Sheena Bora Trial: A game of chess

Sameer Buddha was just the kind of witness Indrani's lawyer Sudeep Pasbola dislikes.Someone, who had temporarily dumped his memory before entering the court.He answered most questions, one after......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something.Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut......

Right to privacy is deeply linked to national security

Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.......

Database State to Surveillance State

UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal......

RBI to soon start pilot launch of digital rupee

The Reserve Bank on Friday said it will soon commence the pilot launch of e-rupee for specific use cases with a view to bolstering India's digital economy, making payment systems more efficient,......

Tighter dud-loan norms: Shadow banks brace for headwinds

On November 12, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to ring in uniformity in asset classification and income recognition across all lending institutions. Illustration: Dominic......

63 IPOs mop up record Rs 1.18 lakh crore so far in 2021

The primary issue market has hit an all-time high with 63 corporate raising Rs 1,18,704 crore through main-board initial public offerings (IPOs) so far in 2021, which is nearly 4.5 times more than......

Opening day blues for Paytm's mega IPO, subscribed just 18%

Paytm's Rs 18,300-crore IPO -- India's largest public issue to date -- was subscribed only 18 per cent on the first day of bidding on Monday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The initial......

Meet Akshay Kumar's super successful partner!

'I got the script of OMG: Oh My God and I believed in it so much that I quit my job.' 'Singh Is Bliing was a success but it was not a film that made a difference.' Meet Ashvini......