Can Stalin Repeat 2019 Lok Sabha Result In 2024?

Stalin still enjoys a lot of sympathy and empathy as someone wishing well for the state, but not full-throated support as in 2019 and 2021, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

Heavy rains lash Kerala, orange alert in 4 districts

As heavy rains continued to batter Kerala, landslides and flooding were reported from many parts of the state, especially its southernmost district of Thiruvananthapuram, which was severely......

Rice Economy Faces Turmoil as El Nino Turns Up Heat

In the coming months, globally as well as in India, rice might remain a hot potato. IMAGE: Women plant rice saplings in a paddy field in Assam. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters A fortnight or......

UP rain toll climbs to 28, red alert in 6 districts

Nine more people have died as heavy rains lashed Uttar Pradesh for the third day, taking the death toll to 28, while a red alert has been sounded on Tuesday in six districts including the worst-hit......

Kerala's tourism takes a hard knock with coronavirus

One of the most-sought-after tourist destinations in Asia, ‘God's Own Country’ Kerala has been hit by the coronavirus scare just when it was on the recovery path after the Nipah......

Why exports keep missing ministry target

A combination of externalities such as global trade wars and slowing growth, continuing glitches in accessing offsets under the GST regime, which has created a liquidity crunch for smaller......

The new charter does not make life easy for flight passengers

It neither mentions timelines for refund or compensation, nor talks about penal provisions for airlines. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Pune resident Vandana Saxena Poria was supposed to fly......

The vanishing middle manager

Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Business schools are in such a period of boom -- with the leading ones struggling to deal......

Duleep Trophy: SKY, Shaw Fail To Fire

IMAGE: Skipper Shivam Mavi put Central Zone in control as West Zone's big guns failed to fire. Photograph: BCCI   Central Zone bowlers led by Captain Shivam Mavi (4/43) silenced the big guns......