Twins Receive Nobel For Absent Mother

When the Nobel Prizes were presented at Oslo's City Hall, Norway, on Sunday, December 10, 2023, Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, was absent. Nargis was thousand of......

'A lot of Israeli soldiers will lose their lives'

''Hamas is going to be prepared. There will be booby traps and tunnels; it's going to be door to door fighting.' IMAGE: Smoke and flames billow after Israeli forces struck a high-rise tower in......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

'India has a special responsibility...'

'...to bring the Global South and others to the negotiating table on the basis of Gandhi's non-violence so that we can leave a safer world for our children.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

Avoid paint stocks over the short-to-medium term

A likely turnaround in profitability margins in the March quarter (Q4FY23) will not be enough to lift the outlook for paint stocks due to volatile crude oil prices and rising competition in the......

Ajay Banga poised to become World Bank chief unopposed

Indian-American business leader Ajay Banga is poised to become the next President of the World Bank after the nomination period closed and no country proposed an alternate candidate for the......

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......

Netherlands is now India's 5th-largest export destination

The Netherlands has emerged as India’s fifth-largest export destination in 2021-22 (FY22), jumping from its 10th position a year ago. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Exports to the......

Banerjee's Nobel prize much bigger: Ganguly

IMAGE: Abhijit Banerjee is the eighth Indian to win the Nobel prize. On the same day, Sourav Ganguly emerged the lone contender in the race to be the BCCI president. Photograph: PTI The Board of......