Shah, KCR lock horns on Hyderabad annexure celebrations

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Telangana Rashtra Samiti took digs at each other on Saturday over the celebrations marking the annexing of the erstwhile Nizam-ruled Hyderabad state to the Union of......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

WhatApp groups: Ignore Covid Crisis. Spread Hate

The manner in which a large proportion of common people have mortgaged their rationality and questioning spirit to let hatred, prejudice and bigotry take over their minds, is a cause of worry,......

Did Modi ignore Xi's betrayal in Ladakh?

Did Xi deliver a message to Modi at Mamallapuram, which though couched in a velvet glove was time-bound?What was that message?It is clear Indian/Israeli/US spy satellites would not have missed......

A Week In The Life Of A PSU Banker

'The CM kept his cool, but his adviser was liberal with filthy language.'Tamal Bandyopadhyay recreates the diary of a general manager in a public sector bank, providing a glimpse of how they......

Lessons For Banks To Learn From SVB Collapse

The difference between what the banks play in the US and India is not that of soccer and football, but rugby and football.But when risks are mispriced, the fallout could be very similar, points out......

RBL Bank: Strange Corner Office Changes

One thing is for sure: It smacks of the regulator's lack of confidence in the bank's board, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Photograph: Mahipal Soni/Rediff.com On June 19, 2018, the day ICICI Bank......

Why Should Govt Be In Fintech?

The temptation to get into businesses that are hot is perhaps too great for any politician, no matter what his public slogans are.Nehru plunged into hot sectors of his time -- engineering and iron......