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H1B Hike: Birth Of Opportunity

H1B Hike: Birth Of Opportunity

Rediff.com26 Sep 2025

LinkedIn experts and real-life stories offer hope that Indian tech talent can still thrive globally, even as the $100,000 H1B fee reshapes onsite opportunities.

Why Aishwarya, Karan Johar Are Rushing To Court

Why Aishwarya, Karan Johar Are Rushing To Court

Rediff.com16 Sep 2025

As AI deepfakes threaten star personas and commercial interests, celebrities approach the courts with personality rights petitions.

'The Problem With Quick Fixes Is...'

'The Problem With Quick Fixes Is...'

Rediff.com8 Aug 2025

'...they always address problems superficially, never tackling root causes.' 'Currently, the policy response will focus on immediate relief -- getting people to safety, providing facilities, clearing debris.' 'This is necessary, but once immediate relief operations end, everything returns to 'normal' without addressing underlying vulnerabilities.'

Trump Taunts Modi, But India, US Still Do Business

Trump Taunts Modi, But India, US Still Do Business

Rediff.com7 Aug 2025

India and the US have collaborated through the past one month on launching a powerful satellite; are commencing joint production of GE Aerospace's F414 jet engines in India; India is participating in a massive three week-long military exercise in the Western Pacific, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

History in Minutes: When Nehru's Kerchief Became Sudan's Flag

History in Minutes: When Nehru's Kerchief Became Sudan's Flag

Rediff.com27 May 2025

On Jawaharlal Nehru's 61st death anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra recalls how India's first prime minister cultivated a unique role for the newly independent country on the world stage.

India Should Tread Warily On Battlefield

India Should Tread Warily On Battlefield

Rediff.com1 May 2025

Pakistan has warned the international community that any military moves by India shall be 'responded to assuredly and decisively... onus of any escalatory spiral and its consequences shall squarely lie with India.' Implicit in the statement is a veiled threat that even a nuclear threshold may be reached if push comes to shove, warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

'Consumers should not pay higher taxes for clean technologies'

'Consumers should not pay higher taxes for clean technologies'

Rediff.com7 Apr 2025

'We are not asking for incentives, but at least taxation can be aligned such that the rupee tax on consumers remains the same.'

Why India is destined to win Champions Trophy 2025

Why India is destined to win Champions Trophy 2025

Rediff.com2 Jan 2025

Irfan Pathan believes India's white-ball team is 'settled' and backed the Rohit Sharma-led side to lift the upcoming Champions Trophy.

Champions Trophy 2025: India, Pakistan to face off in Dubai, mark the date...

Champions Trophy 2025: India, Pakistan to face off in Dubai, mark the date...

Rediff.com24 Dec 2024

As has been the case with ICC events, India and Pakistan have been clubbed in the same group which also has New Zealand and Bangladesh.

No reason for Pakistan to go and play in India: Afridi

No reason for Pakistan to go and play in India: Afridi

Rediff.com8 Dec 2024

Former all-rounder Shahid Afridi wants PCB to adopt a firm stance on cricketing ties with India.

How India can qualify for WTC Final after Gabba draw

How India can qualify for WTC Final after Gabba draw

Rediff.com19 Dec 2024

The Rohit Sharma-led team has two Tests left in Australia, and their fate is still in their hands.

What Is Canada-US Game Plan?

What Is Canada-US Game Plan?

Rediff.com23 Oct 2024

It seems that the West is sending a signal to India that it can return to old hostilities unless India toes their line on Russia. It is no surprise that India is being compared with Putin's Russia in terms of targeting 'dissidents' as the West calls these Khalistani terrorists, asserts Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Not angry but...: BNP leader on Hasina's stay in India

Not angry but...: BNP leader on Hasina's stay in India

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

'New Delhi has to make up its mind whether it wants to be a friend of the Bangladeshi people or they want to be a friend of a section of people, or one party or one leader'

Pakistan's nukes expected to number 200 by 2025: Report

Pakistan's nukes expected to number 200 by 2025: Report

Rediff.com14 Sep 2023

"We estimate that Pakistan now has a nuclear weapons stockpile of approximately 170 warheads. The US Defense Intelligence Agency projected in 1999 that Pakistan would have 60 to 80 warheads by 2020, but several new weapon systems have been fielded and developed since then, which leads us to a higher estimate," the Nuclear Notebook column published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on September 11 said.

