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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......

Mahatma's great grandson dies of COVID-19

Satish Dhupelia, one of Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandsons, succumbed to COVID-19 in Johannesburg on Sunday, three days after his 66th birthday. Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie confirmed that her......

Nations With Hindu Heads of Government

Right now there are five Hindus occupying the top job in the world.Rishi Sunak will be the sixth. IMAGE: Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak pray at the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple in Hertfordshire,......

Will return Padma Sri if Gandhiji's belongings auctioned: writer

Noted Hindi writer Giriraj Kishore has threatened to return his 2007 Padma Sri and go on fast if government fails to stop this month's auction of Mahatma Gandhi's belongings and the blade of grass......

Jallianwala Bagh apology: Should we really care?

I can't see what purpose can be served by an apology by a British government that cannot in any way be blamed for one sadistic man running amok 100 years ago, argues Sunanda K Datta-Ray. ......

An insecure future for India's unskilled workers

More often than not unskilled workers end up getting a raw deal, writes Sunanda K Datta-Ra. It sounded like the understatement of the year when Montek Singh Ahluwalia said India would "not be......

Indians go for luxury villas in Mauritius

Either Harry Langton is having a bad hair day or he hasn't slept too well on his flight from London to Delhi. Or maybe he's just a poor traveller, having replaced his father, chairman Andrew......

Should PIOs be given special treatment?

Tarun DasDirector General,Confederation of Indian IndustryI am often asked why the 20 million persons of Indian origin -- who, if counted separately, would be the 50th largest country in the world......

The text of the PM's speech

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's speech at the inaugural session of the First Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations, January 9, 2003.Your Excellency, Sir Anerood Jugnauth; Eminent......

Shark Tale tops US box office

Easily proving that its critics have no teeth, Shark Tale swam to the top of the box-office reef, swallowing an estimated $49 million in three days. The story of an ambitious fish that gets into......

Largest African crowd to honour Tendulkar, Ntini

South African president Jacob Zuma and a host of Bollywood stars, led by Shahrukh Khan, will be joined by the biggest crowd ever at a cricket match on the African continent to honour iconic batsman......

Kallis to make donation to Yuvraj Singh Foundation

Long-serving Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced that he will make a special donation to the Yuvraj Singh Foundation. Kallis made the announcement as Cricket South Africa (CSA)......

Majola recalls South Africa's 1991 India tour

Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola citied how Indian people lined the streets of Calcutta in 1991 to welcome the South Africa team as it undertook its first tour of the......

Bollywood stars for Ntini's farewell concert

Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will bid farewell to retiring South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini at a glittering concert in Durban on January 9. The 33-year-old......

India-South Africa T20s: What's the score?

India and South Africa kick-off preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 with a three-match series, the first of which will be played in Dharamsala on Friday. Since their first meeting in 2006,......

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