News for 'Brookings India'

FULL TEXT: 'Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us'

FULL TEXT: 'Much of India that we dream of still lies ahead of us'

Rediff.com13 Nov 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday address Members of the British Parliament in London where he promised to open more doors of cooperation between the two countries and delved on issues like terrorism and United Nations reforms.

Budget: Big challenge lies in executing projects

Budget: Big challenge lies in executing projects

Rediff.com1 Mar 2015

There is a link between objectives and commitments.

What digital start-ups can do, and cannot do

What digital start-ups can do, and cannot do

Rediff.com25 Oct 2017

Technology infrastructure solves many problems, but it cannot build roads or bridges and provide clean water. However, such activities are essential for human progress, and their creation provides jobs, says R Gopalakrishnan.

Modi, Xi ready to take the great leap forward

Modi, Xi ready to take the great leap forward

Rediff.com21 Mar 2018

'India stands to gain immensely by forging a developmental partnership with China.' 'While through sustained strategic communication there is scope to steadily expand the commonality of interests between the two countries.' 'This is also a practical way to ensure that differences do not get over-magnified and become disputes,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

1962 tragedy: How Nehru's proteges messed it up

1962 tragedy: How Nehru's proteges messed it up

Rediff.com18 Mar 2014

Let us hope that what happened in 1962 will never happened again, prays Claude Arpi

British Open: Shubhankar set to make cut; Woods to miss it

British Open: Shubhankar set to make cut; Woods to miss it

Rediff.com19 Jul 2019

It will be the second time he would make the cut in as many starts at the Open.

Shubhankar enjoys adulation but 'returning' Tiger is big buzz

Shubhankar enjoys adulation but 'returning' Tiger is big buzz

Rediff.com4 Apr 2018

India's latest golfing sensation Shubhankar Sharma, a special invitee to the Masters, is already attracting a lot of attention and he is loving it.

Sports Shorts: Disappointing finish to PGA Championships for Lahiri; Thomas win

Sports Shorts: Disappointing finish to PGA Championships for Lahiri; Thomas win

Rediff.com14 Aug 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday.

Mamata blames 'BJP, CPI-M goons' for jute mill CEO's death

Mamata blames 'BJP, CPI-M goons' for jute mill CEO's death

Rediff.com15 Jun 2014

The chief executive officer of a jute mill was beaten to death allegedly by workers on the factory premises after he refused to agree to their demand on wages at Bhadreswar in Hooghly district on Sunday.

Karnataka cabinet expansion sets off huge discontent in Congress

Karnataka cabinet expansion sets off huge discontent in Congress

Rediff.com22 Dec 2018

With the cabinet expansion being deferred repeatedly, several aspirants, especially those from Congress, had openly expressed their displeasure over the delay, piling pressure on the party to fill its quota so as to avoid any trouble ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

Rediff.com22 Jan 2018

Pictures from the starry night.

PHOTOS: Defining moments of the decade in Sports

PHOTOS: Defining moments of the decade in Sports

Rediff.com31 Dec 2019

Some of the big moments of the sporting world from 2010-2019!

Art 370: 'Tomorrow it can happen with any state!'

Art 370: 'Tomorrow it can happen with any state!'

Rediff.com10 Aug 2019

'I would say it is not going to be days and weeks. It is going to be months and years, over which we would make an assessment on the decisions taken by the Parliament at this point of time. 'We are in for a long haul is what I would say.' It was a very diverse India, which was coming together, politically, in a very cohesive, democratically-resilient way." Professor Navnita Behera examines the wisdom of the exit of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Rajan criticises IMF, World Bank

Rajan criticises IMF, World Bank

Rediff.com11 Apr 2014

Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today criticised multilateral institutions like the IMF and the World Bank saying "they are not immune to cognitive capture".

Sports Shorts: Khade wins gold at Singapore Swimming C'ships

Sports Shorts: Khade wins gold at Singapore Swimming C'ships

Rediff.com19 Mar 2018

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday

'This government is particularly ruthless'

'This government is particularly ruthless'

Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

'Today we see the worrisome phenomenon where honest officers who run afoul of the government being chased, hunted down and dirt being dug up on them.'

Will another 26/11 lead to war?

Will another 26/11 lead to war?

Rediff.com25 Nov 2018

A senior former Obama administration official said if another attack would have happened like that, it would 'quickly escalates into a regional war'.

Give us our gods back!

Give us our gods back!

Rediff.com17 Jul 2018

Shashi Tharoor says the British Museum should change its name to Chor Bazaar because whatever it has within its portals is the result of 200 years of theft. The museum is once again in the eye of a storm for the possession of a statue of a god Hindus, across the world, worship as the Supreme Being.

Never forget the Heroes of Rezang La

Never forget the Heroes of Rezang La

Rediff.com19 Nov 2017

'Why isn't the story of the valiant 13th Kumaon a part of every child's textbooks?' 'Why have we let these brave men die unwept, unmourned, and unsung?' asks Rajeev Srinivasan.

