Lankan Prez sacks brother Basil Rajapaksa as FM; invites Oppn to join unity Cabinet

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday fired his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from his post and invited the Opposition parties to join a unity Cabinet to tackle the......

Rebalancing India-China, The Sri Lanka Way

Colombo seems to be veering to the middle path between China and the US on global matters, but in regional matters of strategic security, it is increasingly identifying with India, points out N......

Rs 1.35 lakh cr disbursed so far to farmers: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Centre has transferred around Rs 1,35,000 crore so far under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme with the payment of eighth......

How TN's poll sops went from entitlement to empowerment

A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater......

Flipkart promotes several leaders as it gears up for blockbuster IPO

Flipkart has promoted several of its leaders into newer roles at a time when the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant has internally raised its IPO (initial public offering) valuation target to about $60......

Consumer protection agency sends notice to Ola, Uber

CCPA said the primary issues raised in the notices included ‘deficiency in service’. This includes lack of proper response from customer support, driver refusing to take payment by......

Rags to riches tale of mining mogul Anil Agarwal

A reception often reserved for rockstars came the way of mining mogul Anil Agarwal when he started revealing nuggets of his ascent from a scrap-metal dealer to one of India's most prominent......

Why cybercrime is running rampant in India and how to stay secure

Do you suspect that your partner is cheating on you and want to find out the truth by installing spyware on their phone? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Or, perhaps you are a student who......