Interview with strategic analyst C Raja Mohan on the recent Nuclear Summit in the US
The Mars mission is overwhelmingly irrelevant to space science and won't advance the frontiers of knowledge. It will divert attention from the real technological challenges facing the Indian space programme, and will further distort our science and technology priorities, says Praful Bidwai.
Tata aims to create disruption in the water purifier market with the low-priced Swach.
When people get used to something, they want more of it. But gas will always be short in India. All estimates of gas demand are hugely pessimistic.
Aneesh Chopra, erstwhile Chief Technology Officer to United States President Barack Obama, who quit his White House position nearly six months ago, amidst rumours that he would run for political office, has announced that he will seek the Virginia Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 2013.
Indian info-tech companies that once specialized in basic work are now providing high-value tasks such as R&D and business transformation services.
India's nuclear establishment is continuing its march of folly at the expense of safety in the false belief that atomic power is the energy of the future. It's not. Nuclear power is in relentless global decline, says Praful Bidwai.
Swach Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit (also known as Solid Waste Collection and Handling, or SWaCH) sent bagfuls of soiled sanitary napkins to the corporate offices of top feminine hygiene product manufacturers, Procter and Gamble, Hindustan Unilever, Johnson and Johnson, and Kimberly Clark Lever.
India needs to be aware of the potentially catastrophic implications of the collapse of governing authority in Pakistan and the possibility of its nuclear assets falloing in the wrong hands, writes Harsh V Pant.
ATM cards can help you order a chequebook at your doorstep, get mini statements, pay utility bills and much more.
In this two-part series, Dinesh Kumar Mishra highlights the challenges faced by the much abused Bangmati River in Bihar because of solid waste, industrial effluents, encroachment and rampant construction along the river's banks.
While the forecast was still lower than what we have been recording over the last few years, it instilled a false sense of comfort that India might still weather the storm better than many other countries.
The problem with a bull market is that it distorts the picture for investors. Suddenly investors become more 'adventurous' and are willing to take on more risk than what their risk appetite permits for the lure of earning a higher return.
The movement for a separate Telangana state has taken its toll on the industrial sector in Andhra Pradesh even though chief minister, Konijeti Rosaiah, asserts that agitations will not come in the way of state's development.
The raging controversy over author Salman Rushdie's visit to the Jaipur literary festival and the abrupt cancellation of a video link with the writer at the last minute on Tuesday evening refuses to die down. We reproduce an interview with Rushdie, when he visited India in 2000.
Rediff.com's Priyanka meets Dr C Chandramouli, the Census Commissioner of India, where he explains what it takes to organise the mammoth exercise.
Elango and the people of Kuthampakkam in Tamil Nadu have demonstrated to us that it is we, the people, who have to be the instruments of change, else we will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Last November, he said he wanted SBI's balance sheet to grow from $150 billion (Rs 600,000 crore), at the time, to $250 billion (Rs 10,00,000 crore), in the next couple of years. By the end of the March 2008, SBI had already hit a balance sheet size of Rs 720,000 crore, which meant it had clocked a brisk 28 per cent growth in FY08. But, in the meanwhile the environment too has deteriorated.
Family businesses and their inter-generational conflicts are rich fodder for Hong Kong scriptwriters. TV series including Steps (ostensibly about ballroom dancing), The Drive of Life (the Chinese car industry) or Best Selling Secrets (a media conglomerate) all feature an elderly patriarch presiding over a sprawling family business.
I would like to renew our commitment to advancing the frontiers of science in drug discovery, says the chairman of Dr Reddy's Labs.
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union speech in the US Congress. Here's the transcript:
T P Sreenivasan interacts with rediff.com readers on the significance and scope of US President Barack Obama's visit to India
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