The CDS has the option to focus on key areas of capability development to fight new generation wars or get bogged down in trying to bring cosmetic changes to humour the political leadership,......
'"The end" depends on two things.''Either you develop a vaccine which is effective or if you have a drug, you can terminate this infection very quickly.''Otherwise, you have to depend on herd......
Mark Zuckerberg said one of his greatest regrets was that Facebook has been slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016. Lalit K Jha/PTI reports Sorry for not doing enough:......
An expert committee has recommended to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar that defence purchases need not be blocked even if bribery charges emerge. Nitin A Gokhale reports for Rediff.com Defence......
The Gujarat government is firm on introducing compulsory voting in civic elections due in October, ignoring objections by the Congress which dubbed it as unconstitutional. Making clear the......
Iran is India’s largest importer of tea in value terms while in terms of volume, it is the second largest after Russia Although tea exports, particularly of the orthodox variety, are on a......
Privatisation in Russia was endorsed by technocrats. It led to the rise of Vladimir Putin. We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it,......
A few months ago in Punjab, as grain farmers set fire to harvested rice fields to clear their land, Jagroop Singh spent the afternoon reflecting on his good fortune farming cows. Singh, a tall Sikh......
Income-TaxWhen was Income-Tax introduced?The Union government has extended the last date for filing Income-Tax returns for individual taxpayers to October 31 , 2004. Take the Rediff Business Quiz......
'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning......
Nothing marks a greater exclusive than roping in a power couple to pose for a magazine cover. Considering the reluctance of Bollywood's celebrity couples to plug their 'together' status, this......
Ruddy-cheeked and light-eyed, Raj Kapoor was unmistakably Destiny's blue-eyed boy. It got him many film roles and the talented Kapoor made surehe left a mark in each of them.This boy wonder started......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza/FIDE Grandmaster D Gukesh did well to hold top-seeded American Fabiano Caruana to a draw but Vidit Gujrathi suffered another defeat at the hands of Ian......
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Saina showed better court coverage and unleashed some telling smashes. Photograph: Albert Perez/Getty Images Indian ace......
The US Open heads into the business ends with the men’s singles gold, silver and bronze medallists from the Rio Olympics battling for more glory at Flushing Meadows. Second seed Andy Murray,......
Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during her women's singles match at the French Open. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Maria Sharapova knows the pitfalls of being a prodigy and after easing......
World champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and jumped to the top spot in the unofficial live ratings after the end of the second round in the ongoing Bilbao Final Masters......