How India's military strength grew in 2022

India embarked on a major overdrive in 2022 to significantly bolster its overall military prowess and focused on its strategic goals in South Asia as a fresh attempt of transgression in the Tawang......

Why Does Raksha Mantri Look Concerned?

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and the three service chiefs prior to French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu's......

Why Was Agnipath Introduced Suddenly?

Nobody bothered to articulate the upsides; instead, the four-year tour of duty and denial of life-long pensions got played up.Job-seekers for government and related opportunities found that their......

Reality check: Can India double defence exports?

The prospects of India becoming a credible manufacturer of defence platforms or major weapon systems for export are remote, says Vice Admiral Premvir Das (retd). IMAGE: The Indian Army's battle......

Godrej & Boyce: From locks and safes to rockets and missiles

An industrial house bred in old-school manufacturing values, Godrej & Boyce has displayed unusual agility to become a trusted builder of advanced weaponry, discovers Ajai Shukla. Driving along......

'GST is going to be tax jihadism'

'One has to file not less than 37 returns per year for every ordinary business, and that too per state.''If you are doing businesses in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, you have to file 37x3......

How HUL won in rural markets

After tapping the premium and popular segments, HUL has entered the lower end of the tea market with its new offering, Brooke Bond Sehatmand.More than a hundred years ago, Hindustan Unilever......

The A to Z of Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B. We first published this special in......

Like the poster of Dishoom?

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Varun Dhawan turned to social media to share the first official poster of his next film Dishoom. ‘So this is how......