View: An agenda for the prime minister in Kabul

Soft power approach combined with low visibility and maximising Afghan participation remains India's strength, and policies to reinforce the Indo-Afghan ties need to be built around this, says Dr......

The 'C' word India needs (and it's not cashless)

Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa. Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Bharti Airtel to consider share buyback

Bharti has been expanding its spectrum portfolio and now owns 4G data across all 22 circles in India Bharti Airtel, country's largest wireless telecom player in terms of subscribers, is......

GST can turn out to be a dead duck if not implemented well

The panel's recommendations question the architecture of the goods and services tax, going far beyond the arithmetic calculation, but its proposal of an interim two-rate structure is far from......

World's markets brace for Wednesday's leap second

The majority of global equity trading and a significant proportion of trading in bonds, currencies, commodities and derivatives, is done on electronic platforms Financial markets around the world......