No scope for 'temporary' in New India: Modi in Paris

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the resounding mandate to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls was for building a 'new India', and asserted that corruption, nepotism,......

'US Can't Take Indians As Guinea Pigs'

'Why should we disclose classified information. to satisfy those who doubt our Hydrogen Bomb capability?' IMAGE: Dr Anil Kakodkar, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, at the 'Machined to......

Why Modi leaves difficult issues alone

When he speaks of them, it is either in denial or to highlight successes that are only part of a larger story that is worrisome in its totality, observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

How India can leash nuclear monsters in our neighbourhood

'Only when India's adversaries are convinced that India has both the necessary political and military will and the hardware to respond to a nuclear strike with punitive retaliation that will......

You may have to pay more for car, two-wheeler insurance

Irdai has proposed to increase the Motor Third Party premium rates for cars below 1000 cc to Rs 2,120 from the existing Rs 1,850 for the fiscal 2019-20. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

India's economic scenario: A new perspective

Whatever the ideologies of our leader are, the end result should be nothing more than well being of our fellow citizens, says Khemchand H Sakaldeepi and Nupur Pavan Bang. In the first article in......

Soon you can buy insurance at petrol pumps, gas agencies

This will help expand the distribution channels, said Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman of the insurance regulatory and development authority of India. IMAGE: A petrol pump in Kolkata. Photograph:......

Buying insurance cover: Do women matter?

There is discrimination against women in insurance cover. As a flood of insurance companies tap the capital markets with public issues, there is, however, hardly any reference to this asymmetry.......

Olympics/Paralympics medallists to get Khel Ratna or Arjuna

To avoid any controversy on the criteria for the Arjuna award, the Sports Ministry on Friday granted 90 per cent weightage to medal winners at various international championships and sports......