Modi also invited suggestions from the people for inclusion in his Independence Day speech.
Justice Chelameswar led three senior judges to an unprecedented press conference, mounting a virtual revolt against CJI Dipak Misra.
Four enterprising women leaders tell us how they survived 2020 and the lessons they learned from it.
'Chinese troops are not geared to fight Indian troops who are battle hardened and acclimatised and are far more hardy.'
'A participant in many rounds of the border talks with China once told me that China seemed not interested in resolving the border issue as it wanted to keep it as a ready excuse to intervene in the sub-continent,' says Colonel (retd) Anil A Athale.
He said that during the interaction, he has seen that secretaries have vision, commitment and energy to take the country forward.
Though the intent has been hailed as good for the economy, teething problems remain with a five-rate structure for various goods and services
Political parties have demanded a thorough probe after the family of the student, who hailed from Kerala, accused a faculty member of the IIT-M of driving her to commit suicide.
The longest-serving state party president since October 2010, Parameshwara has remained a hardcore loyalist of the party ever since his political debut through the Congress.
They'll be increasingly define everything from products to politics of this country.
Nandan Nilekani, Gokul Rajaram at top two spots in value terms
'In India, China's capacities to conduct new types of warfare is critically underestimated,' says Claude Arpi.
'Let's think of a leader as a camera.' 'It's not just about the leader having the ability to have a telephoto lens.' 'You do need that, but you also need a leader to take a wide angle, look over the horizon and to be able to rise up to the satellite level and look at the big picture.'
'We know that if the IT industry goes on strike even for a day or two, the repercussions will be international, and we will suffer as a country.' 'We don't want that to happen.'
The power to cause societal pain, at least to some segments of society, is intrinsic to the nature of technological innovation.
'In the time I have been an Indiawallah, I have seen three US Presidential visits to India, nuclear sanctions, nuclear cooperation, a border conflict with Pakistan, the growth of IT services, a government losing a confidence vote, and so much more,' Rick Rossow, the new Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies tells Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa.
As the country readies to go to polls on July 25, one can't deny the role of the military, but there are other factors too.
Clean energy cess to hike cost for power sector.
Experts suggest six ways to play stocks that tank suddenly and make money as Sanjay Kumar Singh listens in
'The leverage created by the Indian military must not be lost.'
China was the first country to export such sensitive equipment to Pakistan
'If the Russian forces do capture Kyiv and set up some sort of provisional government, they might run into an insurgency, for which the geography is just right, it could prove costly for them.' 'In that event, the whole exercise could turn out to be counter-productive -- and costly in both foreign policy and domestic terms.'
Gender diversity is important to the success of companies,he said.
'It will be a repeated folly to ever think that China will not attack us.'
The analysis is based on the free-float market capitalisation.
Contract finally given for Rs 2,400-cr project, with GIFT City-like features
As protectionism grows from the United States to Australia, Sanjay Kumar Singh draws up a comprehensive financial checklist for those shifting to India.
The minister also cautioned the social media giant and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of repercussions under the IT Act in case of any data breach came to light.
'In FY21, as of October, LIC has booked a profit of Rs 18,800 crore through sale of equities.'
Kanti Bhatt, respected Gujarati author and journalist, passed into the ages on August 4, 2019, at the age of 88. In tribute, we reproduce an article his wife Sheela Bhatt wrote about him 19 years ago.
Modi said the Goods and Services Tax has within one year of its launch led to over 70 per cent jump in indirect taxpayer base, demolished check-posts and merged 17 taxes and 23 cesses into one single tax.
'Biometric Aadhaar-based surveillance is not only about violation of privacy, but also about the treasure hunt for unprecedented financial surveillance and economic intelligence in the economic history of mankind,' asks Gopal Krishna.
Shreekant Sambrani is confident that today's adversity will make the country emerge even stronger
Being a start-up backed by marquee funds will no longer be enough to seek a placement slot at the Indian Institutes of Technology.
'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has taken the first step towards controlling the controversial Decision Review System (DRS) in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford with trial of an alternative system to reduce the third umpire's reliance on the host broadcaster.
While business, humanities and engineering programmes at the undergraduate level start at 10,000 (annually), candidates should make provision of 8,000-12,000 (approx Rs 6 lakh to 10 lakh) towards living expenses annually, says Sushil Sukhwani.
If Mr Modi has to win, he must convince the people of this country how his reforms improved the quality of their lives.
Mobile tower radiation reaching us is more than a thousand times weaker than that from the handsets we use and the Indian standards are 10 times more stringent than the global norms recommended by the World Health Organisation, points out T V Ramachandran.
Only he, with his tremendous political capital and personal stature, can pull it off, observes B S Raghavan, the veteran civil servant.
