Invest in the poor, tax the rich

Most rich and upper-middle class Indians are greatly under-taxed. Worse, the government annually writes off over Rs 5 lakh crores through exemptions. This practice must be ended if the......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

Neither sport nor entertainment: The fraud called Formula One

A major antagonism is visible the world over between capitalism and democracy. But the Indian elite and the media continue to glorify capitalism, with all its sleaze. Their celebration of F1 is......

Hijacked vessels with 95 Indians traced

Nine hijacked vessels, carrying 95 Indians, have been traced to Mogadishu off Somalia and efforts are being made to secure their release, official sources said on Monday. Somali pirates, who seized......

Flipkart eyes profitability ahead of IPO

Flipkart, the e-commerce company owned by Walmart, is intensifying its efforts to achieve profitability as it is eyeing a valuation of approximately $60 billion at the time of its initial public......

Temple fever grips Indians, lifts travel demand and hotel bookings

Online travel portals are flooded with flight and train bookings, hotels teeming with requests for accommodation, and spiritual merchandise on e-commerce platforms is selling like hotcakes. IMAGE:......

Senseless To Predict Nifty Direction

Very often, 'sentiment' drives prices well beyond what is warranted and it is hard to forecast market sentiment, explains Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Last fortnight, the......

E-commerce companies offer value products to woo Bharat as demand rises

The writing has been on the wall for some time and it showed up prominently during the festival-season sales last year, when Meesho toppled Amazon to become the second-largest player in order......

'World won't ever see anything like this again'

'The Marvel Cinematic Universe is 9 franchises that have been combined together.''It's like running a relay race, only we are handing over characters instead of batons to each other.' Joe Russo,......

'If it all ended today, I would still be happy'

'You can't take this moment away from me. This is one of the best moments I've had in a really, really long time.' 'If people want to work with me, they can. If they don't, whatever.'  'It's......

The 'Being Human' side of Salman Khan

'Being Human is important to Salman. He makes it a point to sport the brand's products everywhere: on the sets, at events and even for court appearances.''It is a good public relations......

Amitabh Bachchan, the master of cool

The 'hopeless businessman' plans a comeback as a cool CEO who has learned his lesson the hard way. Amitabh Bachchan says he doesn't want to be left behind and is trying hard to match the supersonic......

ICC unveils Men's ODI Cricket World Cup mascot duo

IMAGE: ICC's ODI World Cup mascot duo unveiled in the presence of the captains of the reigning U19 World Cup Champions, Yash Dhull and Shafali Verma, in Gurugram on Saturday. Photograph: Kind......

Heard about Goa's Gaur Army?

Football fans in Goa are shaking off their sussegado and becoming an animated, raucous, even belligerent lot, discovers Aniruddha Sen Gupta.   In his everyday avatar, that of a young......

Coke eyes IPL

Coca-Cola will, apart from the coming World Cup in England and Wales, feature as the exclusive non-alcoholic beverage partner at all major ICC events -- men's and women's T20 World Cups in......

5 reasons why Indian cricket fans are best

With hordes of Indian fans storming cricket grounds in Australia and New Zealand for the ICC World Cup you could be forgiven for mistaking it to be any other Indian venue. Buoyed by the crowd......

The king of cricket is back!

'If the BCCI's coffers are inundated with funds today, much of the credit must go to Jagmohan Dalmiya,' says Haresh Pandya. Image: BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya The king of cricket......