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Obama donates Noble prize money to charities

US President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he would donate his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize award money among several charities, including $200,000 to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund and......

In Tharoor's Loss Lies His Win

The 136-year-old baby, argues Shyam G Menon, is taking a tiny step to tackling the biggest dread of old age: Change. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It is clearly baby steps and too......

Trump visits church that was set on fire by protesters

United States President Donald Trump has visited a historic church that was partially burned down in violent protests in Washington, DC over the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd,......

PM visits Ockhi affected areas, announces relief measures

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached out to the people of cyclone Ockhi-hit areas of Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and assured them all possible help from the centre to rebuild......

140 characters of gloom

#RIP #Brexit #Trump #Aleppo made Twitter a pretty distressing place in 2016. Dhruv Munjal wonders what 2017 will bring. IMAGE: Twitter made for a tumultuous does of social media in the past......

What Shah's cooperation ministry will do

New ministry will bring much-needed transparency in the functioning of the cooperatives, which so far have been riddled with allegations of political interference and mismanagement. IMAGE: Union......

From boom to doom: The story of India's start-ups

While the media gaze has been on start-ups in trouble, investors who funded them have mostly escaped attention, says Ranju Sarkar. IMAGE: Start-ups that did not have a business model or attract......

Finolex group chief honoured in UK

A leading Indian entrepreneur, Prahlad Chhabria, has been honoured at the prestigious Institute of Directors in London with a silver platter in recognition of his contribution to......

VIPs left out in the cold sans hot wheels

What do Amitabh Bacchan, Yash Chopra, Narayan Rane (former Shiv Sena leader), King Fisher, Le Meridien, Balaji Telefilms, Lupin Labs, Godrej and a list of over 100 celebrities, corporate houses and......

Slowdown: An embarrassed forecaster's apology

Those of us who predicted a bottom for the financial markets earlier this year have reason to be contrite. The fall in asset prices over the past few weeks has been particularly vicious and......

Adarsh Gourav loses BAFTA to Anthony Hopkins

Nomadland dominates BAFTAs 2021 with four wins. IMAGE: Frances McDormand in Nomadland. Director Chloe Zhao's meditative drama Nomadland emerged as the top winner at the BAFTA Film Awards 2021 by......

BAFTA 2016: Dakota Johnson, Cate Blanchett rock the red carpet

The 2016 British Academy Film and Arts (BAFTA) awards were held at The Royal Opera House in London, England on February 14. While Cate Blanchett missed out on winning the Best Actress award......

PIX: Priyanka Chopra dines with the Obamas!

Priyanka Chopra, who is making waves in the West, recently attended the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama and many other......

Grieving for Princess Leia

'2016 may have been unkind, more than other years, but we are here and we owe it to the ones who are gone -- to live and love fully this wonderful gift of life,' says filmmaker Suparn Verma.......

10 Shows To Watch During Lockdown

Binge watching television shows on streaming services has become the new way for us to be entertained at home. And that is not surprising since many of these shows are far better than the films we......

Sania-Nestor off to a flier

Sania Mirza teamed up with Canadian Daniel Nestor to outplay Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan and Ashley Fisher of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the mixed doubles. Sania, who couldn't......

Uncovered: Who is Mazhar Majeed

Mazhar Majeed, the man at the centre of 'spot-fixing' controversy that has engulfed world cricket, is known to many members of the Pakistan team as a UK-based agent and has spent the past decade......

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