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'It's like joining G-20, but not as good'

'Many countries believe that if they join BRICS, they will be seen as emerging countries and their stature will be enhanced.''G-20 still has common action plans while BRICS does not do that much.'......

'Photography is to capture the times we live in'

'If journalism is the first draft of history, then photojournalism is the first draft of its evidence,' Raghu Rai, arguably India's finest living photojournalist, tells Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Indira......

What a post-COVID-19 world may look like

'Whatever else may or may not happen, China and its people are likely to pay a very heavy price for the lack of transparency of its Communist regime,' predicts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). IMAGE:......

What the fiddich! Why are books so fat?

Just as scotch bottles have become bigger, novels have also become fatter. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. A few days ago, a friend said he doesn’t read fiction. This reminded me of......

Islamic State opens bank, moves towards statehood

Any attempt to defang Islamic State must first cut off its main sources of funding, says Sandhya Jain. In a bid to legitimise its existence as a new State carved out of vast swathes of territories......

South Africa's FirstRand Bank to exit India after 12 years

The plan was to expand further, add more branches and also eventually become the third bank in India to start a wholly owned subsidiary after Singapore's DBS Bank and State Bank of Mauritius, but......

S Africa's FirstRand eyes Indian banking sector

South African banking group FirstRand is firming up plans to make a foray into India once a framework for opening up the banking sector to new entrants is put in place, according to a media......

Citi joins list of foreign banks scaling down India ops

Citibank on Wednesday joined the list of foreign banks that have exited retail banking business in India. Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters Mumbai-based Axis Bank completed acquisition of......

S African banks plan Indian arms

FirstRand Bank and Standard Bank, two leading South African banks, are planning to set up shop in India. Confirming this, XP Guma, deputy governor, South African Reserve Bank, said FirstRand Bank......

Who will buy Rs 4.6 trillion bonds?

With banks staying out of the bond market and foreign investors exhausting their investment limit, the question is: Who will buy the Rs 4.6 trillion bonds that will be issued from April.Anup Roy......

'Aamir can never be an actor'

When Aamir was in his teens, someone suggested that his uncle Nasir Husain should cast his nephew sometime in the future.'No,' Husain said, 'he can never be an actor.''I am a director. I have a......

SA T20 Auctions: IPL teams spend big, Stubbs biggest buy

IMAGE: With a salary cap of R 34 million (US$1.9 million approx, INR 15 crore) per team, robust bidding was witnessed with Tristan Stubbs, who plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, being the most......

Gary Kirsten: Ridiculous to ask Dhoni to step down

'He has led India to wins in the World T20, the World Cup and the Champions Trophy. Which other captain in the world can boast of such a record?' 'And if it is about form, then Kohli isn't in the......

World Cup Sid: Colours of the Rainbow Nation

World Cup Sid, Rediff.com's man in South Africa shares his experiences in the Rainbow Nation... Perhaps a delay in writing this has tempered down the incredulousness with which I lived the......

Teams return to infamous Test venue

Centurion Park, venue of the final Test between South Africa and England starting on Friday, was an implausible backdrop for a corruption scandal which threatened to rip international cricket......

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