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Yunus introduces student activist as 'brains' behind Hasina's ouster

Bangladesh's chief advisor Muhammad Yunus introduced to an American audience in New York the “brains” behind the "meticulously designed" protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina......

US Proposal For Expansion of UNSC Is An Empty Gesture

By proposing the addition of six permanent members to the UN Security Council this year, it may appear that it was a major concession, but in actual fact, it will make no difference to the......

General To Head Largest Muslim Democracy

IMAGE: Signature moves: Prabowo Subianto and fresh-faced vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka dance after delivering their speeches at an event in Jakarta showing the quick-count......

Does India Need A Population Policy?

Experts recommend awaiting the findings of the 2021 Census, which is yet to be conducted, before introducing population control policies. IMAGE: A crowded railway platform in Mumbai. Kindly note......

RSS chief seeks population control policy applicable to all

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Wednesday India should frame a well thought out, comprehensive population control policy applicable to all social groups equally and......

RIL wins exploration rights in East Timor

Reliance Industries Limited has won petroleum exploration rights in an oil and gas offshore block in Timor-Leste, world's newest nation, outbidding global oil majors. Italy's ENI SPA has won five......

BPCL may sell IGL, Petronet pie to shed promoter status

Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) may sell a part of its stake in Petronet LNG and Indraprastha Gas (IGL) to shed its promoter status to obviate the need for its new owner to......

Govt has received 3 bids for BPCL: Oil minister

The government has received three preliminary bids for buying of controlling stake in India's second-largest fuel retailer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan......

Vedanta confirms bidding for govt's stake in BPCL

Mining conglomerate Vedanta has put in a preliminary expression of interest (EoI) for buying the government's stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), for which a major foreign player too is said......

RIL's midas touch is missing in overseas oil & gas assets

The company had assets in countries like Yemen, Peru, Oman, Myanmar, Columbia, East Timor, Kurdistan and Australia, but it exited almost all these blocks later as part of its portfolio......

Enjoy ICC World Cup in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla and Marathi

ICC offers wide range of platforms to tune into World Cup IMAGE: World Cup will be broadcast across seven regional language feeds in India. Photograph: ICC/Twitter To provide cricket fans across......

India gain 26 points, move to 147 in FIFA rankings

Indian football saw a big jump in the FIFA rankings on Thursday, rising 24 places to go up to 147 spot. India drew with Nepal in their 2018 FIFA World Cup football qualifying Round 1 second leg......

Lowest-ranked Bhutan win on World Cup qualifying debut; India bt Nepal

Bhutan, the world's worst international team according to the FIFA rankings, scored a 1-0 win over Sri Lanka in their World Cup qualifying debut on Thursday. Tshering Dorji scored the only goal of......

India, Bhutan kick off 2018 FIFA WC qualifying

India football coach Stephen Constantine. Photograph: AIFF Media The long road to Russia 2018 kicks off in the outposts of Asia on Thursday with the world's worst international team, Bhutan,......

India meet Nepal in opening qualifier of 2018 FIFA World Cup

The world's lowest ranked soccer team, Bhutan, will take on Sri Lanka next month, while sleeping giants India face Nepal in the first qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup. Tuesday's first......

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