'He Was Always The Same Old Ratan'

'Ratan had the quality that JRD and Russi Mody had -- they could walk with kings and never lose the common touch.' IMAGE: Then Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata speaks at Tata Steel's 100th annual......

New York Labor Day Parade Was A Spectacle!

Thousands of workers of every description -- from journalists to steel workers, from painters to New York cops, from auto to engineering workers -- marched for four hours down 5th Avenue one of......

Whither The Middle Class?

Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......

What Biden's Quad summit means for India

The US has been, historically, a sleeping partner in India-China relations.Today, any attempt by the Modi government to make a bilateral move to improve relations with Beijing could upset Biden's......

Does No One Want To Buy Cars?

Passenger vehicle sales are expected to experience muted growth in the current financial year. Photograph: ANI Photo   Bolstered by new model launches, domestic passenger vehicle (PV)......

Sensex plunges 617 points on profit booking

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty declined nearly 1 per cent on Thursday, continuing their falling streak for the fifth day running due to profit booking amid monthly expiry in the......

Will EV Policy Lure Tesla?

If Tesla comes in, India's position as a manufacturing hub will rise many notches, as it will become only the second country, after China, to have both Apple as well as Tesla. IMAGE: Tesla Motors......

TCS mcap share in Tata group falls below 50%, a first in more than a decade

The rally in the Tata stocks has been by smaller companies while Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - the biggest company in the group by market capitalisation - has been a laggard, Krishna Kant......

Buzz: BCCI sponsors not concerned over Ganguly endorsing rival

IMAGE: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. Photograph: ANI BCCI president Sourav Ganguly endorsing fantasy gaming platform My11Circle does not concern its direct rivals and the board's official......

Bhutia part of FIFA's campaign against COVID-19

Bhutia in AFC's video awareness campaign in fight against COVID-19 Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia will feature in Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) public awareness campaign on the......

The inside story of Mourinho's failed tenure at Man United

United are bigger than any one man and the decision to send Mourinho packing drives home that philosophy to players, fans and opponents IMAGE: Jose Mourinho reacts. Photograph: Pete Norton/Getty......

PKL can give the IPL a run for its money

'At a time when sports leagues are often smothered by the allure of spurious glamour, it is easy to forget what makes them so exciting in the first place: The sport itself.''At its core, the PKL......

Hamilton on being the first black driver in F1

'When I am racing in my Formula One car today, what keeps me motivated is I think in my back of my mind just how hard my parents worked.' 'My dad having four jobs, my step mum giving up all of her......