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Communist China is an artificial construct. It’s a state with predominant colonial features. In fact, China has gone a step ahead than the archetypal colonial state of the yore: unlike the one the 19th century, China doesn’t necessarily need a faraway territory to be ravaged and looted upon. It exploits its own peripheral territories to satiate the ever-increasing appetite for resources.This is because China still looks at itself as a Han state. It may have conquered the surrounding areas such as Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet, but its national outlook remains Han-oriented. Anything that is not Han is looked at with…
Bitcoin rose to an all-time high of $95,004.50 on Thursday, continuing its rally after Donald Trump’s win in November 5 US Presidential election. Here’s a look a 5 reasons why the surge continuesread moreCryptocurrency Bitcoin surged to another life-time high of $95,000 on Thursday, continuing to get investors bet who are optimistic after Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 US Presidential election as they expect that he would push through measures to ease regulation of the unit.In the early Asian trade on Thursday, Bitcoin, which is considered to be the world’s largest cryptocurrency, reached $95,004.50 with observers expecting it to…
Image Source : X Boy band One Direction Liam Payne died earlier this month in Argentina’s Buenos Aires. A private funeral was held at an undisclosed location near London which was attended by the members of One Direction and his close ones. The service was attended by Payne’s former bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, and Niall Horan, along with his family, close friends, and other notable figures. Simon Cowell, who formed and signed One Direction on The X Factor in 2010, and television presenter James Corden were also present. Zayn Malik rescheduled dates on his UK tour to…
Image Source : T10 LEAGUE/AP Top 10 Sports Stories – November 21 The 2024 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 League kicks off on Thursday, November 21 with Team Abu Dhabi taking on Ajman Jolts in the opener. Two new teams have been added to now what is a 10-side competition featuring 40 matches. On the other hand, Hardik Pandya has returned to the top spot in the ICC T20 rankings for all-rounders. Hardik didn’t have a great series by his standards but performed his role to perfection to get back to the top. All that and more in our…
‘This business of monopoly of one family must end.”Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.’ Tom Vadakkan, a Congress spokesperson who was perceived to be close to Sonia Gandhi recently resigned from the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress President Rahul Gandhi described Vadakkan as a ‘man with no mass following’. “When you don’t have access to the leadership, what are you supposed to do?” Vadakkan asks Rediff.com’s Shobha Warrier. After resigning from the Congress, you said the Balakot attack was the reason…
United States Attorney General William Barr has said Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not find proof that Donald Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential elections, following which the US president claimed “complete and total exoneration”. In his four-page letter to the Congress on Sunday, which was later made public, Barr however said that “while this (Mueller’s) report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him” and sets out evidence on “both sides of the question”. The investigation had cast a shadow over the Trump presidency for nearly…
Physio helps injured Bumrah trudge off field IMAGE: Bumrah was seen clutching his left-shoulder area after he dived to save the ball. Photograph: IPL/Twitter Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has ‘recovered well’after hurting his left shoulder during the Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals here Sunday, Mumbai Indians’ team management said. His condition will be ‘assessed’ on Monday, the Mumbai Indians team management said. Bumrah suffered the injury when he fell while bowling the team’s final over, needing the help of Mumbai Indians physiotherapist Nitin Patel to laboriously walk back to the dugout, a development that kept the World…
I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to: Pant IMAGE: Pant’s 27-ball 78 powered Delhi Capitals to a 37-run win over Mumbai Indians. Photograph: IPL/Twitter Having brightened his World Cup selection prospects with a brutal knock in the Indian Premier League, in Mumbai, on Sunday, Rishabh Pant said he is ‘glad’ to bat at any position his team wants him to. “Well, I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to,” the 21-year-old Pant said after his 27-ball 78 powered Delhi Capitals to a 37-run win over Mumbai Indians. Asked about his rapid rise to…
The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 325 points and slipped below the 38,000-mark in early trade Monday, in tandem with weak global cues and depreciating rupee. The 30-share index, which had lost 222.14 points on Friday, was trading lower by 325.49 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 37,845.24. Reflecting the bearish mood, all the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal and auto, were trading in the negative zone with losses of up to 1.57 per cent. Similarly, the NSE Nifty fell 103.90 points, or 0.78 per cent, to 11,353 after hitting a low of 11,342.90. Brokers said, besides profit-booking in recent gainers,…
Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago, but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Many people in their mid-forties and early fifties want to enhance the sum insured on their health insurance plans because their finances now allow them, and they also want greater protection for their families and themselves. Sometimes, if they have had a few claims in their existing health policy, or have contracted a few ailments, their current insurer may turn down their request to hike the sum…