56 NEET-UG students move SC against any bid to cancel exam

Over 50 successful Gujarat-based NEET-UG candidates, including several who have been ranked first, have moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to restrain the Centre and the National Testing......

HC upholds Mumbai college hijab ban, says no breach of fundamental rights

The Bombay high court on Wednesday refused to interfere with a decision taken by a city-based college to impose a ban on hijab, burka and naqab, observing that such rules do not violate students'......

Why is AAP not made accused in excise case as beneficiary, SC asks ED

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to explain why the political party (Aam Aadmi Party) which was allegedly the beneficiary of the Delhi Excise Policy 'scam', has......

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

'Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.''That is not happening and is a......

Worst over, funding crunch eases for start-ups

There were fewer Series-B deals this year versus last, but more money was raised Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. Fundraising scenario could be easing for start-ups. If you leave out the year......

Are markets ripe for a steep correction?

Number of stocks trading above 50 times and 100 times earnings are at record highs.When this happened in 2015 and 2016, the Sensex fell 22.6 per cent in a little over a year's time after peaking in......

The business of cricket

The performance of the Indian cricket team in Test series played abroad continues to make its fans reach out for antacids. To the average cricket fan, it is incomprehensible how a team that can......