CJI on judge Gowri: Lawyers who appear for diverse political views make amazing judges

Defending the collegium's decision to appoint advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri appointment as a judge of the Madras high court, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has said one should not be......

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Prime Minister Narendra D Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments,......

'Disrespectful': Jaishankar on Pompeo remarks on Sushma Swaraj

Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he never saw his counterpart Sushma Swaraj as an "important political player" but got along famously with External Affairs Minister S......

'China is a backstabber'

'Is China's intention not clear?''Do we still think that if we are nice to China, it will be good to us?' IMAGE: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist party of China, on Barkhor Street in......

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I stare stupefied at headlines like these: One from last June said, 800,000......

The Abhijit Banerjee I know

Uddalok Bhattacharya looks back at his friendship with 'Jhima', the Nobel Laureate. IMAGE: Abhijit Banerjee who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics along with collaborator and wife Esther Duflo......

India must have a future in Electronics

'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.''It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues......

Arvind Subramanian: 'Brace for slower growth'

'The macro-economic stresses -- high interest rates, rupee depreciation and capital flows -- have receded now.''Interest rates have come down, inflation is down and the rupee has bounced back.''If......