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UN Under Secy General Shashi Tharoor resigns

United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor, who had unsuccessfully contested for the top post of the world body, resigned from his post on Friday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon, who......

Cong mouthpiece slams Tharoor for praising Kerala govt

Veekshanam Daily, Congress party's mouthpiece in Kerala, on Monday published an editorial criticising Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, without naming him, for praising the entrepreneurial growth of......

'Congress Has Many Capable Leaders In Kerala'

'Maybe this has created some minor issues which can happen in any party.' IMAGE: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal chairs a......

Hope PM told Trump it's not right to...: Opposition parties

Opposition leaders on Friday said they hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of the manner in which Indians who had illegally migrated to the United States were sent back in a......

India's soft power is on the rise: Shashi Tharoor

India's ability to manage diversity in the age of globalisation has resulted in a rise of its soft power internationally, especially among the neighbouring countries, former United Nations under......

Mumbai attacks slow down FDI inflow:Shashi Tharoor

The Mumbai terror attacks would hit foreign investors' confidence and slow down foreign direct investmentinflow into the country, former UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor said. Though the......

Shashi Tharoor joins the corporate world

Former United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor has accepted a position as chairman of Afras Ventures, a new company based out of Dubai that seeks to promote foreign investment in......

Look what the Diaspora is giving back

Some of the best-known names of the Indian diaspora have come together to give something back to the motherland. And for once, it is not money but expertise. What's more, they are looking at a......

India a country of 'extreme paradoxes': Tharoor

Terming India a country of 'extreme paradoxes' with 48 'dollar billionaires' on the one hand and 260 million below poverty line people on the other, former top UN official Shashi Tharoor has said a......

US votes against Chidambaram in IMF

When the Bush administration voted for the Canadian candidate instead of India's Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, who till end of September had been the front-runner to head the International......

Nicole shoots at the UN

For the first time, a thriller set in the United Nations is being filmed inside its headquarters in New York. Director Sydney Pollack is likely to use ambassadors in small roles to lend......

Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn and the UN!

Sydney Pollack, the Oscar-winning director of Out Of Africa, thought he knew New York very well. The 71-year-old filmmaker, whose hits include The Firm and Three Days In A Condor, was convinced he......

Only one Indian-American in US Open singles

The US Open this year will see a solitary Indian American face in the men's singles - Rajeev Ram, ranked 300 - and that, thanks to a wild card.But Ram faces an uphill battle. He faces off against......

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