'No one knows whether exposure to the Nobel process would be to her liking, or would benefit her symbolic position above the fray,' says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. IMAGE: Queen Elizabeth II with Prime......
As Egypt celebrates the success of their revolution, the focus now shifts to its ex-President, Hosni MubarakMubarak, who publicly stated to take home a salary of nearly Rs 46,000 a month as......
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked American embassies across the globe to open their doors to civil society activists and to listen to their concerns."The US is committed to promoting and......
The following is the text of US President George W Bush's final State of the Union address delivered to Congress on Monday: Madam Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, distinguished......
A 28-year-old peace activist from Jammu and Kashmir, who has made personal sacrifices to encourage peaceful solutions to conflict in the trouble-torn state, is among the recipients of the 2006......
'Invest a part of your portfolio in a global currency that can't be printed, or meddled with -- gold,' suggests Chirag Mehta. Photograph: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Investors often ask us for our......
'China's development is on a different scale from India's. They are very far ahead.' 'I don't think it will be possible in the next 30 years for us to catch them,' says Aakar Patel.Photograph:......
After West Asia and Bangladesh, it may well be the fast growing South African market that the $35 billion Aditya Birla Group will enter to globalise its cement operations further. According to......
Economies run on confidence. There is no intrinsic value to currency. Instead there is faith that pieces of paper, or electrons representing pieces of paper, can be exchanged for tangible goods and......
Merger deals worth $27 billion have soured so far this year in India. The biggest non-starter was that of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries' $14.5 billion bid for LyondellBasell. This was......
She received the country's appreciation inthe form of a Padma Shri. She has giggled her way through The Letterman Show and draped Oprah Winfrey in a sari. She has been described on CBS 60 Minutes......
IMAGE: Washington Sunday was named ‘Player of the Match’ in the third game of the Zimbabwe series after outstanding figures of 3/15 and earned the Player of the Series title after......
IMAGE: Former England captain Andy Flower, who coached England from 2009-2014, has joined the Australian support staff in a consultancy role. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images Former England......
Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......
IMAGE: Ben Stokes has a good overall record in IPL with 920 runs from 43 games at a strike rate of 134, including two centuries and two fifties; he has also picked up 28 wickets. Photograph: BCCI......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC World Cup/Twitter The winner of the upcoming men's T20 World Cup is Australia will take home a prize money of $ 1.6 million, the game's governing body ICC announced......