De-centralised execution should drive the operational concept and support military strategy, under a unified command architecture. Enablers and technology need to be positioned first for such an......
The scaling up of the India-US strategic partnership to the level of non-NATO ally with defence deals, sharing and transfer of defence technology, interoperability, joint collaboration and joint......
'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".''But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then......
No process can offer a panacea for ethnic conflict, but there are times at which a legal process could work to defuse violence, asserts Supreme Court lawyer Devvrat. IMAGE: Women burn effigies......
After the launch of Chandrayaan-3 Moon lander and Aditya-L1 ventures, Indian Space Research Organisation has readied a mission aimed at enhancing cutting edge scientific understanding in Astronomy.......
Health issues, divorce, court battles, moral turpitude, and more can all distract the CEO and impinge on a company's performance.So, how much of their private life should a company disclose? asks......
Krithi Krithivasan is the kind of person one might look to when the need is to calm things down and put things back on track. IMAGE: Krithi Krithivasan, MD and CEO, TCS. Illustration: Dominic......
'The attention economy is making it economically valuable for us to spread our attention thin', observes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Back at business school,......
Globally, China is the most aggressive green bond issuer Green bonds have become the flavour of the season, with firms lining up issuances up to a few billion dollars in the offshore market and......
Microsoft had acquired Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago. Software giant Microsoft on Wednesday said it will "streamline" its smartphone hardware business that......
Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......
There's the excitement of watching minor people commit major crimes and watching how that becomes their second nature, almost.Just when you think the show is extending outwards, it implodes.And......
From Rs 191 billion in 2019, the world's largest film producing industry now stands at Rs 72 billion, thanks to the pandemic.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. IMAGE: A scene from Saina streaming on......
'Dev for me embodied all that kind of charm, optimism, energy, vulnerability, awkwardness and yet strength.''He's in every scene for two hours.''He has to play drama, melodrama, romance, pathos,......
If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Nawazuddin......
They represent a new tribe whose grace and skill-sets lie well beyond my comprehension, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates with team-mates after taking Rassie van der Dussen's......
'What is true khadoos? Stubborn? Dogged? Unyielding? Relentless? Or something in between that? Or all of it together?' 'Just like you can't translate it, you can't teach a kid to be khadoos either.......
There are two things that puzzle me about the latest ICC Test rankings. First, that Australia are down to the fourth place, and, second, that Sri Lanka are placed second. Let's discuss the Sri......