Time For India To Revisit Western Alliances

It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the West reserves for the nation when it comes to security cooperation of the kind that they might not have......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Ratan Tata, Dreamer And Ideas Executor

There were certainly qualities adhering to the Tata Group, which emanated from the persona of Ratan Tata.Most notable of these would be the low profile he maintained, which sharply contrasted the......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

The November 5 US presidential elections, Federal Reserve interest rate decision, trading activity of foreign investors, and the upcoming quarterly earnings from domestic firms are the major......

Bibek Debroy: A Guru I Could Look To

Bibek Debroy was one of the very few economists not bound by any single area of expertise and was simultaneously curious about economics and politics, myths and maths, chess and chemistry, and what......

50 bps cut in interest rate likely by March 2025: Axis Mutual Fund

'Investors can consider staying invested in long duration products as there is a possibility of rate cuts in the near term.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Positive macros — lower......

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Equity investors will track the trading activity of foreign investors, global trends and ongoing earnings results for further cues, and benchmark indices may continue to witness consolidation in a......

Ratan Tata: A lifelong champion of Indian sports

IMAGE: Ratan Tata with former Jamshedpur FC coach Steve Coppell during launch of the football club in 2017. Photograph: Jamshedpur FC Fans/Instagram From the time Sir Dorabji Tata sponsored a......

Windies, CSK legend Dwayne Bravo 'bids farewell' to cricket

Joins KKR as mentor 'My mind wants to keep going, but my body can no longer endure the pain, the breakdowns, and the strain.' IMAGE: Dwayne Bravo won three IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings in......

Is soccer safe for women? Study reveals disturbing truth

Nearly half of women fans in England and Wales suffer sexist abuse at soccer matches IMAGE: South Korea fans reacts in the stands before the match. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Close to half......

'Do you need a bowling coach when I am here?': Zaheer

IMAGE: Zaheer Khan with Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka. Photograph: LSG/Instagram Former India pacer Zaheer Khan on Wednesday assumed the role of Lucknow Super Giants team mentor and......

LSG appoint Zaheer Khan as mentor

IMAGE: Zaheer Khan returns to the IPL fold after two years, having been associated with five-time champions Mumbai Indians from 2018-2022. Photograph: BCCI Lucknow Super Giants appointed former......