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Women Voters: The Rising Power Transforming Politics

'Women' as a political constituency appears to be an idea that has come of age. It is changing India in ways that we only dimly understand, asserts Aditi Phadnis. Illustration: Dominic......

Yunus expands interim Bangladesh govt, inducts 4 more advisers

The interim government in Bangladesh led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus was expanded on Friday with four more advisers joining his team of civil society figures, academics, NGOs and rights......

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......

Ganesh Chathurthi in the time of swine flu

Times change, so does business. If business has to flourish in adverse conditions, one has to be innovative. Like this case in Bangalore during the dreaded swine flu outbreak. A shopkeeper that......

'Air pollution can lead to cancer'

'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.' IMAGE: The Signature Bridge in New Delhi is......

Microfinance in India. How skewed is the system?

On October 14 this portal reported that 30 microfinance borrowers in Andhra Pradesh have recently committed suicide. At about the same time offices of several micro finance companies in AP were......

Three things that could curb bank credit growth this year

The RBI's increase in risk weights on bank lending to non-banking financial companies and on unsecured loans has pruned credit growth in these segments. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Bank......

'Always Identify A Potential Problem And Nip It In The Bud'

'RBI supervision is much sharper today than what it was earlier.' IMAGE: Shaktikanta Das leaves the Reserve Bank of India after two terms as governor. Photographs: ANI Photo Outgoing......

ATMs to loans: All eyes on the road for finance world

A South Block and Mint Road tango is in the offing in 2025, foregrounded by deeper consultations with various stakeholders. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the Union Budget for......

'We want to create an all-weather franchise'

'We have seen something do very well when the times are good but maybe not as well when the times are bad.' IMAGE: Axis Bank branch in New Delhi. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The Reserve......

PIX: Hollywood star Mandy Moore in India

Check out the pictures.Hollywood actress-singer Mandy Moore is on her maiden trip to India to lend support to Bill and Melinda Gates-founded non profit Population Services International and......

Images: Mixed fortunes for India at the US Open

American wildcards of Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott stunned defending champions Cara Black and Leander Paes 6-2 6-4 to win the US Open's mixed doubles championship on Thursday. Gullickson......

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