The director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, V Kamakoti, has sparked controversy after making a remark about the "medicinal value" of cow urine, or gomutra. IMAGE: IIT-Madras......
...close to the 2024 general election. The BJP calling the Congress 'seasonal Hindu' is as laughable as the saffron party sparing itself the title of 'seasonal extreme Hindu.' How else should one......
Rare glimpses of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kind courtesy: Architectural Digest India. Very rarely does one get a glimpse inside the architectural marvel that is Rashtrapati Bhavan.In its latest issue,......
A rare glimpse into Anand Bhavan and Swaraj Bhavan, where the seeds of Indian Independence were sown.Kind courtesy: Architectural Digest India. Ahead of the 70th anniversary of Independence,......
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.Illustration:......
R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......
Nikita Puri finds out what makes the company, which has tiled palaces, homes, restaurants and even railway stations, relevant for millenials, too. IMAGE: Besides places like Mumbai's Bhau Daji Lad......
Reema Shah wakes up to a shrill alarm bell in the sylvan surroundings of the Sahyadri Hills. Sleepily, she taps a button on a touch panel at her beside. As if by magic, the security system is......
The Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up. The acceptance of the final report of a government committee on electronic payments, headed by former finance secretary......
Dabur India, the New Delhi-based herbal consumer goods company, is moving away from its umbrella brand structure.Till now, Dabur has been the umbrella brand for nearly all the company's products.......
Even as Mumbai's teenybopper population was drowning in Beiber-sized disappointment, my super-filmi week delighted in a breathtaking journey to Amazon, Satyajit Ray's fabulous use of fantasy to......