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'One-year term too short': Kataria bats for extending mayor's tenure to two-&-a-half yrs

Chandigarh, Dec. 31 -- Amid the growing clamour for extending the Chandigarh mayor's tenure to five years, UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria seems to have taken the middle-ground approach, assuring... Read More


Warren Buffett retires today: Billionaire investor to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO - Here's what in focus

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Omaha-based investment giant Berkshire Hathaway's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Warren Buffett, is officially stepping down as the company's head by the end of the day on Wednes... Read More


Warren Buffett retires today: Billionaire investor to step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO - Here's what is in focus

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Omaha-based investment giant Berkshire Hathaway's Chief Executive Officer, Warren Buffett, is officially stepping down as the company's head by the end of the day on Wednesday, 3... Read More


'Out-of-the-box' crime: Drug dealing takes digital route

India, Dec. 31 -- LUCKNOW Heightened surveillance and sustained crackdowns by the Lucknow Police on street-level drug dealing have forced narcotics peddlers to abandon physical meetings and traditiona... Read More


New Year cheers for schoolers - Hafiz Hassan

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 31 -- My three-year-old question for the Minister of Education has finally been answered. In "How about a no-tie option for our school children, minister?", I had asked: Will there... Read More


Russia's nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles have entered active service, Moscow says

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Russia's nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as the U.S. efforts to broker a deal to end the ne... Read More


Can Lebanon function better without a state? Rethinking governance after collapse

Bangladesh, Dec. 31 -- For more than six years, Lebanon has lived through what would normally be considered an impossible experiment: a society operating with a hollowed-out state. Public institutions... Read More


Why building community matters more than ever

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- I spent the early years of my career at a university campus working as a student counsellor. Those years gave me a chance to experience belonging and warmth, and develop my skill... Read More


Vaughan calls MCG Test a "Lottery," says Sydney Ashes clash key for McCullum-Stokes era

Sydney, Dec. 31 -- Michael Vaughan believes England's victory in the Boxing Day Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was a "lottery." He said that England must avoid a heavy defeat in the fifth ... Read More


Draft rules spell out wage, gratuity calculation under new labour codes

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- More than a month after the new labour codes came into effect, the Union ministry of labour and employment has released draft rules that outline how minimum wages, gratuity and s... Read More