Why Modi's Cabinet needs talent from the outside

'Modi has the ideas for a new, hopeful India, and an idiom in which to sell optimism to voters.''But he doesn't yet have the team for it, and soon enough, questions will begin to be asked by an......

The Man Who Changed India Forever

IMAGE: Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao: Would India be what it is had he not backed liberalisation?       25 years ago today -- June 21, 1991 -- P V Narasimha Rao became prime......

'Sonia and Rajiv had no role in the Emergency'

‘I do not think Rajiv Gandhi at that stage had any influence on his mother. Indira Gandhi relied totally on Sanjay and she looked upon him as a dependable son’ ‘What really......

'What we did for the environment has been undone by the new govt'

Image: Jairam Ramesh with his new book, Green Signals. 'This is not a Sanjay Baru or Natwar Singh type of book. It's not a memoir. It's not a book to reveal conversations, real or imaginary. This......

Corporate, PE investments in EV start-ups grow 170%

The $306-million investment in Ola Electric Mobility by SoftBank Corp, Arun Sarin Family, Ratan Tata and Matrix has been the biggest funding in this space in value terms this year. Driven by the......

Gold imports surge in November, but 70% lie unused

Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.Dilip Kumar Jha/Business Standard reports. India's gold import in November was the highest in......

Infosys could be the fastest growing IT company this FY

A key positive in the results is the increasing management confidence on the road ahead.   Contrary to the weak show posted by larger peer, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys put up robust......

'A uniform GST model, please, Mr FM'

The Budget 2013 will be placed in the Parliament on February 28. Though the Budget this year is expected to be exceptionally austere, the corporate honchos have dished out their wishlists. Here are......

25 Years Ago in Bollywood...

1996, recapped. 25 years ago, Madras became Chennai, Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned, Doordarshan combatted aggressive satellite cable networking, Indian politicians engaged in a crazy game......

Young girls as middle-aged wives

Thanks to the time leaps in scripts, most actors on Indian television have to be adept at playing characters that are at least double their age.Take Vaishnavi (Meera of Ek Ladki Anjaani Si) for......

Naseer: In a league of his own

Director Stephen Norrington's The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which pits one of our best actors Naseeruddin Shah against international superstar Sean Connery, releases in India on September......

Cricket Buzz: Ready for IPL-style women's T20?

Top Indian and foreign players for one-off women's T20 IMAGE: Harmanpreet Kaur walks off. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Reuters The Board of Control for Cricket in India sanctioned women's T20......

Salman as India's Rio Olympics ambassador: Right or wrong?

IMAGE: Bollywood actor Salman Khan, centre, with boxer M C Mary Kom, right, and India hockey captain Sardar Singh during a function where he was named Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian contingent......

Kaushik resigns, videographer sacked

Indian women's hockey coach M K Kaushik resigned on Wednesday in the wake of the sex scandal that has rocked Indian hockey. Hockey India secretary-general Narinder Batra told reporters that Kaushik......

Ranji Trophy: Rohit Sharma gives Mumbai vital lead

Rohit Sharma held the Mumbai innings together with an unbeaten 94, as the defending champions took a vital 61-run lead after scoring 248 for eight in their first essay, on the second day of their......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......