Zubin Mehta in Kashmir: Playing Beethoven amid partisan chatter
It looks like a scene from an aesthete’s paradise: the luminous music of Beethoven and Haydn is poised to mingle with echoes of Amir Khusrau’s couplets of longing in the …
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BRICS bond in times of crisis, unveil 100bn currency fund
ST. PETERSBURG: Amid the festering global slowdown, the BRICS club of emerging economies has underlined its commitment to add more economic traction to the five-nation grouping by unveiling progress in …
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China-Eurasia Expo: India pitches tent, eyes a new Silk Route
Underlining its growing economic stakes in Central Asia, India is making its presence felt at the third edition of the China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, the first time New Delhi has …
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Travel Tales: A journey from North Pole to South Pole
“What brings the two of you to US?” asked the immigration officer at Seattle Airport. It was the first step in a long series of steps we are to take. …
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Akhil Bakshi: A born tramp heads on One World voyage
Akhil Bakshi suffers from a curious affliction: the perpetual itch to explore new places and connect distant lands and cultures. He is a perennial voyager in the archetypal sense of …
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Syria strike: Rise beyond politics, acknowledge costs of doing nothing
Ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in Syria in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. Yesterday the United …
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Potential Military Strikes in Syria Threaten Regional Flare-up
The reported chemical weapons strike in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus in Syria on 21 August which killed up to 1300 people has taken the current Syrian conflict to yet …
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Decoding Robert Mugabe’s victory
On July 2013, Robert Mugabe, 89, one of the oldest African leaders who has led Zimbabwe since he helped end white-minority rule in 1980, won another (seventh) term by defeating …
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GSAT-7: India’s first dedicated military satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has just launched GSAT-7, India’s first dedicated military satellite. The satellite was launched into the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from French Guiana using the …
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Destination Moon: China to launch lunar rover
China loves dreaming big, and making it all come true. The emerging power has set its eyes firmly on conquering the next frontier: the Moon. This new-age lunar quest of …
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