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Do fresh steps signal a stable future for India-China ties?

Do fresh steps signal a stable future for India-China ties?

Rediff.com20 Aug 2025

India and China have announced a series of measures aimed at improving their relationship, including maintaining peace along the border, reopening border trade, and resuming direct flights.

Uttam's Take: Mark's Metaverse

Uttam's Take: Mark's Metaverse

Rediff.com1 Nov 2021

Uttam Ghosh wonders whether Meta will be a kinder, gentler and non toxic version of Facebook and its progeny WhatsApp.

Uttam's Take: Is Modi Listening?

Uttam's Take: Is Modi Listening?

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on BJP leader Nitin Gadkari's recent comment that 'Democracy runs on two wheels -- the ruling dispensation and the Opposition'.

Uttam's Take: Putin's Nuclear Threats

Uttam's Take: Putin's Nuclear Threats

Rediff.com4 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Russia's terrifying nuclear threats.

When Suchitra Sen Got Upset With Dev Anand

When Suchitra Sen Got Upset With Dev Anand

Rediff.com16 Jul 2025

'Suchitra Sen threatened to leave, with the film only 80 per cent complete.'

Uttam's Take: Double Engine Wins!

Uttam's Take: Double Engine Wins!

Rediff.com11 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Uttar Pradesh voted

India among top fintech hotspots globally: WEF study

India among top fintech hotspots globally: WEF study

Rediff.com25 Jun 2025

A new global study on Wednesday listed India among the top fintech hotspots alongside the US and the UK. The World Economic Forum study, released at its Annual Meeting of New Champions in China's Tianjin, also said the fintech sector growth is stabilising amid strengthening profitability and inclusion.

Uttam's Take: Please EVACUATE Us!

Uttam's Take: Please EVACUATE Us!

Rediff.com7 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the plight of stranded Indian students in Ukraine.

Key factors to drive stock markets this week

Key factors to drive stock markets this week

Rediff.com6 Jul 2025

Equity investors are up for an eventful trading week ahead as the 90-day suspension period of the reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump ends on July 9, analysts said, adding that a positive outcome from the trade negotiations could further lift market sentiment, particularly benefiting trade-sensitive sectors.

Uttam's Take: AAP Goes National

Uttam's Take: AAP Goes National

Rediff.com12 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Aam Aadmi Party's victory in the Punjab election and Arvind Kejriwal's aspirations to go National.

Give him shock if...: Wife's chats with lover reveal husband's murder plot

Give him shock if...: Wife's chats with lover reveal husband's murder plot

Rediff.com20 Jul 2025

Delhi police uncover a murder plot in Uttam Nagar involving a woman and her lover, exposed through Instagram messages. The victim was allegedly drugged and electrocuted.

Small is big for PEs, companies as M&As rise to $45.4 billion in H1

Small is big for PEs, companies as M&As rise to $45.4 billion in H1

Rediff.com11 Jul 2025

India's mergers & acquisitions (M&As) market recorded deals worth $45.44 billion in the first half of 2025, up nearly 3.3 per cent from a year ago, even as ultra large-ticket transactions remained subdued. During the first half, the 7.1 per cent rise in deal count to 1,614 signals continuing appetite among domestic conglomerates and private equity (PE) funds for mid-sized and smaller assets.

June retail inflation likely to have cooled further on food prices

June retail inflation likely to have cooled further on food prices

Rediff.com11 Jul 2025

India's consumer price index (CPI)-based retail inflation rate is likely to have cooled further in June, thus remaining below the 4 per cent target of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a fifth consecutive month, giving the central bank wiggle room to focus on growth. Economists reckon that the decline is on account of easing prices in various categories of goods, especially food items, and a favourable base effect.

Uttam's Take: 'Abba Jaan'

Uttam's Take: 'Abba Jaan'

Rediff.com21 Sep 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht's controversial statement where he proclaimed that before 2017 only those saying 'abba jaan' were getting rations in the state.

Uttam's Take: Vaccine RACISM!

Uttam's Take: Vaccine RACISM!

Rediff.com24 Sep 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Britain's controversial travel advisory wherein Indian travellers who received both doses of the Covishield vaccine will be considered unvaccinated and have to undergo self-isolation for 10 days.

Uttam's Take: Maximum Sarkar

Uttam's Take: Maximum Sarkar

Rediff.com7 Jul 2021

Uttam Ghosh's take on the Big Ministerial Shuffle.

Uttam's Take: Udta Punjab

Uttam's Take: Udta Punjab

Rediff.com20 Sep 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the weekend's whirlwind political developments in Punjab.

Uttam's Take: Sidhu's Stunt

Uttam's Take: Sidhu's Stunt

Rediff.com30 Sep 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Sidhu's latest drama.

Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!

Uttam's Take: E-D In Charge!

Rediff.com1 Jul 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis -- 'ED', as Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera quipped, a jibe at the Enforcement Directorate filing cases against opponents of the BJP -- taking charge as Maharashtra's new chief minister and deputy chief minister on Thursday, June 30, 2022.

Uttam's Take: Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV

Uttam's Take: Adani 'Squeezes' Prannoy Roy's NDTV

Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gautam Adani's hostile takeover attempt of Radhika and Prannoy Roy's NDTV.

Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits Congress

Uttam's Take: Sibal Finally Exits Congress

Rediff.com27 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Kapil Sibal's revelation that he quit the Congress, a party of which has been a member of for 30 years, last week.

