Shiva Rajora, Business Standard

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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...

'Labour Codes Will Reduce Take-Home Salary Is Wrong'
Rediff.com20 Dec 2025

'It will increase the contribution to gratuity, which is something the employer has to...

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

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

Unemployment rate at 8-mth low of 4.7%
Rediff.com16 Dec 2025

Buoyed by the robustness in rural job market on account of rabi sowing, India's monthly...

Goa Fire Exposes EPFO Oversight Gaps
Rediff.com13 Dec 2025

'The tragedy underscored 'serious and widespread' weaknesses in the EPFO's monitoring...

Richest 10% Hold 65% of India's Wealth
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A larger part of India's population was in the middle 40 per cent of the national...

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,...

Labour Codes: Trade Unions Raise Red Flags Over Layoffs
Rediff.com2 Dec 2025

'Raising the retrenchment, layoff and closure threshold to 300 workers for prior...

Jobs in unincorporated sector rose marginally in Q2: NSO data
Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Around 128.6 million people were employed in the unincorporated sector during...

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

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

Joblessness slowed to 5.2% in Q2: PLFS data
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

India's labour market in the second quarter (July-September/Q2) of 2025-26 (FY26)...

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

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

Chandigarh, Delhi have highest share of services in GVA: NITI
Rediff.com4 Nov 2025

The share of services in gross value added (GVA) in 2023-24 was the highest in...

'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,...

Low-Wage Trap Looms Over India's Services Sector, Warns Niti Report
Rediff.com30 Oct 2025

The services sector employs 188 million people but remains highly informal, trapping...

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...

Will Indians' reluctance to talk money derail NSO survey?
Rediff.com15 Oct 2025

The NSO previously tried to collect household income data in its ninth (1955), 15th...

RBI outlines steps to improve EPFO's investment management
Rediff.com15 Oct 2025

The RBI advisory follows a labour ministry request earlier this year seeking the...