A 'very large' number of Indians are likely to remain protected from Omicron or any other variant of COVID-19 and there is no need to panic, eminent virologist Dr Shahid Jameel has said.
While euphoria over the Iran deal has waned sharply, the current account deficit has gone into remission due to a collapse in gold demand.
A qualitative change is beginning to show in a broad swathe of services, products, and mindsets
Myanmar is a member of the Asian Clearing Union and settlement of current account transactions including trade transactions are done through ACU.
TCS delivered the best all-round performance, while Infosys and Wipro were dragged down by problems plaguing their restructuring initiatives.
The coronavirus pandemic has taught that viruses cannot be taken lightly, and the unpredictability in emerging scenarios of health have to be respected and addressed, Paul noted.
The New Year, like 2014, will see brisk hiring. But, specialisation and strong domain skills will decide who gets hired.
India can become a better place to do business only when exports begin to boom.
People could not usher in 2009 with great fanfare, with the memories of the horrific Mumbai attacks still fresh in their minds. The year was, by and large, peaceful compared to 2008, which saw a series of blasts across the country at various times, culminating with the Mumbai attacks.
Rio Olympics-bound Indian sprinter Dutee Chand said she is working hard to improve her speed endurance so that she doesn't taper off in the last 40 metres of the 100m event during next month's mega-event.
Regrettably, another voluntary disclosure scheme may be needed to strengthen India's foreign exchange reserves.
The main culprit in vitiating the inter community/caste/class relations has been the so called 'targeted' approach. This is nothing but discrimination on the basis of faith/caste/class. When an equally poor and deprived child is denied scholarship, despite equal merit, resentment begins to brew, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale.
This columnist cannot pretend to be an economic expert but can certainly point out that the statistics being reeled out on a daily basis now, have added to the economic burden of the people, says Seema Mustafa.
To keep price control to a minimum, the government can act in two areas where it has not done so far.
How Narinder Kapany, the Father of Fibre Optics, joins a very long list of Indians who, though richly deserving of the Nobel Prize, have been mysteriously passed over by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
'The pandemic ends only when 70 per cent of the world is vaccinated with two doses.'
The big lesson to learn from the world's worst financial crisis is that nations and industry should see globalisation as a friend.
Tirumurti also said India is 'deeply concerned' about the welfare and security of the Indian community, including a large number of Indian students, in Ukraine.
Mauritius wanted extension of the benefits limitation clause in India's treaty with Singapore, which we were quite willing to extend, for our price
Climate change is not something only 'they' have to worry about because it is 'their' creation, says Subir Roy.
The wide current account deficit is structural in nature and only structural responses will work, says Subir Gokarn.
India needs to develop ways to estimate the cost of tax dodging.
The radical nature of the trade package is sure to take everyone's breath away when Manmohan Singh meets Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
India, who suffered a 10-wicket thrashing to Pakistan in their opening match, face a virtual quarter final game against New Zealand, on Sunday, October 31.
'Pakistan was very mature in the way it dealt with the incident.' 'India too owned up to the accident.' 'The whole incident was resolved quite amicably.' 'Both countries should be proud of how they have handled this situation.'
India will look for another colossal victory and inch closer to the semi-finals when they square off against an embattled Bangladesh.
Modi has the chance to break out of India's passive mode and firmly tell Russia that in this day and age, India will not support unilateral invasions, asserts Harishchandra Dighe.
With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Vaibhav Patil, team physiotherapist of the Indian boxing team, tells Harish Kotian how he is able to keep the pugilists in shape.
In India the routine cruelty is at a more basic level - the state of our abattoirs, and the animal trauma caused there.
India won the opening match in the four-Test series against Australia by eight wickets on Tuesday. Captain MS Dhoni and spinner R Ashwin were the wreckers-in-chief, as the Aussies were outplayed on a dustbowl of a pitch through the five days of the Test. Rediff.com looks back moments from the memorable victory.
There are a number of problems that plague the implementation of MGNREGA, including corruption, administrative paralysis and other hardy perennials. Massive amounts of funds on this scheme remained unspent in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
India just needs to exploit its natural strengths to live up to its potential, says Arun Jaitley.
'Failure is success delayed. It teaches you to be patient and persevere so that you improve.'
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