UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Modi Firmly In Control Of Ministers

The strong message from the prime minister is of continuity of policies he considers right with strong emphasis on execution, points out T N C Rajagopalan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

MSP, hiking 50% quota, VVPAT, no Agnipath: Congress rolls out manifesto

Right to apprenticeship, legal guarantee for MSP, passing a constitutional amendment to raise the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, a nation-wide caste census and scrapping of......

Why's Stalin Backing Arrested Minister?

At the end of the day, Stalin expressing solidarity with an arrested colleague is one thing, especially if he too felt that the minister had been wronged, but for him to retain the person in office......

A stringent patent rule is latest hurdle for India-UK free trade agreement

Negotiations for a trade deal between India and the UK have run into fresh controversy, after the proposals under a leaked chapter of the deal on intellectual property (IP) are believed to put......

The Secret of Gautam Adani's Success

Gautambhai has shown that he has ability to withstand payment delays or vexatious court cases. That is where he is on a more comfortable wicket than many others. A revealing excerpt from R N......

India at 75: 18 biggest moments for Indian markets from 1947 to 1993

From the enactment of the capital control Act to the recognition of the BSE as a stock exchange and the infamous Harshad Mehta scam, here are the 18 biggest events for stock markets from 1947 to......

How Eveready is trying to regain its mojo

Over the past decade, a change in consumer choice swept through the battery industry – the walkman lost its mojo, smartphones took over cameras and batteries were tucked away in remotes and......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

'I am an outcast in Bollywood'

'The idea is to sideline you, box you up in a smaller box, so you don't go out of that.''The bigger boxes are for their own people.'   Photograph: Kind courtesy Ranvir Shorey/Instagram......

Brands scramble to play the GoT game

With deals close to Rs 70 crore, GoT could turn out to be the most merchandised entertainment property of the year in India.Urvi Malvania reports. IMAGE: Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) and one of her......

Parmanu review: Nothing explosive about this

'Parmanu can scream 'desh' all it wants and turn up the volume as loud as it likes to make a big deal.''But it's ultimately a cursory glance at a tough tactical choice and tame recreation of a......

Disney-Reliance merger may include compromises, watchdogs warn of 'monopoly'

IMAGE: India's Kuldeep Yadav lifts the trophy as they celebrate after winning the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Photograph: WFI / X The Indian antitrust body's opposition to a proposed $8.5......

IPL Media Rights: Disney Star bags TV deal; Viacom18 gets digital

The final valuation of the IPL media rights is likely to be around Rs 47,000 crore to Rs 50,000 crore. IMAGE: The BCCI is richer by Rs 44,075 crore after selling the IPL Indian sub-continent TV......

IPL media rights sold for Rs 48,930 crore: BCCI

IMAGE: While Disney Star retained their Indian sub-continent TV rights for IPL 2023-27 with a figure of Rs 23,575 crore, the India digital rights deal was acquired for Rs 20,500 crore by the......

Conte leaves Inter after agreeing contract termination

IMAGE: Antonio Conte led Inter Milan to the 2020-21 Serie A title. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte has terminated his contract one year early just days after......

'Winning India cricket rights will give Sony monopoly'

Adding the rights to broadcast cricket in England and Australia across the subcontinent gave Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) a dominant position in the sport but winning the rights to India would......