'I had to persuade him. I think he was a sceptic to begin with, but later on he was convinced that what we were doing was the right thing to do, that there was no other way out.' A revealing......
United States President-elect Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the government with a new department headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-origin entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will be a......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday renewed his call for dialogue and diplomacy as being the only way forward to resolve conflicts, in an unambiguous message to press for the resolution of......
Delivering a thinly veiled message to Pakistan from its soil, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said activities across borders characterised by the 'three evils' of terrorism,......
PM Modi went to New York this time not to engage in polemics, but to find solutions to global problems. He made some progress on several matters, even on reform of the UN Security Council, when the......
'For experienced and risk-taking investors, now may be the time to go all in.''By 'experienced and risk-taking', I refer to those who remained net buyers in equities during the early stages of the......
Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises,......
Smaller stocks have emerged as Dalal Street's favourites in 2023 that has turned out to be a "great year" for equities, rewarding investors with big gains, driven by optimism over the country's......
The challenge for the RBI in 2024 is likely to be less about containing elevated inflation and more about curbing excessive financial market exuberance and a 'problem of plenty', notes Sajjid......
'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI President Subhrakant Panda tells Asit Mishra/Business Standard. FICCI President Subhrakant Panda.......
There is an authenticity and sense of purpose about Dry Day which is appealing, observes Deepa Gahlot. The government of Madhya Pradesh has been thanked, so it is clear that Dry Day is set in the......
Jai Bhim is a story of hope and despair, observes Utkarsh Mishra. Almost a third of undertrial prisoners in India belong to the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes, while their share in the......
IMAGE: Thursday's ruling does not affect any decision on Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics which the IOC will take at a later date. Photograph: Kind......
'All of us tend to believe that they are so well paid, why should we bother about their payments.''But who all are well paid? Only a handful, maybe 3-4 of them, who go in for endorsements and......
'Vinod Rai has been complete failure in implementing Lodha reforms' IMAGE: BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary. Photograph: PTI/Files The BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary on Friday......
IMAGE: Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. Photograph: PTI. The Supreme Court verdict on BCCI reforms came under a sharp attack from former apex court judge Markandey Katju, who termed the......