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Budget: Will Nirmalaji Loosen Purse Strings For Poll Gains?

The finance minister's assertion that industry should not expect any spectacular announcements in the 2024 interim Budget suggest that the electoral imperatives of more tax concessions or higher......

The Village of Heroes

The village in Maharashtra has continuously sent soldiers to the army since World War I. Every other person you meet is a soldier or a retired soldier or is aspiring to be a soldier. Text: Archana......

'It was Maulana Azad who set up IITs with full support of Nehru'

'It was Maulana Azad's foresight which created the IITs, UGC, science academies across the country.' IMAGE: From left to right, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, president of the Indian National Congress;......

India relaxes norms, allows bringing back pets from Ukraine

India joins a select list of countries that have made entry for animals less bureaucratic, thereby helping families, including people like Rishabh, escape the warzone with their beloved companion......

IRS officer Pradeep Singh tops civil services exam

Indian Revenue Service officer Pradeep Singh tops the list of 829 candidates who have qualified for the prestigious civil services, including the Indian Administrative Service, the Indian Police......

LIC eyes less than 50% stake in standalone health insurance company

State-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is not keen on a composite license but it is looking to buy less than 50 per cent stake in a standalone health insurance company to enter the health......

'Amazon has an outsize impact on India'

'We are having an outsize impact not only on the lives of the customers and livelihood, but also the economy of India.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Amit Agarwal, senior vice president......

How AgNext will make Farmers Money

'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.' IMAGE: AgNext founder Taranjeet Singh Bhamra. Photograph: Kind courtesy Taranjeet Singh......

Soon you can buy insurance at petrol pumps, gas agencies

This will help expand the distribution channels, said Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman of the insurance regulatory and development authority of India. IMAGE: A petrol pump in Kolkata. Photograph:......

India to post customs sleuths overseas to detect money-laundering

India is looking for suitable officers for posting as customs sleuths in London, Hong Kong, Dubai and Brussels in an effort to check trade-based money-laundering among others, officials said on......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.' IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

A new Sanskrit wave

A cow that speaks, a question on patriarchy and the story of a 17th-century poet -- Sanskrit filmmakers are finding new ways to revive the 'dying' language. IMAGE: Rajesh Hebbar and Pratheeksha......

China finds Cold Mountain scenes hot

Anthony Minghella's Oscar-nominated saga Cold Mountain has come in for flak in China.Even before its April release, Chinese censor boardregulators have cut some love scenes from the film. A......

What Should Change In Indian Cricket?

'In India we have a lot of superstar worship.''If we lose a match, but Tendulkar hits a century people are happy that their star did not let them down.''This should change. People should support......

Harbhajan: A match winner who gave it his all

'Harbhajan made a generation fall in love with the art of off-spin.' IMAGE: Harbhajan Singh celebrates the wicket of Ricky Ponting, the first wicket of his-trick, during the Kolkata Test match......

How a bus conductor is driving her son's cricket dreams

Until September 14, Vaidehi Ankolekar was a bus conductor on Mumbai's famed BEST buses.Now, she is known nationwide as the mother of India's latest cricketing hero.That Saturday, her son Atharva......

How chance meeting with Gopichand shaped Manasi's gold

'I never thought I will progress in the field of sports. I just was doing this for my personal growth and it took me to a level where I could represent the country and do well.' IMAGE: Manasi......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu, Saina make winning start at Indonesia Masters

IMAGE: Saina will next face another Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Saina Nehwal/Twitter The Indian trio of P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth dished out superb......

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