The US along with G-7 and the European Union on Wednesday announced a series of additional sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, Foreign Minister Sergei......
The regional States will be worried that the US's nascent engagement with the Taliban behind the fig leaf of humanitarian aid enables the return of US intelligence personnel to Afghanistan,......
It is a record that the BJP has created where the majority of its legislators belonged to the minority community.A fascinating excerpt from Sandesh Prabhudesai's Ajeeb Goa's Gajab Politics, Goa......
Not all change is good, but this one is, applauds Shekhar Gupta. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com This Budget session of Parliament signals a new turn in our national politics. After......
Vajpayee had always felt that India must act with conviction and panache.He decided that, irrespective of the attendant risks, he would undertake what many felt was a precarious course.A......
Indeed, there were frauds, and the politician-banker-industrialist nexus played a role in the rise of NPAs, but governance issues in Indian banking are far more nuanced and complex, reveals Tamal......
IndusInd Bank, Nestle India, Tata Steel, Tech Mahindra, SBI, HUL and ITC were among the other major laggards, losing as much as 2.97 per cent. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Equity benchmarks......
We have not suffered such huge price shocks across so many basic commodities, at the same time, in decades.Has the inflationary impact of all this been factored into stock prices as yet, asks......
'It could tempt investors to pick stocks that are not fundamentally sound.'Ashley Coutinho listens in. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit saw some of......
'For someone who wants to invest for the future or his family, diversification is necessary.''Diversify across asset classes -- equities, gold, real estate, fixed income, commodities, and even......
UK says Chelsea can keep playing after Abramovich sanction, sale halted IMAGE: Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel with owner Roman Abramovich. Fans group, the Chelsea Supporters Trust (CST), urged the......