Modi's Cult Of Personality

'It was more than ego.''It carried with it a sincere belief that he was the quintessence of the country, that the country's destiny was irrevocably intertwined with his destiny.'An excerpt from T J......

India's Future: Tier 2 Cities

If India is to urbanise successfully, it has to focus on Tier 2 cities with a population of one-five million, observes T N Ninan. Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational......

Mr PM, When will you solve India's HUNGER CRISIS?

It is a difficult problem and will require the Union, state governments and civil society, meaning NGOs, to work together, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   In......

Is India becoming a flawed democracy?

For those who think India's democracy is just fine and there has been no change in the last few years, perhaps it would be instructive to see what has happened on a few issues, observes Aakar......

The 5 biggest threats to global economy

While the US-Iran conflict leading to a spike in global oil prices and trade war between the US and the EU topped the chart with 25 per cent, other major risks to the global economy include......

EIU sees India's Q4 GDP growth lag at 5.5%

The economic performance across G7 nations and leading emerging markets is expected to be muted in Q4 of 2019 owing to global trade tensions and sharp deceleration in real GDP growth in the US,......

Is India's economy crashing?

Or do we need to retool our country, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Open any newspaper or news Web site and the bad news is unrelenting. It looks like a whole slew......

At 9.2%, India leads in salary growth for 2020 but there's a catch

Employees in India are expected to see a 9.2 per cent salary growth in 2020, the highest in Asia, but inflation may play a spoiler as real-wage salaries in the country is anticipated to be just 5......

Nigerian teen in pink aims to 'take the golf world by storm'

'She still has some room for growth and I think as I said by the age of 15 she will be ripe, you know, to take the golf world by storm.' IMAGE: Iyeneobong Essien,13-year-old golf prodigy points at......