Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

Did Pak Army Chief Sack This General?

Was Lieutenant General Ayman Bilal Safdar removed because he criticised army chief, General Asim Munir, asks Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at R&AW, India's external intelligence......

Naxals will be eliminated by 2026: Amit Shah

Terming Naxals the biggest human rights violators, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said security forces have been carrying out 'offensive operations' instead of defensive against the......

Farmers' march: Sec 144 imposed in Delhi for a month

There will be a complete ban on gathering, processions or rallies and entry of tractor trolleys carrying people in the national capital as the Delhi Police has imposed Section 144 for a month in......

It's the start-up season

  It is widely but wrongly believed that the more inactive the Indian state, the better the chances of a start-up culture flowering, notes Ajit Balakrishnan It is the start-up season. It......

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   If you are born, raised and educated in India, high chances are that the......

Hail the invisible hand of the State

Neither pharma nor IT would have become the stars of the economy without the active but largely invisible hand of the Indian State, says Ajit Balakrishnan. The current debate in India about how to......

'Talk to Me' explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information

And if you have started wondering why such innovations come only from American companies, Ajit Balakrishnan offers the answer. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you have ever experienced......

Is Brazil on time for 'safe' Olympics?

‘All the obligatory infrastructure will be finished in time’ IMAGE: Gymnast Rebecca Andrade leads the Olympic torch. Photograph: Getty Images. All infrastructure for the Olympic......

How Brazil is planning to guard the Olympics against terror attacks

- 'One person can cause a lot of damage and you need to operate at a micro level to get ahead of it' The attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November and 32 in Brussels in March forced a......