Those Who Could Not Be Rashtrapati

Two women candidates; Lok Sabha Speakers; Chief Justices; A Chief Election Commissioner; drafters of the Constitution; the RBI's first Indian governor; a farm leader who unsuccessfully contested......

Were The Chola Kings Hindus Or Not?

The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas......

Pranab begins mugging up for 2014

The President has begun studying Constitutional and Presidential precedents in anticipation of a fractured mandate in next year's general election, reveals R Prema. What will Pranab Mukherjee do in......

Amitabh Bachchan for President? No way!

With Rajendra Prasad, S Radhakrishnan, K R Narayanan, V V Giri and A P J Abdul Kalam on my mind, the image of my beloved hero dancing ungainly to Merey angney main tumharra kya kaam hai, doesn't......

'Insurance companies will need more capital'

'I now see rates rising again, particularly after recent losses — especially the January wildfires in Los Angeles.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Following the company's third-quarter......

IIT Madras raises Rs 231 cr in funding from alumni, firms, donors in FY23

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) said on Monday that it had raised the highest-ever corpus of annual funds for the institution, garnering Rs 231 crore from alumni, industry and......

'Looking to expand international business'

'Retail health is a good area to be in, mainly because loss ratios are decent at around 50-60 per cent.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Monam/Pixabay Ramaswamy Narayanan, chairman and managing director......

MPS: FinMin may extend August deadline for PSBs, insurers

The finance ministry is in favour of extending the August deadline for public sector banks (PSBs) as well as insurance companies to increase their minimum public shareholding (MPS) to the mandated......