'India has a vital stake in the digital renaissance'

  'Everywhere our younger computer professionals are in the forefront, defending our national interest in every forum and keeping our flag flying high.' Cyber law and intellectual property......

Full text: What Modi, Obama agreed on

This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama assessed the......

The Action Taken report of the Liberhan commission

Memorandum of Action Taken on the Report of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry SR. No. RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION TAKEN 1. General 1.1 The constitutional scheme to separate religion......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

RBI Rules Make It Difficult To Attract Talent

A top-class board is important from a systemic point of view, more so at a time when the wider financial world and India Inc is chasing the same talent as banks. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India......

Will Govt Cut PSBs Loose?

Merely bringing down the government stake below 51% may not find any taker for the PSBs.The government must bring down its holding to at least 26%, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration:......

Why Raghuram Rajan Raced At RBI

The speed at which he led the central bank in different areas -- ranging from internal reorganisation to inflation fighting, stabilising the currency, taking on rogue corporations, cleaning up bank......

Two major tasks for Sitharaman

First, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, much-lauded as a game changer, needs serious reform. Second, some vital policy choices would need to be made as far as competition law is concerned., says......

Pawar to head ICC Finance committee

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday named Sharad Pawar, its president elect, as the chairman of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee while BCCI president Shashank Manohar was......

Pakistan, WI in ICC's executive committee but no place for SA

West Indies cricket president James Cameron and Pakistan board chairman Najam Sethi have been awarded seats on the International Cricket Council's new executive committee, but South Africa has been......

ICC defers scrapping rotational presidents

The ICC on Wednesday deferred a decision on the planned scrapping of the rotational system of presidency but asked next-in-line Pakistan and Bangladesh not to nominate a candidate till a review of......

Mani slams PCB for making ill-informed statements

Former International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani has sought to dismiss the notion that the game's world governing body does not have enough Asian representation and is dominated by the......

Srinivasan to represent India at ICC meet over anti-corruption

An update on anti-corruption measures and the progress report of Bangladesh's preparedness for next year's World Twenty20 will be top of the agenda when the International Cricket Council's Board......