'Who Does Not Want To Be Prime Minister?'

'We are going to need more technical people in government.''You can't expect a generalist to understand the complicated world of financial engineering.''I regret to say that most of our politicians......

What Maharashtra Win Means For Modi

'Undeniably, Modi's position has stabilised and he has staged a comeback of sorts from the weeks after the Lok Sabha results.' 'Coalition partners are likely to be more tolerant of Modi... The......

IAF flew more than 1,000 hours in over 1,750 sorties during LS polls

From extending the reach of the Election Commission into remote corners of the country to airlifting EVMs, the Indian Air Force played a vital role in the recently-held general elections, with its......

Meet The IAF's New Chief!

'He has remained the leader of our course all through 40 years, not allowing his energy and enthusiasm to fade. And through all his achievements, he has remained grounded.' Air Commodore Nitin......

How to get more bang for the buck out of field agents

Will allowing business correspondents to hawk insurance products help in reviving 5-lakh strong field agents as a viable channel?   Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In late......

Meet Urjit Patel, RBI's 24th Governor

As deputy governor, Patel headed the RBI panel to draft the monetary policy report, which became the basis of the ongoing reforms at the apex bank Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Urjit Patel......

India-focused funds may soon get fast approval from Mauritius

Market observers also said the approvals depended a lot on the funds themselves, and the extent to which they followed the new norms introduced last year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Can we trust India's poverty figure? Well...

Statistician K L Datta, who has written much on the anomalies in the Tendulkar methodology said the problems inherent in the estimation done for 2004-05 and 2009-10 were evident in the one done now......

PICS: Akash Deep-Bumrah frustrate depleted Australia

Though Australia have dominated the rain-hit Test, time will most likely deny the hosts. SCORECARD   IMAGE: Akash Deep and Bumrah put on an unbroken 39-run 10th wicket partnership to help......

'Crazy' Opening Ceremony To Kick-off Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony will start at 11pm IST on Friday, July 26, 2024. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be held in a stadium.......