Pakistan should never consider India weak

'Pakistan's recent utterances and tendency to use pinpricks to try our patience appear reminiscent of 1965. We are a strong nation, emerging stronger,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain......

Is 'Saheb' watching his ministers?

'The purported jitters of the ministers under Modi, the intriguing part is that the stories churned out by the rumour mill have not so far been denied. For aught I know, they may not be true. Or,......

'Census 2011 braved difficult terrain, propaganda'

Rediff.com's Priyanka meets Dr C Chandramouli, the Census Commissioner of India, where he explains what it takes to organise the mammoth exercise. Counting a population of 1.21 billion Indians,......

Strong 5.8 earthquake rattles Washington

The strongest quake to strike eastern America in more than a century rattled offices in the United States' capital. Authorities evacuated buildings as far as New York and shut down two nuclear......

Trump admn allows travel ban exemptions for IT, healthcare sectors

In a move that could help Indian IT professionals and those working in the healthcare sector, the Trump Administration has announced certain exemptions in H-1B and L-1 travel ban for those......

US trade bodies file lawsuit against Trump's visa rule

The lawsuit seeks to overturn these sweeping and unlawful immigration restrictions that are an unequivocal not welcome sign to the engineers, executives, IT experts, doctors, nurses, and other......

Why govt wants to classifying jobs based on skills

In the draft rules, among 681 listed professions, armed security guards, supervisors, surveyors, and carpenters (class I) are proposed to be treated as highly skilled professionals; electricians,......

The mystery about short-term capital gains tax data

'There is a huge tax differential of 15% to 20% depending on income classification.'Sachin P Mampatta reports. The latest set of tax data shows a persistent oddity when it comes to short-term......