Ex-Karnataka Chief Minister and former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna died in Bengaluru early on Tuesday, leaving behind a rich legacy of statesmanship and public service that saw the 92......
What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......
During these seven decades, the IAF has lost 2,374 aircraft to crashes.They include 1,126 fighters and 1,248 non-combat aircraft.In addition, 229 trainers and 196 helicopters have crashed.These......
The successful soft landing of India's ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission on the Moon's enigmatic south pole has captured the attention and admiration of the scientific community. IMAGE: ISRO chief S......
In a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the......
He takes over the coveted job at a time when the world, including developing economies, is facing slowing growth, rising commodity prices and ballooning debt. The World Bank is set to appoint Paul......
Kaushik Basu, the C Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics, and director of the Center for Analytic Economics at Cornell, has been asked informally if he would consider......
It would be a difficult task for the Indian economy to reach the $5-trillion mark a year before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection of 2026-27. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Raghuram Rajan will leave the RBI on September 3.But India still does not know who will succeed him as the RBI governor.Will Arundhati Bhattacharya be the RBI's first woman governor?Or will Urjit......
Kaushik Basu, till recently the chief economic adviser of the government of India, who created a political firestorm in April when he said here on the sidelines of the World Bank/International......
'We need to understand and respect wildlife behaviour.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Shonet Anthony Barretto/Facebook Before turning to film-making, Shonet Anthony Barretto was a choreographer who......
Jane Campion wanted to hire a gigolo to train me in the love scenes," grins upcoming star Mark Ruffalo. "But she gave up because it was too expensive."The actor, however,is seriouswhen he mentions......
It is very gutsy of Meg Ryan, who has seduced millions with her cutie-pie image in popular films like Sleepless In Seattle and You've Got Mail,to take on such a sexually explict role. She also......
A caution to US moviebuffs: if you have heard from your friends in Toronto about the erotic scenes in Jane Campion'sIn The Cut, don't expect to see all of them when the film opens in Americanext......
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Bareilly Ki Barfi had the critics reaching for the stars.But that is just the tip of the iceberg discovers Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar. IMAGE: Kriti Sanon captioned this......