Lockdown controlled progression of COVID-19: Govt

The lockdown from March 25 to May 31 successfully controlled the aggressive progression of COVID-19 in India but there has been a steady rise in the number of cases in the post-lockdown phase,......

Marie Antoinette pearl reaps record $36 million

Going once, going twice, sold! Jewellery that belonged to Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI and arguably France’s most famous queen were auctioned by Sotheby’s on Wednesday as......

The politics of grievance

'A class antagonism of rich versus poor took the colouring of a communal confrontation,' says Sunil Sethi.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   A small and ugly riot broke out in the......

Trump has already won the war of ideas

Donald Trump has forced the sophisticated to reveal their real selves, which are as vicious as that of any status quoist in the world, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. There have always been two......

Covid impact: Imports of digital thermometers rise 2,410%

Vitamin C, a supplement recommended by most doctors for better immunity during the pandemic, posted a 450 per cent growth in imports. From Covid-19 essentials, such as Vitamin C supplements and......

Happy and happening: Seenagers rock!

They have everything they wanted as a teenager -- only they seem to have got it all 50 years later, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Seenagers -- 'Senior......

Rule Britannia, again?

The firm, which traces its origin back to 1862 in a humble Kolkata bakery and its subsequent listing on the bourses in 1918, says that it now wants to grow “substantially” and not just......

Battles over biscuits: The winners and losers

While Mumbai-based Parle Products is opting to mark its presence in both cookies and cream biscuits, rivals Britannia and ITC have been chosen to put their might behind either creams or cookies.......

Revenge Of The Nepo Kid

Sikandar Kher's Nishikant Adhikari is a solitary poet by the corner, trying to remind us that the honest plans of honest people don't always come to respectable ends, observes Sreehari Nair.......

Prithviraj vs Fahadh Faasil at the box office

Which film are *you* looking forward to? As two of the hottest young Malayalam heroes come face to face on the marquee, an interesting battle is in the offing. Fahadh Faasil plays an aspiring......

Review: Gone Girl is a solid thriller that leaves us hanging

Gone Girl is a finely-made frustration, often too polished for its own good, says Raja Sen. One of the few things more inscrutable than the mind of a woman -- more complex, harder to unspool,......

Review: Heroine is an unbelievably trashy film

Kareena Kapoor impresses in Heroine, but is let down by the film itself, writes Raja Sen.It isn't hard to picture just how Madhur Bhandarkar pitched this film to Kareena Kapoor, India's highest......

'Australia will be without a captain for 15 years if...'

IMAGE: Former skipper Michael Clarke pointed out how Ricky Ponting became one of Australia's greatest captains after overcoming an erratic start to his international career. Photograph: Wendell......