'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

These Scientists Shaped India

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims.We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing......

UNHRC votes against Sri Lanka's rights record, India abstains

India on Thursday abstained on a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka which was adopted. IMAGE: Indra......

Ivory Coast's highest honour for President Pranab

While President Pranab Mukherjee has received number of honorary degrees, it is first such honour accorded to him by a country. President Pranab Mukherjee has been accorded the highest honour of......

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......

The happiest countries in the world

There is more to a country than the cold GDP numbers and economic statistics. And to understand well-being of a nation, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has come up......

OECD raises prospects for global GDP, cuts it for India

While most economies contracted in the second quarter of 2020, the Chinese economy grew by 3.2 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Organization for Economic Co-operation and......

Firms bound by governance, says Soli Sorabjee

Good governance is not the exclusive domain or obligation of the state. Business enterprises and large corporations are also obliged to play a role in ensuring good governance because they wield......

Neeraj to spearhead 22-member Indian team at World Athletics

Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will headline a 22-member Indian athletics team at the World Championships to be held in Eugene, USA from July 15 to 24.   The selected team......