Trump Has Been Reined In For The Moment

But Trump is about to announce his candidacy for president in 2024.And it is not clear if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the present hero of disenchanted Republicans, or Biden, who says he might......

Will Droupadi Murmu Be A Consensus President?

From the point of view of qualification, Murmu is probably educationally the least qualified among India's recent Presidents.But then, with the BJP in command, she will be required to do little but......

SC okays floor test for Uddhav govt on Thursday

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the direction of the Maharashtra Governor to the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take a floor test in the Assembly on Thursday to prove......

Are Armed Forces READY for Gender Neutrality?

Women as officers in combat and other support roles are a reality. We better accept this and prepare ourselves to employ women in deserved roles across the organisation, says Air Marshal P V......

Govt okays mega 5G spectrum sale, enables 10 times faster speed than 4G

The Union Cabinet has approved the auction of airwaves capable of offering fifth-generation or 5G telecom services including ultra high-speed internet, and gave its nod for setting up of captive 5G......

'Growth projections have to be taken with a pinch of salt'

'The question is, how soon we can expect to re-attain the pre-lockdown levels of output and income.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New......

'Markets have peaked out'

'Four times in Indian history, in 1992, 2000, 2007 and now, markets are at 25 times price-earnings.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Raamdeo Agrawal, chairman, Motilal Oswal Financial......

Can corporate tax cuts boost growth?

'Tax cuts will have only marginal effects in the short run and significant positive effects in the medium term,' says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the Government of......

'I want The Kerala Story to be the scariest horror story one had seen'

'Everyone is entitled to their opinion because we live in a country like India and not a place where Shalini is taken, where forget having an opinion, women can't even talk to their family on the......

Candidates chess: Gukesh holds Caruana; Gujrathi falters again

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza/FIDE Grandmaster D Gukesh did well to hold top-seeded American Fabiano Caruana to a draw but Vidit Gujrathi suffered another defeat at the hands of Ian......

Archery queen Deepika defies odds after motherhood

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Deepika Kumari/Instagram Olympian Deepika Kumari, who recently made a return to the international stage after becoming a mother back in 2022 during the Archery Asia Cup......

Red-hot India take on struggling Sri Lanka at Wankhede

IMAGE: With six wins from as many matches, India will look to continue their unbeaten streak against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI/X Twelve years on from that dream final on the night of......

There Will Surely Never Be Another Bishan Singh Bedi

One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday.Rediff.com salutes the legend. IMAGE: Bedi in action, August 2, 1971. Photograph: Dennis Oulds/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty......

PIX: Andrade wins vault gold; Biles second despite fall at Worlds

IMAGE: Brazil's Rebeca Andrade celebrates winning the vault exercise at the women's apparatus finals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in Sportpaleis, Antwerp, on Saturday.......