'I'm doing it for the students and they hit me'

IMAGE: Ambassador T P Sreenivasan after being assaulted by Students Federation of India 'activists'.   'I am doing all this for the students of Kerala, and when they come and hit me, it is......

Nuclear energy, inevitable disaster: Worth it?

Gopal Krishna makes a case against the nuclear liability bill. Even as the Parliamentary Standing Committee was busy taking submission and testimonies from citizens and experts in India in the......

A full circle for Gautam Adhikari

It's been full circle for Gautam Adhikari, erstwhile Washington bureau chief of the Times of India, who returns to the US capital and the think tank circuit as a visiting fellow at the East-West......

View: Nuclear Liability Bill needs scrutiny

Of all the 36 bills listed for introduction in the ongoing session of Parliament, the move to introduce the Nuclear Liability Bill, a pre-condition for the entry of American companies in the Indian......

Rediff Chat: Should you fear GST?

At long last, Goods and Services Tax has been rolled out, and life probably can never be the same again. With this, ‘One India, One Tax’ has finally become a reality. While the......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

Mamata invites corporates for doing business in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday invited industrialists to set up base in the state, but cautioned against acquiring land forcefully.  "Government will give you land, you......

100 days of Modi Govt: No major decisions yet, but on right path

  Modi's promise to usher in "achche din" has impressed India Inc. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters  Most top industrialists rate Modi’s first 100 days in office as 'good',......