After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
Sharad Pawar reckons that the NCP has value as a united, going concern, not as a gaggle of leaders in search of followers, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Sharad Pawar, who stepped down as......
There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual,' such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna. On April 20, an order was......
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar expects to see progress in India-US defence relations at the speed of a year per month. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from the Pentagon. United States Secretary......
Sudheendra Kulkarni pays tribute to friend, poet and Dalit activist Namdeo Dhasal who passed into the ages on Wednesday. I was woken up early in the morning by an sms beep on my mobile. Unusual for......
'One of the aspects for transparency and fair governance is to give the industry being represented the chance of lobbying with the regulator.' Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters In March, the......
Keshub Mahindra, a pioneer of Indian auto industry and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd chairman emeritus, died on Wednesday morning. Mahindra, 99, breathed his last on Wednesday morning at home peacefully,......
Adil Zainulbhai. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, McKinsey Adil Zainulbhai may have retired as the chairman of McKinsey India in 2012 but his life seems to be only gathering pace. For starters, the......
The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and......
In what could be termed as a relief for India Inc, a top government official said on Monday the government does not wish to make corporate social responsibility spends mandatory, but will instead......
India's under-20 team came up with a commendable display, but it was not enough to deny the AC Milan under-18 squad from scoring a 2-1 victory in the Festa 2005 Cup, organized by the Indo-Italian......