Are Trump and Musk Dismantling American Democracy?

We the people are left in the wind, waiting on the whims of an unengaged president and an oligarch with a nearly bottomless wallet, observes Sree Sreenivasan. IMAGE: US President Donald J Trump......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Hasina's dictatorship destroyed every Bangladeshi institution: Yunus

Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on Sunday alleged that Sheikh Hasina's "brutal dictatorship" destroyed every institution of the country during her decade-and-a-half-long reign......

NEET: Cure The Disease Not The Symptoms

'The Indian private sector knows how to build and run educational organisations, what is needed is a large dose of removal of restrictions.''Government restrictions hold back universities in India......

Broad-based corporate capex recovery unlikely in FY26: India Ratings

India Ratings on Thursday said that any broad-based or strong recovery in corporate capital expenditure was unlikely in the upcoming financial year 2026 (FY26) due to uncertainty of domestic and......

Sitharaman urges banks to make loans affordable

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said people are finding current interest rates "very stressful" and urged banks to make them affordable. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......

RBI to conduct daily variable rate repo auctions to infuse liquidity

In a first, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it will conduct daily variable rate repo (VRR) auctions on all working days in Mumbai, until further notice. Illustration: Dominic......

'BC network has to be commercially viable'

'With higher rentals, cost of Aadhaar devices and the know-your-customer paraphernalia, the commercial viability of the BC network is certainly to be looked at.' Kindly note the image has been......