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Time for Aung San Suu Kyi to step aside?

Some believe she should no longer be the face of the struggle to free Myanmar from the new military dictatorship, observes Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: A Myanmar anti-coup protester holds up a three......

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......

Likely Nobel prize winners for 2014

The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2013 “Nobel-class” Citation Laureates on Wednesday, which names 28 researchers representing 22 distinct academic and......

Former Indian UN official convicted of bribery

Former United Nations procurement official Sanjaya Bahel was onThursday convicted of charges that he helped his friend win lucrative UN contracts worth$100 million in exchange for cash and......

Procurement fraud:US judge orders Bahel be jailed

A US court has ordered that Sanjaya Bahel, a former UN official from India charged with bribery and procurement fraud, should be held without bail pending his trial early in March to ensure that he......

Citigroup elated over WEF honour for Shamina Singh

The World Economic Forum last week named former Clinton Administration official, erstwhile Congressional staffer and longtime Democratic Party activist Shamina Singh, 41, as one of its Young Global......

8 Indian-origin CEOs at big US cos: Forbes

People with Indian roots are fast climbing up the American corporate ladder and today there are as many as eight such chief executive officers including the likes of Indra Nooyi and Vikram Pandit,......

World's best corporate citizens

With the nation and world in the depths of recession, companies are trying harder than ever to become more efficient, keep their remaining employees happy and have the right current policies for a......

The first lady in a sari at Cannes

... Memorable couple outings at the glamorous film festival.Monali Sarkar gives us fascinating glimpses from Cannes in years past... Photograph: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Director......

The Revenant, Mad Max, Star Wars sweep Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 88th Annual Academy awards were announced by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee, and actor John Krasinski at the Academy's......

Zeta-Jones confronts stalker

Actor Michael Douglas told a California court on Wednesday how 'very graphic' letters and telephone death threats received by his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, left her 'hysterical and......

Spain beat Croatia to lift Nations League title

IMAGE: Spain's Jordi Alba lifts the trophy with teammates after winning the UEFA Nations League final at Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Sunday. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters......

French Open: Tsitsipas, Halep survive scares; Medvedev cruises

IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday. Tsitsipas survives first-round scare to progress in Paris IMAGE: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in action during......

Weightlifting federation probe reveals corruption, doping cover-ups

'I found an organisation that had been subject for close to half a century to an autocratic leader who dictated through various control mechanisms everything that occurred within the organisation.'......

Probed for corruption, world weightlifting chief resigns

Tamas Ajan has resigned as president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) while an investigation into alleged corruption is ongoing, the governing body said in a statement on......

Pouille wraps up 10th Davis Cup title for France

France beat Belgium 3-2 in the final, Lucas Pouille prevailing over Steve Darcis 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 in the decisive rubber. IMAGE: France's Lucas Pouille celebrates after defeating Belgium's Steve......

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