It's Raining Billions For Gujarat!

It's boom time for election-bound Gujarat as Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's government has been announcing project after project before the dates for the assembly election are announced......

Cyrus Mistry: The Wise Young Owl

'Cyrus was always very different. He would think before acting.'An exclusive excerpt from Changing Skylines: The Shapoorji Pallonji Sesquicentennial 1865-2015. Illustration: Dominic......

'Cyrus was always looking at trying to improve himself'

'He wanted to learn all the time.' IMAGE: Then Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, right, with Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi in New Delhi, January 6, 2015. Photograph: PTI Photo......

How Governments Harm Job Creators

From small restaurants to mighty software companies, it is businesses, not the government, that create jobs.Yet, in a cruel irony, they have to fight extortive and brutal State power every step of......

Markets rally make investors richer by Rs 10.58 lakh cr in three days

Investors' wealth soared by Rs 10.58 lakh crore in three days of the market rally, where the BSE benchmark jumped over 2 per cent, and hit an all-time high on Monday. Illustration: Dominic......

Stock markets begin new fiscal on bullish note

Stock markets started the new fiscal on a firm note on Monday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty scaling fresh record high levels in intra-day trade before settling in the green, backed by firm trends......

IPO mop-up rises 20% to Rs 62,000 cr in FY24

Equity fundraising through initial public offerings (IPOs) rose 20 per cent during the financial year 2023-24 (FY24). Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com During the period, 76 Indian......

Investors become poorer by Rs 6 lakh cr as markets crash

Investors' wealth eroded by Rs 6 lakh crore in a single day on Wednesday as the BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 790 points. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives The 30-share BSE......

Divya Deshmukh exposes sexism in chess

Indian IM Divya Deshmukh alleges sexism by spectators at Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh has alleged that she endured sexist behaviour from spectators at the......

Gukesh secures crushing win; shares lead with Abdusattarov

IMAGE: Inter Milan players celebrate with the trophy. Photograph: FIDE Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh scored a crushing victory over Alexander Donchenko in the 10th round of Tata Steel Masters in......

Gukesh outwits Ian; Pragnanandhaa holds leader Giri

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Kind Courtesy D Gukesh/X Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh produced a fine effort to outwit World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the fifth round of the......

Tata Steel Chess India: Praggnanandhaa ends joint third

IMAGE: The World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa secured two wins, but suffered a loss against India No 1 D Gukesh in the most-anticipated battle of the meet. Photograph: Kind Courtesy R......

Are Computers Destroying Chess?

Cheating poses an existential challenge to chess.It's hard to know how it will be mitigated, but it must be, if chess is to continue being a legitimate sport, asserts Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: World......