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Anti-nuke body wins Nobel Peace prize

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has been awarded the 2107 Nobel Peace prize. The Geneva-based organisation, seeking to eliminate atomic weapons through an international......

How India can leash nuclear monsters in our neighbourhood

'Only when India's adversaries are convinced that India has both the necessary political and military will and the hardware to respond to a nuclear strike with punitive retaliation that will......

Khap panchayats can't be part of our culture: FM to Delhi CM

In a veiled attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his defence of khap panchayats, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday described them as retrograde organisations which cannot......

Nobel Prize went to an idea whose time has not come

‘To give the Nobel Prize to a group, which led the effort to produce a still born baby is either the height of optimism or the depth of despair. 'To imagine that no one contributed to global......

Sale of uranium to India will violate international treaty: Aus

Unless India agrees to open its military facilities to nuclear inspectors, sale of uranium by Australia to that country will be a breach of the federal government's obligations under the South......

Private bank CEOs' bonus goes missing in 2017-18

HDFC Bank managing director Aditya Puri, ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar, and Axis Bank MD and CEO Shikha Sharma did not receive their bonuses in full for financial year 2016-17 Illustration:......

Why FY18 was a defining year for India Inc

The financial year ending Saturday saw such big-ticket events that set the directional tone for the country’s business journey. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Beyond the hoopla......

Kotak to buy 15% stake in MCX for Rs 459 cr

Kotak Mahindra Bank has decided to buy a 15 per cent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for Rs 459 crore (Rs 4. 59 billion) from Financial Technologies India (FTIL). The deal values MCX at Rs......

SBI`s OP Bhatt is BS Banker of the Year

Describing its choice as a "vote for the future", a distinguished four-member jury selected State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Om Prakash Bhatt as Business Standard's Banker of the Year for......

India Inc sees financing roadblocks

The meltdown in the markets and the slowdown in the US may severely hamper corporate India's investment plans. "Raising money will be difficult," concedes Sajjan Jindal, CEO, JSW Steel. "It is the......

Madhur Bhandarkar to direct Ash

After getting superlative performancesoutofTabu in Chandni Barand KonkonaSen-SharmainPage 3, it is Aishwarya Rai's turn to get into the Madhur Bhandarkar mould.The film, entitled Corporate, is......

'Anil Kapoor asked me to hit him very hard'

Subash Ghai's Yuvvraaj is one of the most awaited films of the year. What makes it so arethe main leads -- Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif-- who will be seen romancing each otheron the big screen......

War of the music composers, literally

The temperatureon Zee TV's talent-scouting contest Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge has been rising by the week, what with the judges --Himesh Reshmmiya, Jatin, Lalit, Aadesh Shrivastavaand Ismail Durbar......

'Should Amitabh only play Buddha?'

Raj Kumar Santoshi is known as the man who can get big names to co-star in a film. His latest, Family, has opened to disappointing numbers despite the presence of Amitabh Bachchan, on whom the film......

'Hollywood is not really looking towards India'

Three days before Ashok Amritraj's Bringing Down The House was released, he said he would be 'upset if it does not make at least $15million in its opening weekend.' The following Monday, the......

Champion Marin doubtful for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Olympic champion Carolina Marin suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury on her left knee. Photograph: Kind courtesy Carolina Marin/Instagram Reigning Olympic champion shuttler......

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