As we brace for unprecedented rates of urbanisation, it is crucial to ensure that illegal constructions and unauthorised land use are curbed, asserts Amit Kapoor. IMAGE: National Disaster Response......
'Alongside economic growth and the Asian century, stress has become an Asian caravan.''But stress doesn't arrive in one's country as invitation to taste exhaustion. It comes dressed as a......
'...but subjecting our heritage to rigorous evidence-based understanding.' Kindly note that this image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Parth Sanyal/Reuters ......
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday released its manifesto for the November 17 assembly elections which promised, among other things, cooking gas cylinder at Rs 450 for......
'I am optimistic about the Budget because of the fiscal discipline the government has committed to.' IMAGE: A wholesale market in Guwahati on Budget Day. Photograph: ANI Photo The growth rate of......
More than 50 per cent of SIP accounts come from semi-urban and rural areas. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India's smaller cities and rural areas give a wider picture of how the economy is......
The challenge is to enhance opportunities for people to generate livelihoods through entrepreneurship, both big and small, argues R Jagannathan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A......
Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday highlighted the importance of driving inclusivity and empowerment through technology and economic growth and asserted that the company is "very......
The ministry of human resource development is considering allowing educational institutions to float bond issues for fund generation."At present, we are working on some of these ideas. We are also......
This year's Berlin International Film Festival featured only two Indian films. The first was Don 2, because Shah Rukh Khan has a huge following in Germany. The other film, Gattu, was shown in the......
'The time for platitudes and token gestures is over' IMAGE: The Briton, 35, said in a column in the Sunday Times newspaper that he had been working with the Royal Academy of Engineering to create......