Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......
When elected on July 18 -- which is almost a certainty, given the NDA's numbers in the electoral college -- Droupadi Murmu will be the first President born after Independence. IMAGE: Droupadi......
The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas......
The President has begun studying Constitutional and Presidential precedents in anticipation of a fractured mandate in next year's general election, reveals R Prema. What will Pranab Mukherjee do in......
Kocheril Raman Narayanan, the only Dalit and the only Malayali to have held the Presidency, often described himself as a 'citizen President' and a 'working President'.Born in humble circumstances......
'Retail health is a good area to be in, mainly because loss ratios are decent at around 50-60 per cent.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Monam/Pixabay Ramaswamy Narayanan, chairman and managing director......
The finance ministry is in favour of extending the August deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) as well as insurance companies to increase their minimum public shareholding (MPS) to the mandated......
'Because it is the only public sector company in this sector, currently.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Chairman and Managing Director of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)......
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) said on Monday that it had raised the highest-ever corpus of annual funds for the institution, garnering Rs 231 crore from alumni, industry and......
Modi wanted to reap the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas's success in the 2019 election, but officials say blaming Rudy alone for its slow progress was unjust.Sahil Makkar reports. Rajiv Pratap Rudy's......
Here's what Vijay Sethupathi has in store for us this year. One of most sought-after actors of Tamil cinema today, Vijay Sethupathi stands apart with his choice of unconventional scripts and......
Anuj Jajoo:Hi Prem,Thats excellent and very real time commentary. But sometimes a mistake is infavour of truth... "3.81 the ruin rate" -(your commentary at ind 124/4)Just kidding ;)------M K......