In a first, South Korea says Ukraine captures injured North Korean soldier fighting for Russia
The announcement followed reports from Ukrainian media outlet Militarnyi, which claimed the soldier was captured by Ukrainian ...
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In Kolkata, Manmohan Singh’s sister Gobind is at a loss for words; kin remember down-to-earth, fatherly figure
Sitting in a wheelchair at her residence in South Kolkata’s Tollygunge, Gobind Kaur, sister of late former prime minister ...
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US says it pushed retraction of famine warning for north Gaza; aid groups express concern
A lead organisation monitoring for food crises around the world withdrew a new report this week warning of imminent famine in ...
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Monetary policy, macroprudential measures may have contributed to slowdown; growth to pick up in H2
The combination of monetary policy stance and macroprudential measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may have ...
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6,000 inmates escape from a high-security prison as post-election violence roils Mozambique
At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on Christmas Day after a rebellion, the ...
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Vigilance dept asks PWD to probe source of ‘lavish items’ at CM house
The Vigilance Directorate has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to initiate a probe and submit a report within five ...
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Richard Parsons, American media and finance troubleshooter, dies at 76
Richard D. Parsons, a longtime banking executive who took the helm of Time Warner during a troubled time for the communications company and who helped Citigroup navigate the financial crisis, died on ...
From verge of collapse: How Manmohan Singh introduced 1991 economic reforms
Faced with one of the most serious economic challenges in independent India, Singh decided to introduce the economic reforms ...
Manmohan Singh: The ‘accidental PM’ who proved, time and again, that he was no accident
During our conversation last year, it was clear that what worried him the most was the enormous “bitterness” that had crept ...
Economist, RBI Governor, Finance Minister, PM: He wore many hats
A pedigreed economist, a central bank governor, finance minister and the job to crown it all -- Prime Minister. Surely, that ...
Manmohan Singh, the original liberaliser, who signed off saying ‘history will be kinder to me’
Singh's enduring legacy would be his achievement, under the helmsmanship of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, of ushering ...
The PM who risked his govt over N-deal with US, steered India to global map
His biggest challenge came from Pakistan with which he had hoped to repair ties. Post 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, he ...