'Modi has done little to punish China'

'It is only when Beijing sees a country with an infirm political will such as India that it acts up as the PLA has done in eastern Ladakh.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi with Xi......

Explaining Young India's Anger Over Agnipath

Agnipath offers jobs to youngsters between 17.5 years and 23 years of age.The unemployment rate in this age group has risen from around 23% in 2017 to over 50% since 2020. Every second person who......

Govt announces post-retirement jobs for Agniveers as protests erupt

The government on Wednesday announced a raft of post-retirement employment possibilities for 'Agniveer' like priority in recruitment to the central paramilitary forces but protests erupted in Bihar......

What Awaits Rajapaksas After Monday's Mayhem?

Gota has to decide if he could order elder brother Mahinda's arrest as the agent provocateur of Monday's violence.Then he has to prepare for an interim government, in which no one would now want to......

'Projected 9.2% GDP growth is just for the galleries'

'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves to present the Budget in Parliament, February 1, 2022.......

'India should start thinking about having its own crypto exchange and crypto currency'

'India should start leveraging rather than banning crypto.' *IMAGE: In the case of crypto, the government has no control over the investment people make. Photograph: Edgar Su/Illustration/Reuters,......

BigBasket co-founder Abhinay Choudhari plans to build new business

Now, Choudhari, along with few others, is entering into the online laundry segment, which was at its peak in 2014-16 but lost steam as companies could not scale their operations. BigBasket......

Jobs for locals have remained on paper

While the Constitution makes everyone in India eligible to work anywhere in the country, states have used legal loopholes to frame laws. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Earlier this......

Counting the cost of Tokyo's Olympic delay

One-year postponement will likely cost 641 billion yen ($6 billion) IMAGE: New Olympics dates have yet to be set, leaving sponsors and businesses uncertain and scrambling. Photograph:......