India snubs Pakistan! Asia Cup games relocated to Sri Lanka

India snubs Pakistan! Asia Cup games relocated to Sri Lanka

Rediff.com12 Jul 2023

Rohit Sharma led team won't travel to Pakistan, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal confirmed on Wednesday.

India overwhelming favourites in Bopanna's Davis Cup farewell

India overwhelming favourites in Bopanna's Davis Cup farewell

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

Hauling itself up from World Group II should not be a complicated task for India when it takes on an unostentatious Morocco in the home tie, which will be more of a celebration of Rohan Bopanna's Davis Cup career.

Focus on batters as India aim to seal ODI series vs West Indies

Focus on batters as India aim to seal ODI series vs West Indies

Rediff.com28 Jul 2023

India will aim to take an unassailable lead in the three-match series when it faces a below-par West Indies in the second ODI, in Barbados, on Saturday.

India getting a sweet deal on US drones, insist govt sources

India getting a sweet deal on US drones, insist govt sources

Rediff.com29 Jun 2023

A senior government functionary claimed on Thursday that the average estimated cost of MQ-9B long endurance drones for India would be 27 per cent lower than the price incurred by other countries which have bought it from the US, asserting that it will most likely go further down during negotiations unless India seeks additional features.

Chief selector Chetan's fate depends on T20 World Cup

Chief selector Chetan's fate depends on T20 World Cup

Rediff.com19 Oct 2022

Unless India performs very well at the T20 World Cup, it could be curtains for chairman of selectors Chetan Sharma.

Won't interfere in Kashmir unless India wants us to: US to Pak

Won't interfere in Kashmir unless India wants us to: US to Pak

Rediff.com1 May 2014

The United States has ruled out any mediation on the Kashmir issue as long as India rejects such a proposal and asked Pakistan to avoid employing militancy as an instrument of state policy.

'Time to play hardball with China'

'Time to play hardball with China'

Rediff.com14 Dec 2022

'Unless India ups the ante, Beijing will continue to believe its transgressions are cost free and will feel encouraged to do more of the same.'

India's top-order faces stern test from SA quicks

India's top-order faces stern test from SA quicks

Rediff.com29 Oct 2022

Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are expected to spit fire on a track that will offer steep bounce as India's top-order gears up for its toughest test in adverse conditions against a top-notch South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Has Modi Done A Good Job On Exports?

Rediff.com19 Oct 2022

Seven years after Modi took office, merchandise exports were lower in 2020-2021 than when he had taken over from Manmohan Singh, points out Aakar Patel.

'China wants to keep pushing India'

'China wants to keep pushing India'

Rediff.com26 May 2022

'China doesn't want to settle the boundary dispute because that gives them a reason to pick a fight with India.'

When will Covid end? Here's what experts say

When will Covid end? Here's what experts say

Rediff.com15 Feb 2022

'Unless we see four weeks of low and stable numbers with only minor fluctuations, we cannot call the valley as endemic just as yet'

Climate Crisis Presents Opportunity For India

Climate Crisis Presents Opportunity For India

Rediff.com3 Nov 2021

India's negotiating posture at the multilateral negotiations should be aligned with a significantly transformed development strategy domestically.' 'The positions the country takes at the negotiations will then carry credibility, says Shyam Saran, former foreign secretary and India's chief negotiator on Climate Change 2007-2010.

Why India may have to withdraw 2% equalisation levy on firms by 2023

Why India may have to withdraw 2% equalisation levy on firms by 2023

Rediff.com13 Jul 2021

India conceding ground to bring only top 100 digital companies like Google, Facebook, and Netflix into the global taxation pact may have revenue implications. This will mean that New Delhi will have to withdraw the contentious 2 per cent equalisation levy on e-commerce operators by 2023. This may have revenue implications for India, experts pointed out, as the equalisation levy has a much lower annual revenue threshold of Rs 2 crore (euro 0.2 million) as against euro 20 billion agreed by 130 countries at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). India, along with other developing countries, was pitching for at least euro 1 billion threshold to cover at least 5,000 global entities. India collected Rs 2,057 crore from the equalisation levy in 2020-21, an 85 per cent growth over Rs 1,136 crore in the previous fiscal.

