Mohammad Yunus: The Nobel laureate Prof who will head new Bangladesh govt

Life has come full circle for Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus, who faced persecution during Sheikh Hasina's regime for embezzlement, is now all set to head of the interim government in......

Protesters want Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus as interim govt chief

The leaders of the Students Against Discrimination on Tuesday said they want Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus as the head of Bangladesh's interim government, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

Confusion being spread about support price to farmers: PM

In an apparent attack on opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said confusion is being spread about the budget decision to fix minimum support price for crops, at least 1.5......

Tatas, Adani, Ambanis in scramble for super app

The groups plan to take on well-entrenched players like Amazon, Flipkart, and Paytm by merging their offline businesses with e-commerce initiatives. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

MFIs' collections rebound in a big way, but delinquencies may surge

A vast majority of borrowers are in the essential services’ supply chain with tiny and micro businesses, and this has sprung back. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Micro-finance......

Highlights of the Union Budget 2018-19

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Budget for 2018-19 in Parliament on Thursday. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Following are the highlights of his speech: No change in personal......

What Modi needs to do about jobs

If the country is to meet its jobs and income challenge, there has to be a parallel focus on jobs in the formal sector, notes T N Ninan. Narendra Modi offered interesting glimpses of his state of......