Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'PM's Parliament speech was jumlebaazi'

'It will take a long time for people's memory to be misled by a prime minister who is so arrogant and who refuses to acknowledge his own faults.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi......

With 268 seats in non-BJP states, how will 2024 pan out?

Election 2024 is not as open and shut as has been presumed.There is some life left in it, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Preparations for a Bharatiya Janata Party election rally in Kolkata,......

Cong has more pro-minority votes to offer DMK this time

However, the tilting factor still remains: Can the rivalling ‘Modi brand’ of ‘soft Hindutva’ and ‘hard-sell nationalism’ garner more votes for the NDA in Tamil......

Charged-up: Bengaluru takes top spot in electric car registrations

Bengaluru outpaced Mumbai, Delhi, and Pune in 2023 to become India’s leading city for electric car registrations. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters The city’s tech-savvy......

Discount vs traditional brokers: Cost dynamics, challenges ahead

Discount brokers have sustained the rise of the equity cult and gained market share. Now the old guard looks to strike back. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters The equity cult has grown at a rapid......

Nexus files for $500 mn IPO in India's 1st retail REIT public offer

Global investment firm Blackstone-sponsored Nexus Select Trust has filed the draft paper with market regulator Sebi to launch India's first public issue of retail REIT to raise around $500 million......

India at 75: 18 biggest moments for Indian markets from 1947 to 1993

From the enactment of the capital control Act to the recognition of the BSE as a stock exchange and the infamous Harshad Mehta scam, here are the 18 biggest events for stock markets from 1947 to......