TR EMERITUS

Is it brave or embarrassing to speak in a language you're not quite fluent in? That's the question being asked in China after a famous businessman gave a short speech in English. Lei Jun, founder and chief executive of Xiaomi It was a pretty standard opening line: "Hello. How are you?" But the fact that it was delivered in English... 

NEW DELHI (28 Apr): Congress on Tuesday demanded that Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar should be sacked immediately after a Bihar-based university informed Delhi high court that there was no record of his law degree. Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar Congress leader Ajay Maken threatened to hold a massive demonstration... 

Non-constituency MP Lina Chiam has called for the removal of the goods and services tax (GST) on some items ("Remove GST on essentials"; Thursday) and MP Inderjit Singh has repeated his call for a minimum wage ("Minimum wage 'will offer comprehensive longer-term solution'"; Thursday). How do we define necessities? (Photo: ST) Our...