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Amitabh Kant resigns as G20 Sherpa, to begin new chapter

Amitabh Kant, who managed diverse assignments during his 45 years in government service, has resigned as the G20 Sherpa. Photograph: @amitabhk87/X Kant, a retired 1980-batch Indian Administrative......

IndiGo Board Unsure If CEO Must Go

'I don't think it is right to remove him over one lapse. The focus should be on restoring operations, not on removing a key management personnel.' IMAGE: A passenger asks an IndiGo staffer for......

'Proud moment for India at G20': Tharoor hails India's G20 Sherpa

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday hailed India's G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant for the 'Delhi Declaration' consensus, and said it was a "proud moment for India at G20". IMAGE: India's G20......

200 hours, 300 meetings: How India achieved G20 consensus

It took over 200 hours of non-stop negotiations by a team of Indian diplomats to deliver a consensus on the G20 declaration that was adopted at the Leaders' Summit in New Delhi, India's G20 Sherpa......

'India's done magical work'

'To get a 100 per cent consensus document without any reservation, any bracket, any chair summary is unprecedented in the history of multilateral forums.' IMAGE: Amitabh Kant, India's G20 Sherpa,......

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets two-year extension

Before taking over as the CEO of National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog), he was Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, which has been rechristened as the......

India all set to overtake Japan as 4th largest economy by 2025, predicts Amitabh Kant

Citing various macroeconomic parameters that are doing pretty well, India's G20 Sherpa and former CEO of Niti Aayog Amitabh Kant projected that the country is all set to overtake Japan as 4th......

Can India Regain Foreign Tourists This Winter?

'We expect inbound numbers in 2025 to come close to pre-pandemic levels -- if not fully match them -- by early 2026.' Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

ITC Q2 consolidated net profit up 2.6% at Rs 5,187cr

Diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd on Thursday reported a 2.6 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 5,187 crore for the second quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal (FY'26) as compared......

Amitabh Kant: An ambitious bureaucrat who wants to make India a biz hotspot

The Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Amitabh Kant tells Rahul Jacob how India could be made an easier place to do business in and why India's software smarts will......

Rajinikanth's Love Affair With Bollywood

Rajinikanth may have made his last Hindi film two decades ago but he can still set the screen alight, blazing away with a gun that has dozens of barrels.As Thalaiva turns 75 on December 12, Dinesh......

5 Reasons Why Saiyaara Is A BLOCKBUSTER

'Gen Z was devoid of love stories with sad endings like Heer Ranjha, Laila Majnu or Romeo Juliet; they have never seen something like this in their lifetime.''Saiyaara is a rooted love story.' In......

Brand India ambassador Priyanka Chopra: 'This is not the country I grew up in'

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com on Priyanka Chopra's appointment as a brand ambassador for India, despite her frankness on intolerant India. IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra looks picture perfect in......

'We gave her the same respect we gave our real mothers'

'Sulochanaji was indeed a mother-figure to both the Hindi and Marathi film industry.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter Sulochana Latkar, who played mother to nearly every top......

'India are favourites at World Cup'

IMAGE: India will begin its campaign at the World Cup with a clash against South Africa on June 5 at Southampton. Photograph: BCCI Former skipper Sourav Ganguly described India as favourites......