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How crypto mining can hijack your computer

How crypto mining can hijack your computer

Rediff.com30 May 2018

Install blockers to prevent falling prey to cryptojacking.

Indian power cos want ban on Chinese equipment on security fears

Indian power cos want ban on Chinese equipment on security fears

Rediff.com4 Apr 2015

Power transmission infrastructure in 18 major cities could be potentially hacked.

'What are the benefits of buying insurance online?'

'What are the benefits of buying insurance online?'

Rediff.com3 Sep 2014

V Viswanand, director and head, Products and Persistency Management, Max Life Insurance, will answer your queries in an online chat September 3, between 2 pm and 3 pm.

India must withdraw 'unacceptable' tariffs: Trump

India must withdraw 'unacceptable' tariffs: Trump

Rediff.com27 Jun 2019

The Trump administration wants Prime Minister Modi to lower the trade barriers and embrace "fair and reciprocal" trade.

Modi govt's puzzling divestment strategy

Modi govt's puzzling divestment strategy

Rediff.com18 Apr 2016

Doubts over implementation of a Cabinet-approved strategic sale policy are puzzling.

Voters approve of Modi's vision of Ram Rajya

Voters approve of Modi's vision of Ram Rajya

Rediff.com23 Nov 2020

This is something that Modi's critics are reluctant to accept: He is the most popular leader that India has seen since Indira Gandhi, says Vir Sanghvi.

Three sensible prescriptions for the success of 'Make in India'

Three sensible prescriptions for the success of 'Make in India'

Rediff.com28 May 2015

For India, struggling for competitiveness, the current rupee overvaluation in terms of real effective exchange rate is a genuine constraint.

'Unreasonable to expect big bang reforms in India'

'Unreasonable to expect big bang reforms in India'

Rediff.com12 Mar 2015

The government is moving ahead slowly but steadily.

Traders look beyond retail FDI after BJP opposition

Traders look beyond retail FDI after BJP opposition

Rediff.com9 Apr 2014

Local traders are evaluating other options rather in FDI.

Economy: Are shoots of recovery visible?

Economy: Are shoots of recovery visible?

Rediff.com16 Mar 2020

'While growth will bounce back from the current sub-5 per cent, it will stay lower than the already inadequate long-term average of 6.6 per cent,' notes T N Ninan.

RBI doesn't want to be a 'currency manipulator'

RBI doesn't want to be a 'currency manipulator'

Rediff.com26 Sep 2017

Depreciating the rupee against the dollar to boost economic growth has fiscal constraints and monetary limitations

LIC's investment in private sector at 16-year low

LIC's investment in private sector at 16-year low

Rediff.com26 Sep 2019

This is despite the private sector companies outperforming their public sector counterparts, reports Sachin P Mampatta.

Consulting Conclave in Delhi

Consulting Conclave in Delhi

Rediff.com6 Sep 2007

Consulting Conclave at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi

The damage Pompeo is causing to US interests

The damage Pompeo is causing to US interests

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

BWith a distracted president brooding in the White House, Pompeo seems to think his day has come. He seems to be pushing a personal agenda before a target audience in America, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

'PM has no clear roadmap for $5 trillion economy'

'PM has no clear roadmap for $5 trillion economy'

Rediff.com11 Feb 2020

Despite all of the PM's many strengths, it is increasingly clear that he does not necessarily have a coherent and clear worldview on matters of macro policy.

How the government plans to bring down high prices of pulses

How the government plans to bring down high prices of pulses

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

The committee would submit its report in the next two weeks.

No impact on inflation even if GST rate is 18-20%: FinMin

No impact on inflation even if GST rate is 18-20%: FinMin

Rediff.com4 Aug 2016

Even if the GST rate is 18-20 per cent, there would be no average impact on inflation.

CEA Arvind Subramanian to leave FinMin, return to US

CEA Arvind Subramanian to leave FinMin, return to US

Rediff.com20 Jun 2018

Subramanian was the Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development in the US before joining the ministry.

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?

Rediff.com4 Mar 2020

The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and other perfectly honourable gentlemen like them, points out T N Ninan.

Advani ridicules PM's 100-day anti-terror plan

Advani ridicules PM's 100-day anti-terror plan

Rediff.com24 Nov 2008

He said it was disturbing that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with the National Security Advisor had convened a meeting of the state police chiefs on Sunday and suggested them to get back with the blueprint to on a formula to tackle the menace of terrorism in 100 days. "The meeting also recommended for the formation of the special force and was convened after the UPA government completed 1,600 days in the office," he said.

Meet Subhash C Garg, the new DEA secretary

Meet Subhash C Garg, the new DEA secretary

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

DEA is currently headed on an interim basis by Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray

Hamid Karzai in Islamabad to mend fences

Hamid Karzai in Islamabad to mend fences

Rediff.com26 Aug 2013

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is in Pakistan on a day-long visit to mend frayed ties with Pakistan and to seek the release of high-profile Taliban prisoners, including Mullah Barader, to give a fresh impetus to the reconciliation process in his war-torn country.

Nationalisation of banks a historical economic blunder: Subramanian

Nationalisation of banks a historical economic blunder: Subramanian

Rediff.com21 Jul 2015

Says GDP growth rate from 2014-15 to 2015-16 will be greater than that of 2014-15 from 2013-14

US Senate panel confirms Ken Juster as envoy to India

US Senate panel confirms Ken Juster as envoy to India

Rediff.com27 Oct 2017

Juster played a key role in the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal.

Modi sarkar will have to work on the quality of jobs, says CEA, Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Modi sarkar will have to work on the quality of jobs, says CEA, Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Rediff.com12 Feb 2019

The new Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian believes that more than unemployment, it is the quality of employment which needs to be focused on. In an interview with Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana, Subramanian said that controlling inflation was the Modi government's biggest achievement.

Knocking economics has become a popular sport

Knocking economics has become a popular sport

Rediff.com3 Sep 2019

'But the world would be much poorer without economics' contribution to understanding how societies function and without economists' suggestions as to how politicians might improve them. 'And economists themselves could do wonders by simply incorporating the country-specific factors in their econometric models rather than just applying them in toto," say Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Samir K Jha.

US plan to cap H-1B visas can be devastating

US plan to cap H-1B visas can be devastating

Rediff.com21 Jun 2019

The proposed annual quota for Indian companies could be between 10 and 15 per cent. Currently, there are no country-specific limits on H-1B allotment.

'Do you have to endanger your sovereignty for peanuts of foreign money?'

'Do you have to endanger your sovereignty for peanuts of foreign money?'

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

'Is this the only way for India to become a $5 trillion economy?' 'When you have unused foreign exchange here, why borrow more dollars?'

China Connection and India-US Ties

China Connection and India-US Ties

Rediff.com2 Feb 2021

'India should not be taken by surprise if the Biden administration seeks China's cooperation at some point,' alerts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

India-Russia to review overall bilateral trade, economic cooperation

India-Russia to review overall bilateral trade, economic cooperation

Rediff.com17 Jun 2014

In the first interaction between India and the Russian Federation, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O Rogozin on June 18.

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