'It was almost as though there was widespread relief that the defence bureaucracy, and the minister, could find someone willing to shoulder the blame for everything that had gone wrong with the services under Antony's charge -- the poor preparedness of the forces, slow acquisitions caused by indecision, cancellation of contracts and whimsical blacklisting of defence contractors over the tiniest suspicion that they may have paid speed money or kickbacks.'
Dr Swarnim Wagle, the official behind Nepal's reconstruction strategy, speaks to Patrick Ward.
'For its part, Pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror.'
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?
If the high security notes introduced in 2015 were kept in the system, the pain due to demonetisation can be ameliorated to a certain extent. But unfortunately, such thought process have no place in the hasty demonetisation decision.
With big dreams and high hopes of earning lakhs or even crores, more and more youngsters are getting into software development for smartphones.
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Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
Ajit Doval, former chief of Intelligence Bureau and now head of Vivekanada International Foundation, continues his furious argument against any kind of CBI action against his former colleague Rajinder Kumar in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case of 2004.
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