Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

'I was scared to death for Baba's life'

'I don't know if he put up a front but he never let me feel his morale was down. He told me how he was tackling the problems he was facing, or if there was some way the lawyers could help, but he......

Truth in the AI era

Can legislation enable this, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.   Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I still remember, in my school days, when my classmates and I fell into an argument about who......

'My 7 years in Anda cell were the most inhuman form of solitary confinement'

'When there was no crime committed, everything had to be fabricated.' 'They see it as a war, and everything is fair in love and war.' IMAGE: Prashant Rahi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jyoti Punwani......

Net direct tax collection surpasses RE in FY24; corp tax receipts a miss

Direct tax collection, net of refunds, moderately exceeded the revised estimates (RE) for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) on the back of personal income tax revenues, but corporation tax receipts......

Minimum wage cap: EPFO mulls hike after 10 years

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is considering raising the monthly minimum wage ceiling from Rs 15,000 now to improve the coverage and bring millions of informal workers under its......

Gap in stock prices, corporate earnings at highest level since 1990

As the Indian equity markets scale a new high, the gap between stock prices and the underlying corporate earnings has widened to its highest level in more than 30 years. Illustration: Dominic......

Crude realisation: Oil's slick grip threatens corporate margins, profits

Corporate margins and profits in India remain vulnerable to changes in crude oil prices in the international market. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Historical quarterly data from listed......