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......

'Electoral Bonds Not To Affect Lok Sabha Polls'

'Election funding needs a little more transparency.' IMAGE: Students with their faces painted as part of an awareness campaign for first-generation voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in......

Under Modi India's Slide In World Indexes

The rhetoric that we are fed daily needs to be measured against performance and the facts. That is not happening, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Dr......

At state environment ministers meet, Modi lets fly at 'urban Naxals'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that "urban Naxals and anti-development elements" with political backing had stalled the construction of Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river in......

Budget 2025: More Jobs Via Thriving Farms and MSME Growth

The most striking features of this Budget was its focus on simplification and improving the ease of doing business in India, asserts Kaku Nakhate. IMAGE: Farm labourers arrive to harvest potatoes......

'India's Growth Is In Serious Trouble'

'We face the risk of remaining a low-income country for a very long time unless something changes in the next few years.''Instead of constantly talking about becoming a developed economy, we need......

Why the World Bank president is optimistic about Modi govt

Jim Yong Kim, president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, better known as the World Bank, concluded his three-day visit to India on Wednesday. An excerpt of edited......

Sensex, Nifty hit new highs on World Bank ranking

The market rally was driven by strong buying in telecom, banking, realty, metal, FMCG and PSU counters. The benchmark BSE Sensex zoomed over 387 points to close at a fresh life-time high of 33,600......