The note ban is Modi's make-or-break gambit for 2019.Opposition leaders see a vulnerability and won't gift pre-eminence to the Congress, says Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What......
Amid reports of souring ties, President Pranab Mukherjee visited Beijing for three days last week. On his return to India, hopes of better ties have arisen, says senior correspondent R Rajagopalan,......
Why the Bihar defeat can be the best thing for him as PM, but only if he has the humility to read the writing on the wall, says Shekhar Gupta. Bihar was never the most important state for Indian......
'It seems that the BJP in its desire to catapult Modi onto the international stage, knowing the image deficit due to visa denials, has caused unhappiness in Tamil Nadu, uncertainty in Bangladesh......
The party's chances of survival in the state do not look promising, says Aditi Phadnis Who is the chief of the Congress party in Tamil Nadu? Don't know? Don't care? Don't worry. Nor do the hundreds......
The War On Big Notes IMAGE: Hardly any customers at the retailer Saravana Stores in Chennai. All photographs: A Ganesh Nadar. 'My turnover is in crores. I am not going to sit down with IT......
India has made a good start to tackling its bad debt problem but, with Rajan's departure, the worry is that the momentum will falter, says Una Galani. India is Asia's other bad......
The central bank has ordered lenders to clean up balance sheets by March 2017 India's bad debt business could finally take off. Global investors such as KKR and J C Flowers are eyeing a mountain......
Paper currency was first developed in China in the Tang Dynasty during the seventh century, and was later introduced in the Mongol Empire, Europe and America. Paper money originated in two forms:......
Want to add safety to your portfolio, but don't want to go for FDs? Then try bonds. They provide stability to your portfolio at lower risk. Here is what you need to know about bonds. Introduction......
Disappointment, like all human emotion, is relative -- the greater the expectation aroused in you, the greater the corresponding sense of letdown.Few events in Indian cinema arouse as much......
Scorecard South Africa scored an emphatic nine-wicket victory over India in the fifth and final One-Day International to win the series 4-0, at Supersport Park, Centurion, on Sunday. Chasing 201......