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Aakar Patel: China Flourishes While India Digs Up Past

We no longer have the ambition to rival China save through words. We are happy to be fighting ourselves and digging up disputes from centuries ago as a substitute for real development, argues Aakar......

Delhi drug bust: Police says kingpin has Cong links

Delhi Police on Thursday arrested another person in connection with the city's biggest-ever drug haul with investigators finding that the main accused had alleged links with leaders of a national......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Not angry but...: BNP leader on Hasina's stay in India

'New Delhi has to make up its mind whether it wants to be a friend of the Bangladeshi people or they want to be a friend of a section of people, or one party or one leader' SPECIAL......

Ajit Doval back as NSA, P K Mishra as principal secretary to PM

Spymaster Ajit Doval and seasoned bureaucrat PK Mishra were on Thursday re-appointed as national security adviser and principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, respectively, for a......

Valuations, access to capital spur fintechs' homecoming

Why are financial-technology (fintech) players moving back to India, or doing the reverse-flipping? Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The reasons are financial regulation, better access to......

India tops remittances table with $125 bn inflows: World Bank report

India is expected to be the top recipient of remittances in 2023 as inflows increase 12.4 per cent to $125 billion, said a World Bank report on Tuesday. Photograph: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters......

'Rs 1.7 trillion may be GST average collection next FY'

'We crossed Rs 1.7 trillion in three months this financial year.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal tells......

Exports saw sharp fall on decline in US and UAE share

Exports to India’s key markets — the US, the United Arab Emirates, China, Singapore, Bangladesh and Germany — witnessed a sharp decline, resulting in a 12.69 per cent contraction......

Low demand for goods from China, others sinks imports

A decline in demand from six of India’s top 10 import partners -- China, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Korea, Australia, and Singapore -- resulted in India’s imports hitting a 17-month low......

Charming SRK In Lutt Putt Gaya

The second glimpse from Rajkumar Hirani's keenly awaited Dunki shows us the cutesy chemistry between Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu in the song Lutt Putt Gaya. This feel-good romantic track has......

When Bollywood heroines re-invented sexy

In Bollywood's colourful universe, hypocrisy enjoys a special place. While the hero is never too old to romance a girl half his age, his poor leading lady has a rather short shelf life. And......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

Lockdown effect: Rs 3,500 crores stuck in Hindi/Telugu/Tamil movies

'Maybe it's time for Plan B for the film industry.'T E Narasimhan reports. IMAGE: Cricket legend Kapil Dev with actor Ranveer Singh who plays him in Kabir Khan's film '83, which was to have......

Meet United Kingdom's richest sportsperson

IMAGE: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during press conference. Photograph: Loren Elliott/Reuters Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is the richest sportsperson in the United Kingdom with......

The F1 2009 report card, Vol 1

Pull up your seats, F1 fans, the season class is well under way. With a third of the F1 season already wrapped up in white and neon green, here are a few facts we can glean from this insanely......

Wimbledon: Venus, Murray get wild cards; prize money reduced

IMAGE: Venus Williams. Photograph: Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images Former champions Venus Williams and Andy Murray were named in Wimbledon's initial list of wildcards on Wednesday for this month's......

14-day quarantine in Mumbai for SL-bound Indian team

IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan and Ishan Kishan are part of the second-string India team for their limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka next month. Photograph: BCCI India's white ball squad,......

World Cup: Three shooters test positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: The shooters are currently self-isolating in their team hotel. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images Three shooters, including two from the Indian pistol men's team, have tested......

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