The Congress on Saturday released its fourth list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai from Varanasi to take on Prime Minister Narendra......
'Anglo-Indians have played a significant role at the forefront, meeting every challenge to the security of the motherland.'A fascinating excerpt from Barry O'Brien's The Anglo-Indians: A Portrait......
The Central Bureau of Investigation has named 10 non-government organisations, including the US-based Omidyar, as accused in the case of allegedly conspiring to illegally facilitate the......
What does Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee thinks about India's education sector?Text: Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com. Photographs: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com IMAGE: Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee......
Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for......
MIT, in a release, said the 'work of Duflo and Banerjee has emphasised the use of field experiments in research, to bring the principles of laboratory-style randomised, controlled trials to......
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 to Oliver Hart of Harvard and Bengt Holmstrom of Massachusetts......
US economists Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley won the Nobel Economics Prize for their research on "the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design."This year's Prize concerns a......
A microscopic technology capable of generating electricity from human movement such as walking, waving or even blood flowing has been developed by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology.......
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday announced that American Paul Krugman has won the Nobel economics prize "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity." "What......
'This 100-minute film just doesn't entertain you for even 10 minutes,' complains Joginder Tuteja. 'Par comedy kahan hai?' asks an exasperated Manoj Bajpayee when Mohit Raina tries to explain a......
'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......
As Sound of Music turns 50 today, here's a look at its beloved Von Trapp family and what they're doing today. Julie Andrews swirling in a field of flowers against snow-clad Alps. Blue-eyed......
...It stars Subhash Ghai! And then, there're these... When a filmmaker is as prolific as Subhash Ghai, he develops quite a few signature traits over the years. If Yash Chopra’s romances are......
You are alone in the middle of the vast Spiti Valley. It is hard to breathe thanks to depleting oxygen levels. Not a single sound except the whisper of your heartbeat.Not a soul in sight. No, I am......
IMAGE: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did compete in the 100 qualifiers but dropped out moments before the semi-finals. Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters Jamaica's dominance in the women's 100......
IMAGE: The world's fastest woman Julien Alfred created history by winning Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal at the Paris Games on Saturday. Photographs: Edgar Su/Reuters Julien Alfred......
IMAGE: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet wins the women's 10,000m in a World record 28:54.14s during the 49th Pre Classic at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Saturday. Photograph: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY......
IMAGE: Cricket has been included for the LA 2028 Olympics. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Cricket and the Olympics made for strange bedfellows when the sport featured in its roster for......
IMAGE: Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1 mile final at the Diamond League meet, at Herculis - Stade Louis II, Monaco, on Friday. Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters......