'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'

'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.' IMAGE: A Tiranga walkathon on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, August 14, 2023.......

Chandrayaan-3 is triumph of Indian innovation: Former NASA official

Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Official Mike Gold has said Chandrayaan-3's success is a triumph of Indian innovation, human capital and the capabilities that will take......

Manipur: A Distant Outpost Full Of Promise

A lesson we have not learnt from China is the urgent need to knit the vast country together to keep it from falling apart at the seams.While there is considerable dent in poverty, sadly, the North......

Joshimath: There will be more disasters, accept it

Each disaster has the same message: Learn to respect the mountains before you build tunnels, roads, and houses, notes Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A damaged well as a result of the continuous land......

The Next Big Tech Revolution

Blockchain's promise: Dramatically speeding up transactions, explains Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The term 'blockchain' in an ordinary citizen's mind probably......

'Great risk to nations from undermining independence of central bank'

'The Reserve Bank's independence has remained a work in progress, an enduring challenge that the nation has been grappling with on an ongoing basis,' says RBI Deputy Governor Dr Viral V Acharya.......

Nandan Nilekani commits 5% assets to start-ups

Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems He started late as an angel investor but Nandan......

Xerxes Desai: The man behind Titan's success

In the '80s after Xerxes Desai, moved to Bengaluru and spent the initial days on building Titan from a factory in Hosur. Xerxes Desai, who built Titan into the country's largest watch company,......