'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......
Sections of our media and elite take Western reports/judgements at face value and are ready to condemn the targets without understanding the deeper power linkages behind such actions, asserts......
'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......
Twitter's new owner billionaire Elon Musk has announced that the verification blue tick in front of a user's name that authenticates the account will be charged eight dollars per month, prompting......
Commissions of inquiry are potentially powerful instruments to fix responsibility on public functionaries, but everything possible has been done to blunt this instrument, says Dr Madhav Godbole,......
A small Ahmedabad-based chartered accountancy firm, whose appointment was questioned by a US short seller in its scathing report against the conglomerate run by billionaire Gautam Adani, has......
Gautam Adani was the world's third and Asia's richest man a month back but a damning report by a US firm triggered a massive sell-off in shares of his apples-to-airport group, plunging his own......
Gautambhai has shown that he has ability to withstand payment delays or vexatious court cases. That is where he is on a more comfortable wicket than many others. A revealing excerpt from R N......
The government has lost its appeal in the English High Court against a $111 million arbitration award in favour of Reliance Industries Ltd and Shell in a cost recovery dispute in the western......
A consummate deal-maker, the former Aircel boss raked in the moolah in many, but lost a packet in several others. Siva group chairman and serial entrepreneur C Sivasankaran is not new to......
The Looming Tower reveals the bitter CIA-FBI turf battles that led to the worst terrorist attack in America's history.Vikram Johri checks out the gripping series now available in India on Amazon......
Here's looking at some of the high points in the ceremony! There was something for everyone at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards this year, with surprises to please lovers of twist-endings, bold wins......
While their second turn as Golden Globes host was rather sedate, this year saw Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (in the picture) making some brave jokes. There was the Bill Crosby one, where Poehler......
What is the first name that comes to your mind when you are asked 'who is the best player never to have never won Wimbledon'? Ivan Lendl, to most. Maybe, Ken Rosewall and Ilie Nastase, for......