Where is Prashant Kishor headed next?

A second shot at UP?Radhika Ramaseshan reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Success engenders unwanted speculation. For Prashant Kishor, the current round of assembly elections......

Covid Vaccine IP: How Big Pharma lobbied against India

Communications between the USTR and the world's most powerful pharmaceutical and trade lobbying groups reveal that many raised concerns about India's push to exempt Covid vaccines from intellectual......

How Aadhaar promotes a digital caste system

The linking of biometric UID/Aadhaar number to all public services makes “We, the People of India” worse than slaves, says Dr Gopal Krishna. The second in a 7-part series. Illustration:......

Bharti Airtel to acquire Warid's Congo operations

To strengthen its footprint in the African market, Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group to acquire its Congo operations. The acquisition......

EPF issue: What led to so many U-turns?

  To make changes in such an area, it is critical not just to have the logic of economic reforms behind you but to win the informed consent of fellow ruling party politicians, rues Subir Roy......

Prem Panicker: A stutter no more, in a modest chase

'When Dhoni walked in, India needed 105 to win with 32 overs to play. The situation called for calm, nerveless, ice-cold execution without necessitating any adrenalin-fueled impestuosities -- the......