Real Heroes Of Web Revolution

The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, gazing from my home balcony at the distant hills of Raigad, I......

IAF To Get More Power With Gen-5 Fighter

In the event of a war with China, AMCA deep strikes would target China's rail and road links with Tibet, isolating PLA divisions there. IMAGE: A model of the 5th Generation Advanced Medium Combat......

The Coming Battle of the Bots

'The 2019 election and the run-up to it will certainly see bots being deployed in large numbers on all sides.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com On Friday, Devangshu Datta explained in the first......

Why our scientists are upset about the n-deal

Dr A N Prasad, a former director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, reveals why the Indian scientific community is worked up about the India-United States nuclear agreement. The bill on......

'Talk to Me' explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information

And if you have started wondering why such innovations come only from American companies, Ajit Balakrishnan offers the answer. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you have ever experienced......

It's the start-up season

  It is widely but wrongly believed that the more inactive the Indian state, the better the chances of a start-up culture flowering, notes Ajit Balakrishnan It is the start-up season. It......

India's electronics manufacturing dream

but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   'Apple planning to shift its iPhone manufacturing away from China to India', screamed......

Transforming India: From data poor to data rich

Entirely new businesses have been built using data to disrupt traditional companies. Sam Santosh is building a data company. The genomics information that he and his firm MedGenome collect of......