Who Will Mine The Lithium Reserves?

Faced with one setback after another in expanding the scope of mining in the country, almost all the major miners of the world have wound down their operations in India. IMAGE: The Geological......

FULL TEXT of President's address on the eve of 71st Republic Day

  Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 71st Republic Day. Dear fellow citizens, On the eve of our 71st Republic Day, I extend my warm......

Is frequent flyer Modi overdoing it?

How much money the Modi government has already spent and is going to spend on all those foreign trips, muses Sunita Iyer. Over breakfast today, my mother, who’s hardly ever interested in all......

'Modi has forgotten all the promises he made'

Image: Arvind Kejriwal at an election rally in Jhilmil Colony in New Delhi. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo 'Poor people need to survive, and with the prices of vegetables, petrol, electricity......

3 Reasons Why Markets Cheered Budget

'Market feels this Budget will promote all-round growth and that is what is giving it confidence.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Forget if you must the sudden fall of 1,200-odd points......

Two cheers for the Budget!

While a DFI will help banks derisk their loan portfolios, creation of a bad bank will clean up their balance sheets, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman heads......

'2021 is the year of capital preservation'

'I have been advising investors since the last couple of months to at least take their capital out.''Most of the people have made 50-60 per cent in the market, if not more, they must at least take......

Post-budget bull run makes investors richer by Rs 10.48 lakh cr in 2 days

Investor wealth zoomed over Rs 10.48 lakh crore in two days as the Budget-driven market euphoria continued to charge bulls on Tuesday. IMAGE: A man watches stock prices on a digital screen on the......

Comic hero slays historical monarch!

In a season that gave major studios, even a minor one (Lions Gate distributed Fahrenheit 9/11)reason to rejoice, there was nothing to cheer Walt Disney. The studio came up with several bruises and......

Why the once legendary football clubs of Kolkata are fading

Bogged down by inefficient administration and unable to attract financing, the once legendary football clubs of Kolkata are fading into irrelevance Odafe Okolie, right, trains with Jose Barreto,......

If it is war, so be it - 2

Raghu Sakleshpur: To elaborate, why do we give so much prominence to Pakistan, I do not understand. They are a terrorist, rogue nation out to undermine and destabilize India. We should not be......