How Modi Can Overcome Coalition Challenges

If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for the Indian economy will be immense, asserts A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi during the National......

The Two Faces of India's Democracy

How should one billion Indians, for whom deprivation has become an inescapable way of life, join us in celebrating 75 years of Independence? And where do we go from here? asks Kalyan Singhal.......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Pressure on Azam Khan to apologise for sexist remarks

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan came under mounting pressure on Friday to apologise for his sexist remarks against Bharatiya Janata Party member Rama Devi in the Lok Sabha with Speaker Om Birla being......

India's road map for a $5 trn self-reliant economy

'The first year of the Modi government's second term has laid the roadmap for the future and we will embark on it with gusto,' promises Gopal Krishna Agrawal, the BJP's national spokesperson on......

Textile exporters to bank on 'organic' cotton

Paras Jain, who exports textiles to US retail chains like Linens-N-Things and Laura Ashley, is one of the many exporters planning to grow organic cotton as the growing 'green conscience' in the......

Budget focuses on Modi's key initiatives

Customs and excise duty rates have been amended mainly to promote Make in India.  Image: Make in India gets a boost. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com     INDIRECT TAXES While......

A day in the lives of a biz tycoon, a startup CEO and a jewellery magnate

A busy businessman Sanjiv Goenka understands the importance of unwinding. Hindi serials like Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Swaragini or Savdhan are his antidote.   Image: Sanjiv......