Former PM Manmohan Singh, architect of India's economic reforms, dies at 92

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms and a consensus builder in the rough world of politics, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. IMAGE: File image of......

First part of Budget Session ends with heated debates

The deportation of Indians from the United States, deaths in the Maha Kumbh stampede and the joint Parliamentary committee report on the Waqf bill were among the issues that led to heated exchanges......

How Dr Manmohan Singh became India's 'reforms' man

He drew the roadmap of India's economic reform, unshackled it from the licence raj and pulled it back from the brink when even its gold reserve was pledged. IMAGE: Former Prime Minister Dr......

Red tape reduced: Poonawalla lauds Modi for quick rollout of Covishield

Recalling how the industry used to face "hardships" in securing permissions and "harassment from bureaucrats" 50 years ago, chairman of the Pune-based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII),......

Why India's medical device makers are moving to Vietnam, Malaysia

A large number of medical device-manufacturing units have been forced to move to Vietnam and Malaysia due to delays, inconsistent timelines, and a lack of transparency in licensing processes,......

Oil marketing set to break free of licence raj

In a move that may signal the end of its discretionary powers, the petroleum ministry has decided do away with licences for marketing oil.To enter the oil marketing business, companies may need to......

Return of the Licence Raj!

Are we creeping back to controls on corporate decision making? Three moves over the past eight months reinforce this notion, says Kanika Datta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There was a......

Rahul Bajaj's quick ride back into the Licence Raj era

The Licence Raj did not always mean that there was no competition - in the seventies there were half-a-dozen two-wheeler manufacturers - Ideal Java, Enfield, Rajdoot of Escorts and Lambretta -......

Selfiee Trailer: Akshay vs Emraan!

Akshay and Emraan's first movie outing together seems a good family entertainer with loads of action, drama and comedy, Namrata Thakker tells us. Raj Mehta's Selfiee features Akshay Kumar and......

What Akshay Will Do For A Selfiee

Photograph: Kind courtesy Akshay Kumar/Instagram Akshay Kumar has given the world a sneak peek of his latest film, Selfiee. He writes, 'My mantra for today - Garmi, humidity aur faux fur...Sab......

'I can never make a depressing film'

'I'm a guy who tries to find humour in every situation, no matter how difficult and serious, without offending anyone.' IMAGE: Varun Dhawan in JugJugg Jeeyo. With Good Newwz, a director was born......

Interested in stocks? Watch Scam 1992!

The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart.And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi is stunning as Harshad......