Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Who will blink first? Govt or Twitter?

Twitter can probably afford to wait it out. But would it have the moral courage to do so? asks Devangshu Datta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Twitter and the Indian government are......

Industries, airports near border on alert for war-like emergency

State governments in Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir are on high alert and have come up with contingency plans to ensure the security of residents in case of a war.Shine Jacob......

Exclusive! 'Modi is one leader who understands terrorism'

'I believe one of the most critical issues is the common threat we face from Islamist radicals and the continuing and unimpaired financing of Al Qaeda, the 'D' Company, the Haqqani network, the LeT......

GDP likely to grow 7.5-8% in FY23: CII

India's economy is expected to grow 7.5-8 per cent this fiscal year with exports playing a key role in the country's success story, CII president TV Narendran said on Monday. Illustration: Dominic......

COVID-19 hangs over the future like a spectre: RBI

While efforts are being mounted on a war footing to arrest its spread, COVID-19 will impact economic activity in India directly through domestic lockdown. The second-round effects, it said, would......

Fighting for cheating-free petrol pumps

'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation,......

Rising food prices to hit rural India in 2016

India's overall retail inflation eased to 4.41 per cent in September, helped by falling commodity prices, but rural inflation was at 5.05 per cent India's villages face a sharp spike in food......

'If they don't play IPL, they won't get too far'

'A player needs to have T20 skills otherwise he is not going to survive.''No matter how much runs you score in the Ranji Trophy or Duleep Trophy or Irani Trophy, if you don't have T20 skills in......

Ranji diary: Father assigned to plot son's dismissal

IMAGE: Railways' observer Dinesh Lad has been handed the unenviable task. Photograph: Siddhesh Lad/Twitter It can be difficult for a father to 'plot' his son's dismissal but Railways'......

A ton on Test debut is result of Prithvi's grit

'He batted like someone who has played 50 Test matches.''He is an unbelievable talent and hopefully if he is nurtured well, he will serve Indian cricket for a long, long time' IMAGE: Prithvi Shaw......

India's most fascinating rural sports... Take a look!

Traditional Indian sports have been played in villages since ages. Though most sports lovers in the country follow cricket, hockey, tennis and even English football on television, disciplines like......

Batting at No. 3 is a challenge for me: Pujara

Indian fans were a worried lot when Rahul Dravid suddenly announced his retirement at the start of the year. After all, the Karnataka right-hander was one of the best batsmen of the modern......