PM, Xi display bonhomie at BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sought a strong partnership among BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) to spur economic growth, saying that the bloc of......

Meet India's new envoy to Pakistan

When Shiv Shankar Menon was named India's new foreign secretary on August 31, there was intense speculation over who would succeed him as high commissioner to Pakistan. The speculation ended more......

Praful Bidwai: A confused NRI policy

The Indian public has justwitnessedthree bizarre contradictions. First, the government lays on a gigantic festival for Pravasi Bharatiyas to felicitate Persons of Indian Originliving abroad. This......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

India still miles from creating its own 'Alibaba'

Its internet penetration still matches up poorly to other countriesIn what could be a dampener for those betting on its so-called digital expansion and expecting it to produce another online giant......

EdCIL to promote Brand India in education

A focussed programme to establish India as a quality destination for higher education is being drawn by the Educational Consultants India Limited (EdCIL), a Government of India enterprise, which is......

COLUMN: Legitimising myths about gold imports

The massive buyers of gold in the past two years have not been distressed farmers or manual scavengers, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. When an economic crisis hits, everyone goes looking for someone to......

'The numbers are beginning to favour India'

If you need an example of how the Internet is changing the media business, Rafat Ali fits the bill to the T.And if you need an example of a person of Indian origin making it big following his dream......