'3 Cs haunt Indian education': Sonia slams Centre over NEP

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the Modi government's education policy, charging its core agenda is centralisation of power, commercialisation and outsourcing of investments to the......

Will Trump-Putin Reach A Deal On Ukraine?

Putin is keen on establishing a good personal rapport with Trump and anchor a meaningful US-Russia partnership, realistic enough to accept that Trump is as good an American president as Russia......

How Modi Can Overcome Coalition Challenges

If the concerns over risking political capital are overcome, the long-term gains for the Indian economy will be immense, asserts A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi during the National......

Indian American named in Best Leaders' list

Mumbai-born and Chicago-raised Eboo Patel, a charismatic Muslim scholar who fights fanaticism and religious intolerance, has been named in the fifth annual Best Leaders issue of the US News & World......

Should India Retain The Inflation Targeting Regime?

The best way for India to prepare is by preserving and strengthening the RBI's hard-won credibility, point out Rajeswari Sengupta and Vaishali Garga. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   Next......

Blackstone to invest Rs 6,200 crore for 9.99% stake in Federal Bank

Private-sector lender Federal Bank on Friday announced that New York-based Blackstone will invest Rs 6,196.51 crore in the bank through its affiliate Asia II Topco XIII Pte Ltd via a preferential......

How Wall Street created the Federal Reserve

In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank. The clock had......

M&A financing the new frontier for banks, but RBI's watching

Mint Road's proposals on banks' M&A funding are cautious even as entrants root for more elbow room, and weigh business models. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff Ask Debadatta Chand about his plans......

India stuns Switzerland, but where's the tennis plan?

IMAGE:  The key to India's win was confident performances of the singles players. Dhakshineshwar Suresh and Sumit Nagal grabbed those three points. Photograph: Dhakshineshwar Suresh/Instagram......

How NADA managed to allay BCCI's concerns

'BCCI had some reservations earlier regarding quality of NADA's anti doping programme. Over the last one year NADA has taken a number of steps to allay their concerns.' The National Anti-Doping......

Sports Shorts: FC Goa move closer to semi-final spot

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday Goa score first ever win against ATK IMAGE: FC Goa stay in semi-final hunt. Photograph: ISL Media Manuel Lanzarote struck......

Extras: City's appeal against financial probe thrown out

News of all that transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Manchester City's attempt to halt a UEFA investigation into......