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's population at 1.41bn, may begin to decline by 2022

China's population grew by 0.53 per cent to reach 1.41178 billion, up from 1.4 billion in 2019, keeping its status as the world's most populous country, but the numbers are expected to decline from......

'He always has the poor in mind'

Manmohan Singh is a very humble person. When he was governor of the Reserve Bank of India, I wasin charge of credit policy formulation.Dr Singh was my boss. Idealt with him directly and travelled......

A full circle for Gautam Adhikari

It's been full circle for Gautam Adhikari, erstwhile Washington bureau chief of the Times of India, who returns to the US capital and the think tank circuit as a visiting fellow at the East-West......

Disaster insurance for the poor a must

Natural disasters have begun to strike India with monotonous regularity. Cyclone in Orissa, earthquake in Gujarat, tidal wave in the Bay of Bengal -- it just goes on and on and on.A recent paper *......

Disputes settlement: back to GATT?

Few now deny that the world has been largely persuaded to do things the American way.A little-commented-upon but hugely significant aspect of this has been the steady imposition of the explicit......

India Tops On Crypto Adoption

'India's emergence as a top crypto market comes despite a regulatory and tax environment that can be challenging for the industry to navigate.' Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters   International......

Is India heading for bankruptcy?

Back in the 1930s, a fight broke out between the two Iyengar sects. It was about the control over the rich, main Kanjeevaram temple. The shape of the tilak on the temple elephant became the proxy......