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What the world expects from Biden

It would be a huge achievement if the new administration manages a successful transition to some sense of domestic and international normalcy in these frantic times marked by the pandemic and rise......

Is Trump the plumpest US President in recent times?

The irony is that Trump detests fat people... Donald J Trump is the oldest man to be elected America's president. He turned 70 on June 14, 2016. Ronald Reagan, the next oldest man to be president,......

How World War II changed India

'The origins of the model of planned economic development adopted by independent India was a direct consequence of the war.''The war provided an opportunity for groups at the margins of Indian......

US Presidential Polls: Hillary braces for Wednesday's Democrat showdown

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will face her first major political test on Wednesday when she shares the stage with four other aspirants at the party's inaugural debate of the 2016......

6 states hold key to India's demographic dividend

Perhaps half-way through India’s demographic transition, what is the outlook for the future? Robert Malthus wrote his famous An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. In that book his......

World's 10 richest business tycoons

Image: Bill Gates remains the world’s richest man. Photograph: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters The world is richer with a record number of 1,826 billionaires with an aggregate net......

Best investment advice from 15 legendary investors

Joseph Hachem kisses a stack of $100 bills after winning World Series of Poker. Photograph: Reuters As a small investor, the rules suggest that you must invest in stocks with a long term view of......

Inside Sun Micro's secret black box!

Rumors were flying around Silicon Valley in November 2005 that something intriguing was happening in one of the underground parking garages at Google's world headquarters. The gadfly Robert X.......

The world's richest people

It has been a busy year for Forbes' team of fortune hunters. Strong equity markets combined with rising real estate values and commodity prices pushed up fortunes from Mumbai to Madrid. Forbes......

A Dogg without a tune

In what has to be the most startling musical remake of the year, rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg has announcedhe has remixed themythical Riders on the storm by The Doors. The remix version can beheard......

Garfield doesn't purr good!

What kind of a lifewill this boring cat of a movie have at the box office? I am not sure. But sitting through 82 minutes of this concocted part-live, part-action film is a waste of time.Even the......

Cat purrs to the top

The kid friendly Dr Seuss' The Cat In The Hatopened with a roaring $40 million in three days despite a barrage of negative criticism. Few big budget films received such scornful reviews this year......

Randhawa falters, finishes 9th

Jyoti Randhawa failed to find the touch that made him one of the leading contenders over the first three days at the HSBC Champions golf tournament and finished a disappointing tied ninth in the......

Catch Federer early for best chance: Courier

The field of challengers have just one, slim chance of wresting Roger Federer's Australian Open crown from the Swiss next week -- catch him cold.Only an early shock can prevent the runaway world......

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