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1 Nation 1 Poll: What's Modi's Thinking?

Deriving from Narendra Modi's continuing charisma, the proposed scheme, if and when implemented, can cut both ways. That is to say, if Modi can win, he can lose. Or, someone else in his place,......

The Politics Of The Bharat Ratna

Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

How INDIA Can Counter Modi's Popularity

What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple......

Cutting across party lines, 27 women MPs debate, back women's quota bill in LS

Twenty-seven women members from 15 parties participated in the debate on the women's reservation bill in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers coming out in support of it......

Gandhis, Mamata, Kejri, Nitish stay out of INDIA coordination panel

The Opposition INDIA bloc on Friday finalised a 14-member coordination-cum-election strategy committee comprising members of various parties, and it will function as the alliance's highest......

Industry lauds PM's vision of 'techade'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to make this decade a "techade" for India and the push for 5G, semiconductors and transformation through digital services is going to boost the technology sector......

The growing tussle between the govt and CAG

Over the past decade, rapid structural changes in the economy have radically altered what was once a low-profile department. With the private sector playing an expanding role in public service......

Bankers are COVID Warriors too!

'Like doctors, health workers, police, bankers are also COVID warriors,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Baskar Babu Ramachandran, managing director and......

Govt to infuse Rs 55,250 cr for strengthening banks

The finance minister also said that the merger would not result in any retrenchment but rather improve the benefit of the employees. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The government on......

Bhanu Pratap Sharma is new Banks Board Bureau chief

Govt reconstitutes body, says will not interfere in senior PSB appointments Former senior bureaucrat Bhanu Pratap Sharma is the new Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman. The government took 12 days to......

The '90s Bollywood Heroines Are Back!

Back in the 1990s, a deluge of fresh talent hit silver screen. Raw, ravishing and raring to go, they slowly but steadily made a place for themselves beyond the realm of song and dance. For some,......

Why Aishwarya Is Bollywood's Golden Girl

When a person is blessed with as much beauty as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, it's hard to notice anything else. But in her two-and-a-half-decade-long career, the former Miss World and Cannes red carpet......

10 Women Achievers You Must Watch On OTT

Kangana Ranaut plays an Indian Air Force pilot in Tejas, joining an increasing list of films and shows centered around women playing significant roles. Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web shows and......

'If I am called a sex symbol today, I don't care'

'I had lied to Yashji about my age. I was only 13-and-a-half, but I told him I was 18.''When the time came to travel to Yashji's famous Swiss shoots, I had to get a school leaving......

What Makes Ponniyin Selvan 2 So Close To Reality

IMAGE: Vikram and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar At the promotions of her latest film Ponniyin Selvan 2, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan revealed that she could never say no to......

Khel Ratna for Rani; Lovlina, Ishant take home Arjuna Award

Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain receives the Arjuna Award from Sports Minister......

Check out schedule of Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/Twitter India will be sending a 228-strong contingent including 119 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics. Out of the 119 athletes, 67 are male and 52 are......

PIX: Sportspersons receive national honours virtually

IMAGE: Rani Rampal. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter India's sporting heroes were bestowed the annual national awards in an unparalleled online ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic during which......

No Arjuna for past Khel Ratnas Sakshi, Mirabai

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Malik/Twitter The Sports Ministry, on Friday, decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the......

Rohit, Vinesh, Manika, Thangavelu recommended for Khel Ratna

This is the second time since 2016 that four athletes have been finalised for the country's highest sporting honour. IMAGE: Rohit Sharma has been recognised for his ever-rising accomplishments......

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