Taliban order all NGOs to stop employing women

The Taliban have announced they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) employing women in Afghanistan. IMAGE: An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul,......

Israel attacks UN-run school in Gaza, killing at least 40

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a strike directed at a Hamas compound inside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school in the area of......

Israeli troops intensify ops inside southern Gaza

Israel Defence Forces troops continued to operate deep inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fighter jets struck Hamas assets across the Palestinian enclave. IMAGE: Israeli military vehicles......

India backs Palestine's bid for full UN membership

India has voiced hope that Palestine's bid to become a full member of the United Nations, which was blocked by the United States last month, will be reconsidered and its endeavour to become a......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Trump drops H-1B visa plan that could get 750,000 Indians deported

This provides for H-1B extensions beyond the 6-year limit. In a relief for Indian techies, US authorities on Tuesday said that the Trump administration is not considering any proposal that would......

AIDS, TB next big revenue source for pharma majors

The Indian pharmaceutical companies are faced with a $2 billion opportunity each year, with the AIDS epidemic and resurgence in tuberculosis and malaria sweeping the world. While the early movers......

What should the RBI do next, Mr Das?

'No one cares about fiscal deficit now. Or for that matter, inflation.''The focus is on growth and growth alone,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das.......