S Dinakar, Business Standard

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India Suffers While China, EU Buy Russian Oil
Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

India has gained the least since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and was...

Northern Borders 'Stable Yet Sensitive': Defence Ministry
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

The deployment of the army in all sectors along the Line of Actual Control, the de...

3.84 Trillion Spent On These Weapons...
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

The largest tranche came in July, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, with the DAC...

Is India Still Buying Russian Oil?
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

Indian private sector and State-run refiners continued to receive crude oil from...

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over...

Trai Launches Digital Consent Pilot
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A national rollout will take place after the pilot test in which SBI, PNB, Axis Bank,...

Sebi Eases IPO Lock-In Rules
Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Sebi has proposed allowing depositories to mark such pledged shares as...

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits...

Oil companies breathe easy as Saudi cuts LPG price
Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

Saudi Arabia's steep cut in LPG benchmark prices has pushed India's household LPG...

Have Climate Summits Lost The Mojo?
Rediff.com8 Nov 2025

How the UN's flagship climate summit lost its direction and what's at stake.

US Sanctions May Not Stop Russian Oil Flow To India
Rediff.com4 Nov 2025

Sanctioning Russian oil would have led to a sharp surge in oil prices to above $80 per...

'Banks Need To Reinvent Themselves'
Rediff.com3 Nov 2025

'Reinvention is not a hugely difficult task. With technology as available today, you...

UPI Goes Global, Fintech Hits A Wall
Rediff.com1 Nov 2025

'When you think of cross-border payments, the first things that come to mind are risk,...

Return of coal threatens India's emission commitments
Rediff.com29 Oct 2025

India's new climate pledge to the UN could be weakened by its growing use of coal, even...

JLR Cyberattack Triggers $2.55 Billion Shockwave
Rediff.com23 Oct 2025

At an estimated 1.9 billion in losses and over 5,000 UK organisations affected, the...

Pilot Training In India Is Below The Mark
Rediff.com14 Oct 2025

The principal problem lies in lack of training infrastructure and relatively lax safety...

India's energy sector battles taxes, global turmoil
Rediff.com13 Oct 2025

India's brittle energy security is inextricably linked to two opposing paradigms -...

Gold, Silver Shine As Stocks Slip
Rediff.com1 Oct 2025

'The frenzy for gold is primarily due to the uncertainty surrounding the tariff war.'

Power sector CO2 emissions fall for second time in 50 Years
Rediff.com25 Sep 2025

India's power sector CO2 emissions fell in H1 2025 for the first time in nearly 50...

India's Oil Reforms Aim To Counter US, EU Pressure
Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

The government has no say in where the country's refiners source oil from because these...