Arms dealer Bhandari sues French firm for unpaid cut in Indian deal

Sanjay Bhandari, an accused arms dealer wanted in India on money laundering and tax evasion charges, is pursuing a separate legal battle of his own in France over an alleged unpaid cut from a large......

Elitism, populism, meritocracy...

Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the angst-ridden discourse of the day.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Not a day passes without encountering some serious thinker venting his/her angst on this......

Why is Pakistan muzzling its terrorists?

'The Pakistani move to ban militant outfits and placate international opinion and Islamabad's openness to a UN security council resolution on Azhar -- instead of beseeching China to cast yet......

Paradise Papers: Over 700 Indians named in leaked tax haven list

The leaked list contains the name of Union minister Jayant Sinha, who responded by saying that the transactions were not done for any 'personal purpose'. More than a year after the Panama Papers......

If Rajan does go, it would not be the end of the world

A two-year extension at the helm of the RBI still looks a real possibility The reappointment, or not, of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) head Raghuram Rajan has caused enough of a stir to be known......

Daily Mail in talks with private equity for Yahoo bid

Buying Yahoo's assets would expand DailyMail.com's reach and improve its digital ad revenues. Britain's Daily Mail is in talks with potential partners to mount a joint bid for Yahoo's internet......

India tops in FDI for new projects in Jan-June

In January-June, India attracted $31 billion (Rs 2.05 lakh crore) in capital expenditure (capex) from foreign companies. India saw the highest foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow for new......

Towards a healthier India

More money, better governance needed in public health care India's poor health outcomes are well known. Not only have China and Sri Lanka forged far ahead, in recent years Bangladesh and Nepal have......

England footballers' wives up the ante in court battle

Photograph: Kind courtesy, Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney/Instagram The stakes rose, on Tuesday, in a courtroom battle between the wives of former England football stars Wayne Rooney and Jamie......

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games postponed to 2021

It was not the first time a Japanese Olympics has run into problems. Both the 1940 Summer and Winter Olympic Games were due to be held in Japan but were cancelled due to World War Two. IMAGE: The......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

When sportsmen and the drug mafia made for strange bedfellows

IMAGE: Rafael Marquez. Photograph: Reuters/Files The world woke up on Thursday morning to the news for Mexico captain and former Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez as one among 20 people sanctioned......

Revelations by tennis players on fixing approaches come thick and fast

After startling claims, on Monday, by the BBC and online BuzzFeed News accusing tennis authorities of failing to deal with 16 players repeatedly flagged up to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) over......