'China will continue to be bossy'

'China will continue to be bossy'

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

'It is not a matter of fixing the military problem up there in the Himalayas and the retreat of the two militaries.' 'India has to find a way to correct the racist and very patronising views of India in the Chinese mind.'

Rohingyas not to be deported to Myanmar without due process: SC

Rohingyas not to be deported to Myanmar without due process: SC

Rediff.com8 Apr 2021

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it is true that rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution are available to all the persons who may or may not be citizens but the right not to be deported, is "ancillary or concomitant" to the right to reside or settle in any part of India.

T20 WC: What teams need to do to make semis

T20 WC: What teams need to do to make semis

Rediff.com2 Nov 2021

With 12 matches to go across the two Super 12 groups, here's a look at what all 12 teams need to do to book their spots in the tournament knockouts.

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar Subramanian.

Drones: Bleeding India Without War

Drones: Bleeding India Without War

Rediff.com28 Jun 2021

Unless each attack drone can be neutralised, India will be literally deploying elephants to stamp out ants -- and the ants may still survive! points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

'Border crisis shows China has little respect for India'

'Border crisis shows China has little respect for India'

Rediff.com6 Jun 2020

'The unfortunate truth is that China, having exploited the initiative to seize pieces of India's claimed territory, can now hold on to its new acquisitions forever unless India chooses to eject Chinese troops by force or decides to impose tit-for-tat costs on China by symmetrically occupying other pockets in disputed territory where it possesses a tactical advantage'

US court rejects 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana's bail plea

US court rejects 26/11 plotter Tahawwur Rana's bail plea

Rediff.com25 Jul 2020

Describing Rana as a flight risk, the US government opposed his release on bail, arguing that if he were to flee to Canada, he may escape the possibility of a death sentence in India.

Essential services will remain accessible: Uddhav

Essential services will remain accessible: Uddhav

Rediff.com25 Mar 2020

"Essential services will continue to be available and people should not have any misunderstanding or confusion regarding this. Medical shops and pharma companies will continue to function as usual," Thackeray said.

PLA accelerates fortification of Indian border: Report

PLA accelerates fortification of Indian border: Report

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

In fact, given the current tensions and massed troops on both sides, there is a danger that the LAC will become more like the Line of Control with Pakistan, a heavily fortified and strongly defended border where weapon fire exchanges regularly occur. Indeed, Stratfor Worldview research has listed a sharp increase in new Chinese facilities along the LAC in 2019-20.

Is LAC going to be like the LoC?

Is LAC going to be like the LoC?

Rediff.com17 Jul 2020

Indian Army planners find themselves contemplating the possibility of more Chinese intrusions along the contested 3,488-km border. That could lead to the army having to man a 'hardened LAC' round the year, like the LoC with Pakistan, reports Ajai Shukla.

'Releasing 26/11 plotter on bail will strain Indo-US ties '

'Releasing 26/11 plotter on bail will strain Indo-US ties '

Rediff.com21 Jun 2020

US attorney urged the Los Angeles court that Rana be not released.

Antigua Test: Will India play five bowlers in WTC opener?

Antigua Test: Will India play five bowlers in WTC opener?

Rediff.com20 Aug 2019

India play their World Test Championship opener against the Windies on Thursday, but captain Virat Kohli will be in a quandary over team selection. Will they play Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma, or drop either to adopt a five-bowler strategy?

Mandir done, what next for Modi?

Mandir done, what next for Modi?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2019

'You can presume that Modi and his party will now focus on the economy.' 'But then, there is the Jharkhand election next month, Delhi soon thereafter and so on.' 'And this isn't a political leadership that takes even a panchayat election lightly,' notes Shekhar Gupta.