Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who is set to demit office next month, turned philosophical, saying he had served the country with "utmost dedication" amid "fears and anxieties" as to how history......
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......
The coaching-tuition-profiteering model built on the back of a broken education system is a scandal and an abomination, and must go, asserts Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel......
'I have faced 18 hours of darkness daily all my life.' IMAGE: A bakery functions in the dark in downtown Srinagar. Power cuts are a common feature of life in Kashmir. Photographs: Umar Ganie for......
'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.'......
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......
Indian economy, dubbed the fastest growing major economy in the world, is faced with the single most important pressure point of job creation, says former RBI Governor Raghuram G Ranjan as he makes......
'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.......
Indra Nooyi joins several prominent persons of Indian-origin who have donated generously to US universities. The prestigious Yale School of Management will name its deanship in honour of......
If leadership has become a critical issue in today's corporate world, it is because good leaders are hard to come by. Companies are willing to pay a premium to get charismatic leaders on their......
'These accusations of my film being a copy only makes our chances at the Academy harder.' Even as a raging debate eddies around him about whether his film, Chhello Show (Last Film Show), is a......
'Where Pratidwandi is concerned, there are very few men standing.' IMAGE: Dhritiman Chatterjee in Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi. Dhritiman Chatterjee, a post-graduate in economics, came from a world......
From the tumultuous life of a world conqueror to the seemingly kinky life of America's pioneering sex researcher, screen tales of historical figures will dominate the fight for the Oscar......
'Eat dhoklas, walk on Juhu beach and eat pani puri -- and not tell my parents because I will get sick!' In the second part of the interview, Kal Penn shares his game plan for India with Vaihayasi......
No, Anita Chandrasekharan is not proclaiming to the world that she is going to marry. Knock, Knock, I Am Going To Marry is Anita's debut film that belongs to anupcoming genre of Indian-English......
'The age fudging issue is a major problem. I see it having an adverse impact on the development of cricketers and the continued participation of more deserving people in the game.' 'The BCCI needs......