'There are many things we need to work on.''At the heart of it is, one, the extent of inequality, which is not good for democracy and nation; two, a structural decline on how a country ought to......
For an institution looking to revive past glory, the Nalanda University's initial days have been far from glorious. The university, in the tourist town of Rajgir in Bihar's Nalanda district, could......
Bobby Jindal and I went to the same university, Brown. Sure, I was there several years before him, but nevertheless, it's true: we share our alma mater. So given his sudden rise to prominence, I......
Girls in the Kashmir valley hurling defiance at the security forces will detract from the legitimacy of India's response and its standing in the world, observes Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: A Kashmiri......
Diplomats agree that amid stormy relations with China and Pakistan, Modi has posted impressive foreign policy successes, notes Aditi Phadnis. When veteran diplomat Hardeep Puri retired from......
Taxation laws can play a significant role in the country's economic growth and its integration with the world, Union Minister Sudarsana Natchiappan has said. "The core principle and ideas of......
The interim report highlights key competition issues in the e-commerce space like deep discounting, the imposition of unfair terms and conditions, the growing dependence of brick and mortar......
Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corporate battle. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Several......
India stands at an embarrassingly low 130 among 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings. But in our worry over the World Bank benchmarks are we forgetting the big picture......
The Sharif group’s website claims they are worth $300 million in business and $100 million in real estate holdings According to a Pakistani website, Nawaz Sharif’s personal holdings......
'I still fight with my sister.' 'I still get scolded by my mom.' 'I still travel by autos sometimes.' 'I still have my regular pani puriwala.' Ronjita Kulkarni/ Rediff.com comes away impressed with......