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......

Ex-TRAI chairman Nripendra Mishra to be principal secretary in PMO

Former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman Nripendra Mishra has been appointed principal secretary to Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi in the PMO. Mishra, a 1967 batch Indian......

Xi's China Dream Gets India Pushback

As India's stock rises, the resolution of the border row may become even more difficult, warn Harsh V Pant and Kalpit Mankikar. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with Chinese Premier Li Qiang......

Lanka crisis: Gotabaya forms panel to manage finances

The Sri Lankan government has appointed an advisory committee comprising eminent economic and fiscal experts to provide guidance on addressing the current debt crisis and engaging with the......

Better placed than peers to fight inflation: FinMin

India’s inflation trajectory in the coming months will be influenced more by the geo-political situation due to the war in Europe and its impact on supply chains and commodity prices.......

Run-up to Budget: Economic Survey may peg FY24 GDP growth at 6-7%

The Economic Survey 2022-23 (FY23), to be presented a day before Union Budget 2023-24 (FY24), is likely to project India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth between 6 per cent and 7......

Pranab Mukherjee gets diplomat as joint secy

Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has brought about a coup in North Block by bringing an Indian Foreign Service officer Venu Rajamoni as Joint Secretary to head multilateral institutions......

PM Modi to address opening plenary @WEF

The keynote address will be given by United States President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum's Davos summit next week, while......