'Employees should enjoy coming to work every day'

'Employees should enjoy coming to work every day'

Rediff.com6 Apr 2018

What matters is the culture and the atmosphere of the workplace, and whether employees get treated fairly. 'It is also important for the employee to feel s/he is part of a winning team,' Credit Suisse's Mickey Doshi tells Niraj Bhatt.

10 most stylish dads who will give you some dadspiration!

10 most stylish dads who will give you some dadspiration!

Rediff.com16 Jun 2017

No one can look as sexy as them in a suit (or briefs for that matter).

Shopping: It's no longer about offline or online

Shopping: It's no longer about offline or online

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

Companies like Ace Turtle are helping brands enable omni-channel retail, bridging the offline and online gap. Abhishek Jejani reports.

'What the party decides is the law for Vasundhara Raje'

'What the party decides is the law for Vasundhara Raje'

Rediff.com18 Oct 2018

'Change is the rule of politics.'

Are masala movies dead?

Are masala movies dead?

Rediff.com28 May 2019

'What we have is 'masala redeemed' as opposed to just 'masala resurrected',' argues Sreehari Nair.

Sports shorts: Anand joint second in Norway blitz

Sports shorts: Anand joint second in Norway blitz

Rediff.com28 May 2018

World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand came up with a fine performance to be placed tied second in the blitz tournament of the Altibox Norway chess tournament, in Stavanger.

New Parliament to be constituted before June 1, says CEC Sampath

New Parliament to be constituted before June 1, says CEC Sampath

Rediff.com14 Dec 2013

The next general elections would be held in multiple phases next year and be completed in time to constitute the 16th Lok Sabha by June 1, Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath has said.

'26/11 attackers wanted to change the future of South Asia'

'26/11 attackers wanted to change the future of South Asia'

Rediff.com19 Nov 2013

The 2008 Mumbai terror attack by the Lashkar-e-Tayiba was aimed at "dramatically" changing the future of South Asia and provoking a war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a top United States counter-terrorism expert has said.

The economics of power generation

The economics of power generation

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

Studies suggest net benefits of hydro-power, nuclear energy or natural gas as sources of electricity are greater than those of wind and solar.

Dhoni only Indian in world's highest paid athletes' list

Dhoni only Indian in world's highest paid athletes' list

Rediff.com11 Jun 2015

India's One-day International cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is among Forbes magazine's 100 highest-paid athletes in the world.

Gandhi's charkha sold for 110,000 pounds at UK auction

Gandhi's charkha sold for 110,000 pounds at UK auction

Rediff.com5 Nov 2013

Mahatma Gandhi's 'charkha' which he used in Yerwada Jail during the 'Quit India Movement' was sold at an auction in the UK for a whopping 110,000 pounds, nearly double the expected price.

V Narayanasamy sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister

V Narayanasamy sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister

Rediff.com6 Jun 2016

V Narayanasamy was on Monday sworn in as the tenth chief minister of Puducherry.

Fulfilling economic promises will be an uphill task for Modi

Fulfilling economic promises will be an uphill task for Modi

Rediff.com9 Jan 2016

Sustaining anything in the region of 7% growth should be good enough in a troubled and risk-laden world, says T N Ninan.

'Now we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like'

'Now we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like'

Rediff.com16 Nov 2015

After the Paris terror attacks, "we know what Mumbai-style attack looks like", a leading British daily said on Monday, underlining that this is war in which everyone is equally at risk.

Boxer Amir Khan rolls with the punches

Boxer Amir Khan rolls with the punches

Rediff.com14 Nov 2015

Besides fighting Manny Pacquiao, British boxer Amir Khan wants to channel boxing talent in India and Pakistan.

Lahiri lands an eagle, makes cut at Byron Nelson on PGA Tour

Lahiri lands an eagle, makes cut at Byron Nelson on PGA Tour

Rediff.com21 May 2016

Anirban Lahiri landed a crucial eagle on the back nine to make a cut for the weekend at the $7.3 million AT&T Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour.

BJP playing cheap politics on 1962 war: Congress

BJP playing cheap politics on 1962 war: Congress

Rediff.com18 Mar 2014

Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress on Tuesday accused it of playing "cheap politics" ahead of Lok Sabha polls on the issue of 1962 India-China war in the wake of a classified report on it being made public, saying it only showed the principal opposition party's mindset.

'The Congress is back -- sort of'

'The Congress is back -- sort of'

Rediff.com5 Jun 2015

Rahul Gandhi has taken the fight to the Modi government, feels Milan Vaishnav. Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from Washington, DC.

The sword that hangs over our IT industry

The sword that hangs over our IT industry

Rediff.com23 Feb 2017

The challenges before the IT industry are many and its response over the coming months will shape the future of what has been one of the most vibrant value-creating and livelihood-enabling sectors.

After Google, Wagh Bakri attempts ad roadblock on Republic Day

After Google, Wagh Bakri attempts ad roadblock on Republic Day

Rediff.com24 Jan 2015

Gujarat-based tea major will run a Rs 2-cr roadblock on Hindi and regional news channels.

Why Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia is important

Why Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia is important

Rediff.com3 Apr 2016

King Salman and Narendra Modi will find common ground to intensify cooperation against jihadi terrorism, says Tarun Vijay, MP.