Uttam's Take: The Lankan Lion Flees

Uttam's Take: The Lankan Lion Flees

Rediff.com14 Jul 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Gota's flight in the middle of the night.

Uttam's Take: Bhagwat's Message For Modi

Uttam's Take: Bhagwat's Message For Modi

Rediff.com12 Aug 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mohan Bhagwat's views.

Banks make a killing from TERPs, standing deposit facility arbitrage

Banks make a killing from TERPs, standing deposit facility arbitrage

Rediff.com3 Jun 2025

Banks have been borrowing heavily from the Tri-Party Repo (TREPS) market and deploying those funds into the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is offering higher interest rate than the former, leading to increased volumes in the SDF window. The weighted average TREPS rate was trading at 5.66 per cent on Monday, 9 basis points lower than the SDF rate which currently stands at 5.75 per cent.

MeitY Probes Indian Data Leak In Global Breach

MeitY Probes Indian Data Leak In Global Breach

Rediff.com30 Jun 2025

'Given the proportion of the global leak, it is very likely that the data of Indian citizens might be on the dataset.'

Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?

Uttam's Take: Didi Cozying Up To Modi?

Rediff.com20 Sep 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's startling remark in the state assembly that she believed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not behind the alleged misuse of the CBI and ED in the state and that it the handiwork of some BJP leaders.

Growth to remain muted for IT services firms in Q1 amid macro uncertainty

Growth to remain muted for IT services firms in Q1 amid macro uncertainty

Rediff.com7 Jul 2025

Indian information technology (IT) service providers are expected to deliver low single-digit sequential growth in the first quarter (April-June) of 2025-26 (FY26), even as macroeconomic uncertainties continue to persist due to the volatile geopolitical environment.

FDI inflows rose by around 14% to $81 billion in 2024-25

FDI inflows rose by around 14% to $81 billion in 2024-25

Rediff.com6 Jun 2025

India continues to remain an attractive investment destination and rise in repatriation of funds is a sign of a mature market where foreign investors can enter and exit smoothly, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday. Gross foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows remained strong, rising by around 14 per cent to $81 billion in 2024-25, from $71.3 billion a year ago.

'Short-Term Panic Influences Investor Behaviour'

'Short-Term Panic Influences Investor Behaviour'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2025

'Investors who remain calm, consistent, and disciplined through short-term volatility are usually the ones who benefit most in the long run.'

Uttam's Take: ED: The Ultimate Tool Kit!

Uttam's Take: ED: The Ultimate Tool Kit!

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Enforcement Directorate being deployed to intimidate the ruling regime's political opponents.

Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank reduce lending rates

Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank reduce lending rates

Rediff.com8 Jun 2025

State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Sunday said it has cut its benchmark lending rate linked to repo rate by 50 basis points in line with the RBI's rate reduction. Meanwhile, private sector HDFC Bank reduced its Marginal Cost of Funds-based Lending Rates (MCLR) by 10 basis points across tenure, which will benefit borrowers whose loans are linked to this benchmark.

Uttam's Take: What's Going On, Didi?

Uttam's Take: What's Going On, Didi?

Rediff.com24 Mar 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the brutal political violence in Mamata Banerjee's Bengal.

Etawah tonsure: 'All Hindus have right to recite Bhagavad Katha'

Etawah tonsure: 'All Hindus have right to recite Bhagavad Katha'

Rediff.com27 Jun 2025

In response to the recent incident in Etawah where a non-Brahmin kathavachak (religious storyteller) was allegedly assaulted and tonsured, the Kashi Vidvat Parishad, a prestigious council of Sanskrit scholars and experts on Hindu scriptures, has issued a strong statement defending the rights of all Hindus to recite and narrate the Bhagavad Katha.

Know Your Rights Before Cancelling Flat Booking

Know Your Rights Before Cancelling Flat Booking

Rediff.com14 Jul 2025

There is need for buyers to understand cancellation rules before entering into a purchase agreement with a developer.

Uttam's Take: HUH? What Price Rise?

Uttam's Take: HUH? What Price Rise?

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the constant rise in the prices of commodities, but for the Modi government, alas!, other issues appear far more relevant

RBI's Rs 2.69 lakh crore bonanza for Modi govt for FY25

RBI's Rs 2.69 lakh crore bonanza for Modi govt for FY25

Rediff.com23 May 2025

The Reserve Bank on Friday announced a record Rs 2.69 lakh crore dividend to be paid to the government for the fiscal ended March this year, 27.4 per cent more than the payout in 2023-24. The Reserve Bank had transferred Rs 2.1 lakh crore dividend to the government for the fiscal 2023-24.

Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?

Uttam's Take: Which Is The Real Sena?

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the current upheaval in the Shiv Sena.

Uttam's Take: Coming Home

Uttam's Take: Coming Home

Rediff.com12 Jun 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mukul Roy's return to the TMC.

The Truth Behind The ISRO Spy Scandal

The Truth Behind The ISRO Spy Scandal

Rediff.com18 Jul 2025

It remains a mystery that when its scientists were accused of selling technologies which did not exist in ISRO, ISRO's leadership did not say to the public that they were searching in a dark room for a black cat which was not there, points out Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Indian pharma eyes US gains as $63.7 bn patent cliff nears

Indian pharma eyes US gains as $63.7 bn patent cliff nears

Rediff.com30 Jun 2025

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is likely to benefit from a major wave of patent expiries in the US, as small-molecule drugs worth $63.7 billion are expected to go off-patent between 2025-29, a 65 per cent rise over the previous five years, according to a report by Antique stock broking limited.