Shirisha Bandla becomes 3rd Indian-American woman to fly into space

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed......

And Peter Mukerjea went hungry...

'It is perhaps kind of easy to see why Peter and the police clash.The air of entitlement that emanates from him, maybe unknowingly, probably gets the goat of the policemen.'Rediff.com's Vaihayasi P......

Why the Indian Army is unique

The Indian Army is the largest voluntary army and, next to China, the second largest army in the world. It is also a large conglomeration of values, experience, regimentation, customs, traditions,......

'Private Sector Must Create Jobs'

'The private sector believes that some enablers in labour-intensive sectors like apparel, toys, tourism and media retail can unlock a lot of jobs.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman......

Has Paytm Woken Up Too Late?

Has Vijay Shekhar Sharma given up on the bank?For now, he seems to be on a save-OCL mission. The bank will face its logical end, observes Tamal Bandopadhyay. IMAGE: A cobbler uses Paytm as a mode......

'The first priority is to ensure seamless customer service without any disruption'

'We created war rooms -- from an IT perspective and also a customer war room -- to address any challenges that come up.' Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Kaizad Bharucha, deputy managing......

HDFC Bank gets six months to move HDFC clients to external benchmark

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given HDFC Bank six months to migrate HDFC’s home loan customers to external benchmark linked lending rate (EBLR), top sources in the bank told Business......

Carl Lewis: poetry in motion at Showbiz Games

The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were pure showbusiness and Carl Lewis made the perfect matinee idol.Watching him in the Coliseum was an unforgettable experience. Poetry in motion, he seemed to glide......