'You are ruining an entire generation'

'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.''Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance,......

Can Vijay Succeed Where Rajini Couldn't?

Will Vijay will go the most successful MGR/Jayalalithaa way, or that of Vijayakanth, Seeman or Kamalahaasan, or end up as another Rajinikanth who cries wolf at the last minute and quits the scene......

India Rekindles Love Affair With Russia

EAM Jaishankar's mission is aimed at strengthening India's strategic autonomy in a complex international environment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: External Affairs Minister Dr......

Right to life includes convict's right to procreate, says HC; grants parole

The right to life includes a convict's right to procreate, the Delhi high court has held while granting a four-week parole to a 41-year-old murder convict serving life term so that he could have a......

Is Technology Important In Banking?

'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking.''For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.' Illustration: Dominic......

Valuation worries loom over smallcap stocks

It has mostly been a one-way street for smallcap stocks that have taken it on their chin thus far in February. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Nifty Smallcap 250 index has shed 3.2 per......

'Diageo India focuses on value rather than volume'

'Our approach has been to work with consumers and help them drink better, not more.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Diageo India Diageo, the UK-based alcoholic beverage company, that acquired......

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.' IMAGE: Shoppers......

How 'fantastic' Bumrah has taken the pitch out of equation

IMAGE: The iconic Dale Steyn believes a bowler like Jasprit Bumrah takes the pitch out of the equation. Photograph: BCCI With his unconventional action, toe-crushing yorkers and disconcerting......

'This Indian team can be beaten again'

IMAGE: India will be relieved after winning the second Test, reckons Alastair Cook, the last English captain to win a series in India. Photograph: BCCI   Sir Alastair Cook believes Ben......

The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story

It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the......

South Africa's coach examines defeat to the Dutch

South Africa coach Rob Walter blames shock defeat to Netherlands on his side's death bowling and poor start with bat IMAGE: Rob Walter said the two upsets so far proved that no team can be taken......

Will India host the World Athletics Championships 2027?

IMAGES: Indian Olympic Association President P T Usha greets IOC chief Thomas Bach with a warm smile. Photograph: Kind courtesy PT Usha/X The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will need a......