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I will miss you, my brother...

'Rajan epitomised the best of his generation -- veneration for knowledge, for old fashioned morality of honesty and modesty.'Economist Devaki Jain, Padma Bhushan, salutes her brother who passed......

Gita ban: Russian court suspends verdict till Dec 28

A Russian court on Monday suspended its verdict till December 28 on the demand for banning Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita, which a group linked to the Christian Orthodox Church has described as......

When a Nobel Laureate comes to town!

What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?Text: Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee......

'India's sex ratio imbalance is shameful'

Fairfield University professors study the country's skewed sex ratio. George Joseph reports More men and fewer girls in a population has disastrous effects not only on the social life, but also the......

US: Verses from Gita recited at Bishop's funeral

In a unique expression of inter-faith harmony, verses from ancient Hindu scriptures -- Rig-Veda, Upanishad and Bhagavad Gita -- and Quran were recited at the funeral service of a prominent......

Manmohan Singh's reforms transformed India, unshackled economy: Economists

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 1991 Budget unshackled India's economy, significantly enhancing the economic prospects for hundreds of millions of Indians, first deputy managing director of......

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

Meet Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

She would be the first Indian to be occupying the coveted post at IMF after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan Alongside guiding Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on economic policies, Gita......

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

Although the first woman to hold the position of chief economist at IMF, it would be wrong to see her appointment through the lens of gender, notes Indivijal Dhasmana.Illustration: Dominic......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......

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