If patriarchy stopped women from achieving what they want in India, how come Indira Gandhi made it as prime minister, asked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister......
After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
A land-owning class, the Jats are a powerful community and account for 28 per cent of Haryana's population. The time, they believe, has now come for them to take revenge. IMAGE: Congress leader......
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India’s 78th Independence Day. My Dear Fellow Citizens, I extend to you all my heartiest......
Modi's BJP has promised more revdis or freebies for these assembly elections than ever before, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi addresses......
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......
Households are likely to remain the primary net lenders to the economy in the coming decades. Photograph: Kind courtesy Satheesh Sankaran/Pixabay With rising incomes, households are......
The Tamil Nadu government is set to unveil a housing initiative for 18,720 women employed by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn, a key supplier to iPhone-maker Apple, this Saturday. Photograph: Quinn......
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Union Budget strikes a fine balance between growth, employment, and fiscal consolidation, and promotes cooperative federalism.......
'The idea of this movie is to trace these journeys and not to blame.''We could have talked what happened in 1948. This is what the Israelis did. This is what the Palestinians and Arabs did.''We......
In Blind, Sonam Kapoor's OTT debut on Jio Cinema and remake of a 2011 Korean thriller of the same name, it's the irony of a visually impaired woman becoming the sole witness to a crime that forms......
Will Smith, who had once portrayed the irreverent Muhammad Ali with such aplomb, brings the character of Richard Williams alive.The accent, the dialect, the body-language and the ever-present chip......
A Nedumudi Venu character was happiest when moving his head to a piece of music with his eyes closed; or, when inventing off of a note that a co-actor had left unfinished; or, when reciting a poem......
Feeling the heat and tension of the pandemic? Fikar not!There's nothing as effective as a good, happy, positive film to launch you into the orbit of optimism.Subhash K Jha picks three films that......
IMAGE: Having broken into the top-100, Sumit Nagal sets his eyes on the Olympics. Photograph: Ciro De Luca/Reuters His dream of being inside the global top-100 has been realised but Sumit Nagal is......
It is a pity that he does not take his youth influencer role more seriously and align his brand endorsements more responsibly, notes Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a Lays ad.......
IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was accorded a rousing reception upon his arrival at the airport in Chennai on Wednesday. Photographs and Video: ANI/Twitter India's chess prodigy Rameshbabu......
His mother deserves all credit for Praggnanandhaa's success: Father Rameshbabu Photograph: Kind Courtesy PhotoChess/Twitter The glint in R Nagalakshmi's eyes and that disarming smile standing in a......
IMAGE: The much-awaited Women’s Premier League will get underway on Saturday. Photograph: RCB India's women cricketers will not only get the much-needed exposure to take their game to......