Pak gets $1 bn as second tranche from IMF; budget under scanner

The International Monetary Fund has disbursed a second tranche of $1.023 billion under the Extended Fund Facility programme for Pakistan, the central bank said on Wednesday. IMAGE: Kindly note......

'Marathis Are Anxious About Survival'

'Maharashtrians are facing a dual battle -- numerical battle with North Indians and financial battle with Gujaratis and Marwaris.''This has created anxiety about survival and ownership over Mumbai......

'3 Cs haunt Indian education': Sonia slams Centre over NEP

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the Modi government's education policy, charging its core agenda is centralisation of power, commercialisation and outsourcing of investments to the......

Will Trump-Putin Reach A Deal On Ukraine?

Putin is keen on establishing a good personal rapport with Trump and anchor a meaningful US-Russia partnership, realistic enough to accept that Trump is as good an American president as Russia......

Sensex jumps 899 pts, Nifty reclaims 23K

Rallying for the fourth straight session, stock market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty surged over 1 per cent on Thursday, powered by across-the-board buying amid a mixed trend in global equities after......

How Wall Street created the Federal Reserve

In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank. The clock had......

'Indian Stocks Unlikely To Give Significant Returns In 12 Months'

'Right now, silver -- and especially platinum -- are very cheap compared to gold. If I were buying today, I would choose platinum.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff   As global markets jostle......

S&P cuts India's FY26 GDP growth forecast to 6.5%

S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday cut India's GDP growth projections to 6.5 per cent for the next fiscal as it expects that economies in the APAC region will feel the strain of rising US tariffs and......

Humpy's out? No problem! Women eye gold in Chess Olympiad

Photograph: Kind courtesy FIDE/X The top-seeded Indian women's team, spearheaded by D Harika and R Vaishali, would be a strong podium contender thanks partly to a depleted field, while the D......

'Head of State' security for Indian Davis Cup team in Islamabad

IMAGE: The Indian team has travelled to Pakistan after 60 years. Photograph: ANI A bomb disposal squad will sanitise the Islamabad Sports Complex every morning, and two escort vehicles will shadow......