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The Importance Of Russia And US For India

New Delhi has reached out to Moscow while waiting for a new president in Washington. New Delhi knows well that in international relations, there are no permanent friends or foes, only permanent......

Medha Patkar gets 5 months jail in 23-yearr-old defamation case

Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar was sentenced to five months simple imprisonment on Monday by a Delhi court in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena 23 years ago......

Has Modi Learnt Nothing From Election Result?

On June 26, for the likes of me, the music died. Any impression of potential change held forth by the outcome of the 2024 general election, was vaporised, states Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: Prime......

Modi Losing The Gains In Kashmir

Those familiar with intricate Kashmir politics do not rule out further delay in the assembly elections. Primarily, because the BJP having 'invested' so much for so long in Kashmir would try its......

Putin's North Korea Gamble

Russia's unprecedented rapprochement with North Korea has raised concerns about the re-emergence of a Russia-China-North Korea alliance which could increase the probability of conflict on the......

How Swift Changed Maruti's Thinking

Swift Dzire has clocked 2.5 million in sales, and you might, in a non-too-distant future, see headlines that the DZire has done 3 million as well, observes Suveen Sinha. IMAGE: Maruti Suzuki's 4th......

Surging markets: CJI Chandrachud urges Sebi, SAT to be cautious

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Thursday advised market regulator SEBI and the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) to exercise caution amid a significant surge in equity markets and......

Housing sales in Apr-Jun rise 5% in top 7 cities; down 8% from Q1: Anarock

Housing sales in seven major cities rose 5 per cent annually to about 1.2 lakh units during the April-June period, while demand fell 8 per cent from the preceding quarter on surge in prices,......

How Front-Running Hurts MFs, Investors

Cases of front-running mostly happen when large asset managers and intermediaries are involved in bulk trades as their transaction size is generally big enough to impact the stock price.......

Unemployment: Disease Lies In Education

In tackling India's unemployment problem, look beyond the finance minister and focus on the education minister points out Gurbachan Singh. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Some......

'I Wanted To Beat People Up...'

'Suddenly the audience pool feels bigger, like everyone is watching everything now.''It's no longer limited in terms of boundaries, like a state or a language.''Whether it's a series, a movie or......

Kill Review: The Great Train Rampage

An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma. 'Aise kaun marta hai, bey?'......

What Makes Jeetubhaiya Nervous?

'The makers don't shoot in chunks, it is all in one go with all the characters visible in the frame. This set-up is different from the general shooting style.''To execute this, everyone needs to be......

The Rise Of The Mid-Range Movie Hit

While big hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.......

'I'm Not Fat. I'm Curvy'

'I grew up in an environment which is very submissive and conservative. People would judge you if you wore a short skirt.' 'I made my way up from there to Mumbai and landed a big song Aila Re Aila......

'Sandeep is an unsung hero'

IMAGE: Sandeep Sharma came on to bowl in the death overs and finished with impressive figures of 1 for 22 in his 3 overs. Photographs: BCCI For Ravichandran Ashwin, death-overs specialist Sandeep......

Champions Trophy: Will ICC force India to play in Pakistan?

IMAGE: ICC will keep the Hybrid model option open for next year’s Champions Trophy. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters A 'hybrid model' to host next year's Champions Trophy in Pakistan remains......

Stokes refuses to blame pitch, concedes India outskilled England

'It's always disappointing being on the losing team. Looking back at when we had our chance to bat yesterday, cricket is always skill against skill.' IMAGE: Tom Hartley celebrates with Ben......

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