While State Bank of India with $78.88 billion in assets was among top 30 largest banks in Asia, Corporation Bank emerged as second strongest bank in the region, based on seven crucial financial parameters.
'We take allegations of bias incredibly seriously, and want to make it clear that we denounce hate and bigotry in any form'
The Gandhis and senior Congress leader Oscar Fernandes have challenged the Delhi high court's September 10 verdict by which their plea against the re-opening of their tax assessments for 2011-12 was dismissed.
'Ever since Mr Modi has come to power NDTV has been facing inquiries from different agencies of the government.' 'Those close to the ruling party have been openly advocating that the government use all powers to ensure that NDTV shuts shop.'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave a clarion call for a "global people's movement" to bring about a behavioral change to deal with climate change as he made a path-breaking pledge to more than double India's non-fossil fuel target to 400 gigawatts.
Reeling under strict restrictions with no access to communication since August 5 when the Centre announced its decision to end Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 and bifurcate the state into two union territories, the people in the Valley have been facing a hair-raising challenge of finding a hairdresser to have their unkempt beards trimmed and unruly locks chopped.
Hackers believed to be working for the Chinese military breached the United States government computers, possibly compromising the personal data of 4 million current and former federal employees.
The average assets of an MP are now 345.8 times that of an annual income of a tax-filing individual, reports Sachin P Mampatta.
Hizb-ut-Tahrir has cleverly avoided any intense global scrutiny while spreading its ideology and support base in nearly 50 countries
Scientists around the world, including in India, suggest it hasn't been tested properly given the time constraint and there may not be enough evidence to prove its efficacy.
'A decade ago, even though the sentiment might have been felt in large parts of the media, it was not expressed.' 'There was a reserve and there was a culture that adhered to the principles expressed in the Constitution,' observes Aakar Patel.
The White House described the development as "quite good news".
'Why did your generals try to grab a few square kilometres of Indian territory in Ladakh?' 'And what happened to the hard work that you and Prime Minister Modi put into the Wuhan and Mamallapuram meets?' Claude Arpi writes a letter to Xi Jinping, China's self-styled supreme leader, who turns 68 today, June 15.
If the (Pakistani) military continues to send arms and fighters across the border, the Indian PM will have a strong justification to take action, says The Wall Street Journal.
President Ram Nath Kovind said he was 'a determined champion of democracy during the Emergency' and would be missed by his readers.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
'If JNU students are anti-national, why do we send in the police? Why not send in intellectuals like M V Kamath to have a debate and discussion?'
Sheila Gujral, wife of former Prime Minister I K Gujral, passed away here today after a brief illness, her family said. Sheila, 87, was a known writer and social worker who has to her credit books in Punjabi, Hindi and English.
The Rediff Labs team analysed the 65th round of the National Sample Survey data for domestic travel to find out some interesting patterns in the way Indians travel.
Stoking a controversy, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde threatened to "crush" the electronic media, alleging a section of it was unnecessarily provoking the Congress party by indulging in "false propaganda" against it.
Not to say that India couldn't have handled the situation better, but on average, it didn't do anywhere near as badly as the naysayers make it out argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, had called representatives of Facebook to hear their views "on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space," according to agenda of the meeting.
The South Asia Media Commission has condemned the arrest of Mumbai journalist Tarakant Dwivedi alias Akela, who exposed the faulty storage of weapons purchased after the 26/11 attack in the Railway Protection Force armoury.
'This letter assumes significance as it is for the first time that a letter has been documented and collectively agreed upon.'
As per the 64th round of the National Sample Survey, nearly 29 per cent of Indians had relocated in the last 365 days.
The party also dismissed as 'absolutely false' the claim that Young Indian Ltd, the company formed in the wake of financial troubles concerning Associated Journals Ltd, was a 'real estate company'.
Common symptoms of the novel coronavirus (nCoV) strain, which has infected more than 300 people since the outbreak in Wuhan in December, include respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties, the WHO said
According to the American and Spanish scientists, who detailed their work in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the gene discovery may pave the way for producing seedless varieties of cherimoya, sugar apple and perhaps other fruit crops.
Nearly all popular mouthwash solutions include ingredients that kill bacteria -- both the good and bad.
Terming United States' attempts to woo India and other neighbours of China as 'unbearable,' an article in a Communist party magazine has said that Beijing must send a 'clear signal' to these countries that it is ready to go to war to safeguard its national interests.
Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers and the enemy from the past and built a scary jingoism. It's a great diversionary tactic but history shows it never ends well, points out Shekhar Gupta.
This graphic shows scholarships available to Indians as reported by the 64th round of the National Sample Survey.
Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery after they discovered a major source of hot gas that replenishes the corona -- jets of plasma shooting up from just above the Sun's surface, the 'Science' journal reported.
Consuming contaminated food or water can lead to this infection.
Rediff Labs analysed the past performance of the parties to develop this Sentiment Meter for the 2016 Tamil Nadu election.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government of forcing everyone into silence at a function to re-launch the National Herald newspaper.
Feeling young at heart may increase those between-the-sheet sessions, a study has revealed.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee, Dr Shubha Tole tells us what it takes to be successful.
Malaria kills more than 200,000 people in India every year, nearly 13 times higher than a 'misleadingly low' World Health Organisation estimate, a new study has claimed, but the United Nations body disputed the finding.
Leading up to the International Women's Day on March 8, this is the first of a four-part series that talks about how women can invest to achieve their long-term financial goals.
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