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Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

China: 'India Must Not Accept Ceding Of Patrolling Rights'

'Disengagement is merely the first step in a lengthy process of arriving at a new normal along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh and the entire land boundary.''The Indian government should insist on the......

Modi Knows How To Deal With Dissanayake

For India to view the new Sri Lankan leadership only through the prism of the past or through their narrow view on China is fraught with possibilities that should be avoided, asserts N Sathiya......

'Rahul Gandhi Is Stabilising India With Caste Census Demand'

'Rahul Gandhi is raising the issue of a caste census though his party has been doing injustice on this front from the 1950s.' IMAGE: Rahul Gandhi addresses the Samvidhan Samman Sammelan in......

Ram Teri Ganga Maili

Six decades and more later, we are now captives of our identities. Every poll is based on elaborate calculations of electability of candidates on the basis of their castes and other narrow......

FPI flows stumble on trail, edge closer to precipice

After a brutal selloff since October, foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows for the year-to-date (YTD) in 2024 have turned negative. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In early September, YTD......

Stock markets settle lower in lacklustre trade

Stock markets closed marginally lower on Thursday, taking their downtrend to the fourth day running as unabated foreign fund outflows and disappointing earnings from Hindustan Unilever dented......

High Time India Resists Real Estate Mania

Once we break free of the idea that land is scarce, real estate is just a pile of bricks, steel, and glass. Any price surge will kick off a supply response, which kills off the possibility of......

Correction in steel stocks could be a buying opportunity

India’s steel market is out of step with global trends. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Global demand is weak with China at a huge supply surplus to its domestic demand, pushing down......

High-level delegation of US pension funds to visit India next week

A delegation of high-level executives from US public pension funds (non-profit and government sectors) is visiting India next week to assess and familiarise themselves with the investment......

Must Watch: Stories From Around The World

The Toronto International Film Festival heralds the beginning of the Fall awards season as films from the earlier festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Telluride compete with new projects......

Lal Salaam Review: Boring!

Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend. The title would make my activist friend Uttam Ghosh very happy. It is the red salute exchanged between people, who still believe in......

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

Beware of the Bollywood outlaw. With a striking black tilak marked on the forehead, bullet-loaded belt around the waist, a perennially furious gaze and a tone as threatening as that rifle in hand,......

'They call me King of Disco'

'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......

Cui, 13, is China's youngest Asian Games gold medallist

IMAGE: China's Cui Chenxi took gold ahead of 18-year-old compatriot Zeng Wenhui at the Asian Games. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters Cui Chenxi became China's youngest Asian Games gold medallist......

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