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India The Diplomatic Ambassador In Global Crises

Times have changed, situations have changed, but the basic nature of superpower geo-politics remains the same and so also India's diplomacy -- call it non-alignment, strategic autonomy or......

Who Won By The Highest/Lowest Margins?

Hemant V Shivsaran/Rediff.com does a deep dive and lists the winners with the highest and lowest margins in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. IMAGE: All India United Democratic Front candidate from......

India's Nuclear Churning: From Idealism To Realism

Although the credit for acquiring the technological skill must be given to India's outstanding nuclear scientists, the decision to go nuclear was a political one that entailed clarity of vision,......

Ramdev crossed red line, maligned modern medicine: IMA chief

Baba Ramdev crossed a red line when he claimed he could cure COVID-19 and at the same time maligned modern medicine by calling it a "stupid and bankrupt science", Indian Medical Association......

BJP hopes to break new ground with Bharat Ratna awards

State awards often convey a message beyond the public contributions made by their recipients and the Modi government's pick of five of them, with three of four politicians in the list firmly......

Meet Nirmalaji's Core Budget Team

The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman distributes halwa......

Did RBI Know About Demonetization?

The RBI was not party to the decision to demonetize 500 and 1,000-rupee notes, which was taken at the highest level of India's political leadership. A fascinating excerpt from Gokul Rathi's......

V Krishnamurthy, PSUs' turnaround man, dies at 97

Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, who is considered as the turnaround man of several Indian corporate houses like BHEL, Maruti Udyog, SAIL and Gail (India), passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.......

Budget: Concessional rate dumped, foreign dividends now under tax ambit

Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from foreign subsidiaries will be done away with from April 1, a change that may hamper global expansion of Indian companies and......

Time to END Bank Nationalisation

Nationalisation has served its purpose.It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam......

'Manthan Is My Most Influential Film'

'The censor board asked me for some strange cuts.''Otherwise, they would have given me an 'A' certificate.''One cut was where Girish Karnad was explaining artificial insemination in cattle.''These......

10 Youth Shows You Must Watch On OTT

Ever so often, when cop-and-gangster shows or family drama on OTT start getting audiences restless, streaming platforms trot out 'youth' content, to lasso back the wandering teen and young adult......

Zeenat Aman Opens Up About Her Eye Injury

'Despite the gossip, the comments, and the questions, I never felt diminished by it.' IMAGE: Zeenat Aman with her son Zahaan Khan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Zeenat Aman/Instagram In her latest......

Mumbai Diaries 2 Review: Too Dramatic!

Season two once again goes for dramatic overkill despite the spine-chilling gravity of the true events it is based on, observes Mayur Sanap. After capturing the fretful night of 26/11 in its debut......

Salman-Shah Rukh Pray With Eknath Shinde

Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan visited Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's home to attend Ganpati pooja on Sunday. It was a houseful event, as Asha Bhosle, Jackie Shroff, Rajkummar......

Ranji: Sindhu's 11-wkt haul powers Haryana to victory

IMAGE: Nishant Sindhu took 5 wickets in the second innings. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Nishant Sindhu/Instagram Left-arm spinner Nishant Sindhu delivered a match-winning performance, taking 5/56 in......

Vijay Hazare: Samarth Vyas hits blazing double century

IMAGE: Samarth Vyas hit a blazing 200 off 130 balls. Photograph: IDCF Twitter Saurashtra opener Samarth Vyas recorded a magnificent double century while Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged an incredible......

Ganguly stable after angioplasty, under close observation: hospital

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: BCCI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is stable after undergoing angioplasty and is currently under close observation, said the medical bulletin......

Windies cricketers depart for 'bio-secure' Test tour of England

IMAGE: West Indies batsman Shai Hope onboard the private charter flight to the UK. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Windiescricket.com The West Indies cricket team on Monday departed from Antigua for......

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