Freebies: Nothing Called A Free Lunch

To help the country emerge as a true welfare State, political parties must put the country's interests first before strategising to win elections and short-term goals, argues Ramesh Menon.......

'An India true to its roots will always be strong'

'A self-confident and self-sustaining India will make it a more effective player in the global arena,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out delivering the Sardar Patel......

Exclusive: She donated an island to Baba Ramdev

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev is set to embark on his mission to force the government to expediate attempts to bring back wealth stashed away in Swiss banks. Back in September 2010, Rediff.com's Arthur J......

Coming Soon! 5G Phones Under Rs 10,000

'By the end of 2022, we expect the installed base of 5G smartphones in India to reach 80-85 million.' IMAGE: 'In a country like India, with already very high and still growing data consumption per......

'Economy will run on its own despite collapses, failures'

'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.''We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.''Then you are paying interest on the fresh......

Highlights of Union Budget 2021-22

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Union Budget speech in the Lok Sabha from a tablet on Monday instead of a conventional paper document. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

How Sunil Vachani plans to take Dixon Tech global

Today, Vachani’s public-listed company, Dixon Technologies, has gone beyond manufacturing just television sets. Armed with private equity funding from Motilal Oswal eight years ago, it has......