It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......
Shreekant Sambrani remembers P R S 'Biki' Oberoi, personal friend and hospitality icon, who passed into the ages this week. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com P R S (Biki to friends)......
'The entire operation was meant to have a chilling effect on independent journalists, those not completely subservient to the regime, the small section still doing what the Fourth Estate should do......
Freebies being doled out by the Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan governments ahead of the assembly polls Friday came under scrutiny by the Supreme Court which sought responses from the two states, the......
'A large portion of youngsters who aspire to join the civil services are not motivated by the spirit of public service and idealism of which the civil services offer in abundance.' 'When they join......
The global billionaires list witnessed as many as 94 new entrants from India, stated a report by Hurun India on Tuesday. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Following a net addition of 84, the......
Crisil Ratings on Wednesday projected India's GDP growth at 6.8 per cent in the next fiscal and said the country will become an upper middle-income nation by 2031 with the economy doubling to $7......
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) February 8 for the first time ever crossed the Rs 7 trillion market capitalisation, as the stock price of state-owned insurer hit a new high of Rs......
Only one in four workers in Karnataka receive a salary, the lowest among the four industrialised states of India, a Business Standard analysis of the latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey......
Ajay Banga was on Wednesday appointed the next president of the World Bank, becoming the first-ever Indian-American to head the global financial institution which said it looks forward to working......
Manjummel Boys gets so many things right, applauds Arjun Menon. Manjummel Boys, the directorial outing from Chidambaram of Jaan E Man (2021) fame, is a self-contained friendship story, punched up......
'Bottomline, hairline and waistline -- you have to watch them always.' IMAGE: Ajay Bijli, Chairman and Managing Director, PVR Ltd. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Let's film him here.........
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......
IMAGE: Jofra Archer has returned to the England set up after being sidelined for 14 months due to injury. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Pacer Jofra Archer will return to international cricket......
IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates dismissing Zak Crawley to achieve 500 Test wickets on Day 2 of the third Test against England on Friday, February 16, 2024. Photograph: BCCI In cricket, while......
IMAGE: Axar Patel boasts 200 wickets at an average of 27.95. Photograph: BCCI Indian all-rounder Axar Patel achieved a significant milestone, reaching 200 wickets in T20 cricket, placing him......
IMAGE: Australia's Nathan Lyon is helped off the field after sustaining an injury during Day 2 of the second Ashes Test in July. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Nathan Lyon has offered his......
IMAGE: Out of nowhere, Ravichandran Ashwin has bagged a rare chance to play his second World Cup at home. Photograph: BCCI Life rarely gives you a second chance and when it does, you should......