KochharGate: A Litmus Test For CBI

In Chanda's defence, one can always say, why would the Videocon Group take care of her husband as a quid pro quo to get a loan? After all, the group has taken money from the entire banking industry......

India's digital health mission likely to face privacy issues

The initiative has the potential to, as PM Modi put it, ‘bring revolutionary changes in India’s health facilities’, but there are several challenges in its implementation, report......

Cry, the Beloved Republic

We celebrate January 26 as Republic Day because that's the day on which we adopted the Constitution in 1950.Yet, in the days preceding and following Republic Day 2021, three different courts......

Will the Election Commission censure BJP leader?

The Election Commission sent a notice to Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the BJP's Mumbai chief. This is probably because a leading newspaper highlighted his utterances on its front page.Jyoti Punwani......

When Pranab clashed with Manmohan, twice

Pranab Mukherjee's stewardship of the economy will stand out as much for the manner in which he managed controversies as for creating quite a few of them, says A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Then prime......

Will data protection Bill finally see daylight?

After the first draft of the Bill was submitted under a committee chaired by Justice B N Srikrishna in 2018, there were objections raised by businesses, especially on the broad restrictions on......

New Data Bill may hit tech businesses hard

'If Indians are to be truly protected, Parliament must review and address these dangerous provisions before they become law.'Neha Alawadhi, Karan Choudhury, Peerzada Abrar report. IMAGE: Digital......

Chanda Kochhar's sacking: RBI defends its decision

She was accused of playing a role in grant of out-of-turn loans of Rs 3,250 crore to Videocon Group, which allegedly benefited her husband, Deepak Kochhar. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......