'Rajesh Khanna broke the mould and yet, became the biggest superstar of Indian cinema.'
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the Nyay plan is a game changer and that the scheme is "fiscally perfectly doable" and will not be implemented rashly.
'I want to something drastically different, where people will get the shock of their lives. But that has not happened yet.'
'We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas, our neighbour Pakistan seems only engaged in fighting us.'
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'At a time when the economy is depressed, a pandemic is raging, and the Chinese are making noises on the border, the NRC could be resuscitated.'
This is a high-stakes strategic conflict between a power which wants to preserve the status quo in its favour and one which wants to usurp that throne. The rest is all theatre, says Harsh V Pant.
India Inc is facing threat from non-traditional sources.
Global investment is agnostic when it comes to nationalism, says Kanika Datta.
Kamal Haasan talks to Subhash K Jha about his new film Paapnasam, and how it may affect Ajay Devgn starrer Drishyam.
'He should bring in a working president from outside the family.'
The three main regulators have different approaches to grievance redressal and different standards to stop harmful from coming pitched at the consumer.
Bombay Dyeing is betting on creating a range of unique, customised textile products, a route that is largely unexplored by the home textiles players although several industry reports and consumer behavior studies have talked about the potential for personalisation.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
An International Policy Network report in 2010 found that seven per cent of drugs bought from wholesale traders were substandard, and 3.6 per cent of the drugs from traders contained no active ingredient whatsoever.
'A foot-in-mouth disorder seems to grip the government, and is growing chronic by the day,' says Sunil Sethi.
The idea is to boost household savings and turn more of them into growth capital. If the plan succeeds, sustained eight per cent-plus rates of gross domestic product growth should be within reach in a few years.
Greenply Industries Ltd requires summer trainees to conduct a market study.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
PM Modi's China visit may strengthen ties between both the countries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'If the prime minister wants to be seen as a global statesman, then is it not embarrassing to be so closely associated with a gang of foul-mouthed bullies?' asks Vir Sanghvi.
Perhaps the calculation is that economic recovery will have been achieved before the next general election comes around, but such assumptions can come unstuck if current directions are not reversed quickly, cautions T N Ninan.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'Any normal human being, even if he is the American president, will find it hard, at least in the initial stages, to get over the gnawing feeling that Modi is Trump's man.' 'Modi should not be surprised if India and its requirements are treated as of low priority by Joe Biden,' warns B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
Excerpts from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speech at the release of the book The Indian CEO: A Portrait of Excellence on July 18 in New Delhi.
The news of Sanjay Dutt's release on bail has come as a relief to producers of Mr Fraud, Kidnap and Easy Monthly Instalment, Bollywood projects that were stuck because of the star's imprisonment.
The distinction between "cheap" and "affordable" is a fine one, but no one understands this better than India's aspirational first-time car-owner, says Kanika Datta.
The choice for the home buyer is clear - either get adequate life cover or a mortgage insurance product.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Mukherjee also pointed out that in some cases, penal action had already been taken against middlemen after their role was established in defence deals.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
The banking star will appear on Rediff Chat on August 8 at 10.30 a.m.
'It has been a phenomenal effort at all levels of the government.' 'People were working 15-16 hour shifts in the central government, in the state governments, in the districts....'
'I don't look forward to seeing my films because this only sort of gives me a deep sense of dissatisfaction that I could have done better, and I lose my self-confidence.'
Labour sector needs bigger reform than the PM revealed.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Badami asked Das if Indrani was in the room. Das, whipping out his hand and pointing it at Indrani, announced: "Yes, she is right there." Indrani, who was looking down, through most of the hearing, momentarily raised her eyes, just a fraction and glanced at him. That was the first time either of them looked at each other. Till then, and later, Das refused to look at her, as if he was not able to, either out of anger or revulsion. It seemed mutual. Indrani too pretended throughout like he did not exist.
Mudra Bank will be a Rs 20,000-crore institution, which would "primarily be responsible for refinancing all micro-finance institutions.
