'Aadhaar is a major national security risk'

'If your data is hacked you cannot go to court. Only UIDAI can go to court.''UIDAI is lying that Aadhaar is completely secure.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Nikhil Pahwa, founder,......

'Passing Aadhaar Act as Money Bill amounts to fraud'

The Aadhaar scheme suffers from constitutional infirmities as it violates fundamental rights, including the right to privacy, Justice D Y Chandrachud of the Supreme Court said on Wednesday in his......

Pak plans permanent ban on Hafiz Saeed's JuD: Report

The powerful military establishment, which enjoys considerable influence over policy decisions in Pakistan, was also on board to ban JuD and other terror groups.   Pakistan is working on a......

BJP, Cong accuse each other of hiring firm linked to FB data breach

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress on Wednesday traded charges over a Facebook data scandal involving private firm Cambridge Analytica, with the ruling party accusing its rival of 'data......

Budget Good 1st Act. RBI's Monetary Policy 2nd

Let's wait for the monetary policy on February 8 -- to see how it complements the fiscal commitments, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the FICCI......

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:......

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register medical devices or to get a certificate of......

10 laws that changed how India does business

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The IBC is considered one of the biggest success stories in the government's efforts to de-clog the economic......