Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Users of smart devices in India often find their artificial......

3-day survey found many tax-linked irregularities at BBC, says I-T dept

The income and profits shown by various BBC group entities are "not commensurate" with the scale of their operations in India and tax has not been paid on certain remittances by its foreign......

With love from govt: Synchronised tax surveys on BBC's Delhi, Mumbai offices

The income tax department on Tuesday conducted survey operations at the BBC's offices in Delhi and Mumbai as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, officials said. IMAGE: Income Tax......

Indira banned BBC, says BJP; End is near, warns Congress

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday accused the BBC of unleashing "venomous" reporting against India and alleged that its propaganda and the Congress' agenda go together. Photograph: Carl......

Can Modi dig India out of the COVID hole?

'A balanced head plus heart approach would be a full opening up of the economy including manufacturing and internal travel in the country but excluding COVID-19 hotspots,' recommends Jaimini......

ChuChu TV: It began with a dad's love for his daughter

Doting father Vinoth Chandar made an animation character based on his little girl to amuse her. Today, it has grown into Asia's biggest YouTube kids channel with 14 million subscribers from 75......

BBC's success mantra in the digital age

'We're still of the camp that editors run news organisations. Having said that, we have a lot of technology and business people high up in the decision making.' One of the six TV studios in the......

What legacy does Raghav Bahl leave behind?

Of the 131 entities Raghav Bahl follows on Twitter, 20 are politicians and political parties. The rest are a mix of journalists, policymakers, newspapers and Network18 news channels. He follows......

Sector 36 Review: Nightmarish

Sector 36 goes for gruesomeness and shock; watching it needs a tough heart or a quick averting of the eyes, warns Deepa Gahlot. The Nithari Killings of 2006 had pierced India's doesn't-happen-here......

'When He Spoke, The Whole Nation Listened'

'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1960, when the film Dil Apna Aur......

'Gadar is a powerful word that came out of Partition'

'When a common man's house is on fire, he is infused with extraordinary strength.''He will go to any length to save his home and family even if he is not as big and strong as Sunnyji.' IMAGE:......

10 Must See Cop Thrillers On OTT

Thrillers are the most popular shows on streaming platforms, and Hindi OTT channels do this genre well, even of some of the series are adapted from foreign sources. The crime thriller can be......

I'm not a drama person, says Abhinav

BBC Hindi India Editor, Sanjeev Srivastava talks with India's Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra. Below are excerpts from the interviewon BBC Ek Mulaqat to be broadcast this Sunday [31 August 2008]:......

From the other side of 'The Wall'

It's not Glenn McGrath, Shoaib Akhtar, Courtney Walsh or Shane Warne whose delivery Rahul Dravid fears most. Instead, it is that of his two-year-old son Samit, the former India captain told BBC's......

Pawar won't contest BCCI elections

Board of Control for Cricket in Indiapresident Sharad Pawar has said he would not contest the Cricket Board elections after his current term ends as he wants to help the game in a different way.......