How The President Spent Her Birthday

President Droupadi Murmu turned 66 on Thursday, June 20, 2024, and spent the birthday morning at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities in New......

CWC okays to appoint Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Oppn in LS

The Congress Working Committee on Saturday unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to take on the mantle of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha to which he told the party's top brass that he will take......

'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

Women Leaders: A Way To IPO Success?

Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As soon as I saw the title of the research paper 'How do markets......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Highlights of Union Budget 2020-21

The Budget emphasises on capacity building and empowerment of marginalised sections of society including farmers.   Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented Union Budget......

Will Modi's big ticket reforms help the banking sector?

Bankers seem to be pleased with the government for keeping its promise of not interfering in operational matters, but are apprehensive about the intense scrutiny of their functioning. Illustration:......

The actors Amitabh wants to work with

‘I keep telling Abhishek, “If your film doesn't work, you put up that criticism on the wall, get up in the morning and say you are going to work harder and prove yourself.”’......