Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

Did Pak Army Chief Sack This General?

Was Lieutenant General Ayman Bilal Safdar removed because he criticised army chief, General Asim Munir, asks Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at R&AW, India's external intelligence......

Farmers' march: Sec 144 imposed in Delhi for a month

There will be a complete ban on gathering, processions or rallies and entry of tractor trolleys carrying people in the national capital as the Delhi Police has imposed Section 144 for a month in......

Lessons For The World From 2023

One looks upon the coming new year with foreboding as current wars in Ukraine and Gaza spill over and escalate and new ones erupt in incipient fault lines across the world, notes former foreign......

'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......

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......

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......

Hail the invisible hand of the State

Neither pharma nor IT would have become the stars of the economy without the active but largely invisible hand of the Indian State, says Ajit Balakrishnan. The current debate in India about how to......

How Brazil is planning to guard the Olympics against terror attacks

- 'One person can cause a lot of damage and you need to operate at a micro level to get ahead of it' The attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November and 32 in Brussels in March forced a......

Is Brazil on time for 'safe' Olympics?

‘All the obligatory infrastructure will be finished in time’ IMAGE: Gymnast Rebecca Andrade leads the Olympic torch. Photograph: Getty Images. All infrastructure for the Olympic......

Champions League PHOTOS: Ronaldo strike sinks Basel; Arsenal make last 16

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (centre) celebrates after scoring a goal during their Champions League Group B soccer match against FC Basel at St. Jakob-Park stadium on Wednesday. Photograph:......