'The larger story of systematic destruction, which can and has been quantified, goes mysteriously missing from any political and/or public discourse about the ongoing devastation in the Ghats,'......
Scientists have found that vulnerability of the highway stretch in Uttarakhand between Joshimath and Rishikesh to landslides is likely to increase, owing to continued vegetation removal and......
The increase in death registration in 2020 compared to 2019 is not entirely due to Covid fatalities, Niti Aayog member VK Paul has said, asserting that "exorbitant" multiples of coronavirus deaths......
Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......
IMAGE: A sample being collected for COVID-19 testing at a government hospital in Bengaluru, August 7, 2020. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc......
The recovery seen in the increased economic activity till September or October is running out of steam.Labour statistics indicate a substantial slowing down of the economy in November, notes Mahesh......
The labour participation rate tells us how many of the working age population are willing to be employed.If this proportion keeps falling as it evidently is, it does not bode well for India's......
'Under the new GDP series, there has been reallocation of a few items from one sector to another, from services to manufacturing sectors.' The back series data of GDP released recently by a panel......
'Indians are great savers, but they are lousy investors.'Excerpts from Anuj Shah's Brightest Investment Minds: Their Journeys, Their Insights. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com How many of......
Violence is just too stark, too TRP friendly and so it gets a lot of attention in the media. But the crime of discrimination is much worse because it is much greater, it attracts no attention and......
Island City should not be missed, raves Aseem Chhabra. Ruchika Oberoi's Island City is set in that massive, over-populated island city called Mumbai. The characters that reside in the three......
Fascinating predictions for the years ahead.A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution on the eve of the IPL 2021 Players Auction. IMAGE: The......
'It is a common misconception that people think players who have played more cricket have more knowledge or more power and can bully anybody but it is not the fact.' 'We have groomed around 35 new......
A few days ago, in the New Zealand Herald, I read this article that suggested, among other things, that cricket fans in that country were feeling diddled by the Indian team's non-performance.The......