Will lift liquor ban in Bihar if....: Prashant Kishor's JSP

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday reiterated that if voted to power, it will scrap the ban on sale and consumption of liquor in Bihar imposed by the Nitish Kumar government. IMAGE: Jan......

Was US India's Ally Or Foe In The 1962 War?

What appeared to be a generous act of friendship was, in truth, a manoeuvre within a much larger strategic game. The United States used the 1962 war not just to aid India but to test how far it......

India opposes fresh $2.3 bn IMF loans to Pak over terror concerns

India on Friday opposed the International Monetary Fund's proposal to extend fresh loans of $2.3 billion to Pakistan, saying the funds could be misused for financing state-sponsored cross-border......

After IMF, India to oppose World Bank's $20 bn loan to Pak

India will next month oppose the World Bank funding to Pakistan, just as it had done in the case of the International Monetary Fund, arguing that Islamabad had used such funds in the past to......

India rejects IMF view that US tariffs will stay indefinitely, hit growth

IMF’s Article 4 consultation report on India The Indian government has expressed its disagreement with the IMF staff’s ‘baseline’ assumption that the 50 per cent US tariffs on its goods......

Should India Retain The Inflation Targeting Regime?

The best way for India to prepare is by preserving and strengthening the RBI's hard-won credibility, point out Rajeswari Sengupta and Vaishali Garga. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   Next......

India makes 85% of digital payment through UPI: RBI Guv Malhotra

About 85 per cent of the digital payment transactions take place through UPI in India, and the country can be a case study in inclusive, secure, and scalable Digital Public Platforms (DPPs),......

IPOs increasingly becoming exit vehicles for early investors: CEA

India’s equity markets may have expanded rapidly, but initial public offerings (IPOs) are increasingly becoming exit vehicles for early investors rather than as engines for raising long-term......

'India should not play cricket with Pakistan'

IMAGE: Bilateral cricket between India and Pakistan has been suspended since 2013 and they now play each other only in multi-team events. Photograph: Satish Kumar/Reuters India should refrain from......

ICC creates fund for Afghanistan's displaced women cricketers

IMAGE: The founder of the Afghanistan women's cricket team, Diana Barakzai, at the Kabul Cricket Stadium, on December 24, 2014. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters Afghanistan's exiled women......