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Biren Singh seeks Army help to trace missing Manipur man

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday asked the Army to take steps to trace a 56-year-old man who has been missing since November 25 from Kangpokpi district. IMAGE: Security personnel......

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......

'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

Nearly 200 killed, 33 missing in floods, landslides in Nepal

Search and rescue operations continued in Nepal for the third consecutive day on Monday after monsoon-induced floods and landslides killed more than 200 people in one of the worst rain-related......

Cyclone Dana: Lakhs evacuated; flights, trains suspended

As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at......

Getting future-ready: Govt may tweak IBC to factor in climate change

The government is contemplating changes to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to deal with environmental claims and liabilities of defaulting companies to make the law future-ready and meet......

Nooyi elected to Fed Reserve Bank board

Indra Nooyi, president and chief financial officer, PepsiCo, Inc, has been elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for a term ending in December 2006.Nooyi was......

BharatPe: 'Why should I resign?'

'At the first board meeting I chaired, I sensed that corporate governance is an issue in this company.''I started taking steps that may have aggrieved a few.''This has now become a mission I intend......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

Rajan slams plans to allow India Inc to set up banks

The RBI working group's proposal to allow corporate houses to set up banks is a "bombshell" and at this juncture, it is more important to stick to the tried and tested limits on involvement of......

Germany seeks forgiveness 50 years after Munich Games attacks

IMAGE: Wreath are placed during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics in which eleven Israelis, a German policeman and five......

PICS: Tokyo Paralympic Games opening ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photograph: Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The opening ceremony of......

Israelis killed at Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony

On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11......

PICS: Tokyo Olympics kicks off with glittering ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks during Friday's Olympics opening ceremony are seen above the Olympic stadium in Tokyo from the Shibuya Sky observation deck. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Thy sky over the......

Fukushima Olympic Flame display cancelled over virus concerns

IMAGE: Olympic cauldron is seen behind visitors wearing protective masks during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Flame of Recovery tour, after the Olympics postponement due to coronavirus. Photograph:......

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