What is currently perceived as a massive, low-tech liability could become a high-value, export-oriented economic engine, points out Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff When I......
'...yet struggles to convert that human capital into domestic productivity.' IMAGE: Passengers board a train at Patna Junction railway station. Photograph: ANI Photo At his rally in Samastipur......
'All commercial and banking transactions happen in South Mumbai.' IMAGE: Maratha activists protest demanding reservation for the Maratha community at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, September 1, 2025, here......
If he cannot do it this term by using his bureaucracy and experts from different fields, it will be a tragedy, asserts Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at an election meeting......
'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......
But selectively, with regulatory scrutiny and special approval, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff In September 2006, the Union government had put the Satara......
It will enable real-time intel sharing among banks and other financial sector participants to strengthen customer protection against digital fraud. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Similar......
Canadian firm Manulife and Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), an Indian automaker with interests in financial services, have signed an agreement to form a 50:50 life insurance joint venture (JV) with a......
'The impact will be minimal and it will only increase compliance cost on consent, data flows, localisation timelines, internal audits, data mapping, and new tooling.' Kindly note that this......
The reduction in goods & services tax (GST) on individual life and health insurance premiums has been called a “landmark step” for making insurance affordable and inclusive. Illustration:......
'I realised why the farmers and the rural folks are going for Trump. They are so insecure and vulnerable that anybody who is throwing a line of hope to them, they seize it.' IMAGE: US President......
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose is one of India's most celebrated contemporary film-makers. He has bagged multiple National Film......
'India is quickly becoming the beating heart of modern chess, and its role as an economic power is more and more visible.' IMAGE: Goa to host the 2025 World Corporate Chess Championship with FIDE.......
IMAGE: Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, has opted out of the Women's section to compete with the best in business in the Open section at the FIDE Grand Swiss. Photograph: FIDE/Andrei......
IMAGE: India Test captain and T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill. Photograph: BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday invited bids for the Indian cricket team's title sponsorship......