wants to play catalytic a role......

'If you have too many girls, that's a problem'

'If you don't have children, that's also a problem.''There's no right way to live because everybody has an opinion about your personal life, and how you should live.''You have to listen to them,......

Amu rocks Toronto, Ash doesn't

When Shonali Bose set out to make a film with the backdrop of the massacreof Sikhs following then prime minister Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984, there was no shortage of peopleasking her to......

Remembering Football Legend Tulsidas Balaram

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram,......

India will win 10 plus medals at Rio Olympics: Sonowal

Sushil Kumar of the India Olympic wrestling team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images The Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is confident......

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