In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her people. Today: Sufal Das, a dhak player in West Bengal. As a child, he used to dream of becoming a dhaki. But a life full of......
‘Greenpeace has been brutal in targeting both India and the Manmohan Singh government. The push to go after Indian coal is driven by its long-term agenda. What is surprising is that China has......
I was doing reasonably well at my place of work in India. We were happy in our little flat in noisy, polluted Mumbai. The three-hour journey, to and fro from work, did not faze us. Then, my husband......
Future Group and V-Mart have put in place systems to prevent panic buying at their neighbourhood grocery stores. Retailers on Wednesday said there is enough stock of essential items and groceries......
The $100-billion SAIC would have a dedicated manufacturing facility in India, and would be the first Chinese automaker to do so. US car maker General Motors (GM) might have announced its exit from......
A section of the scientists and farmer organisations on Friday hailed the Supreme Court's move to refuse an interim ban on field trial of Genetic Modified (GM) crops.The Supreme Court refused to......
India is paying a heavy cost by not adopting the genetically modified crops in a big way and the farmers should be given opportunity to reap benefits of the technology like in case of BT cotton,......
The size of America's Fortune 500 club -- topped by retail giant Wal-Mart for second straight year -- has crossed the $10-trillion-dollar mark, but the combined profit earned by the companies fell......
The streaming platforms were replete with violent, profanity-laden gangster shows. But amidst the noise, there were some effective and thought-provoking shows too. Deepa Gahlot's list of her top 10......
IMAGE: D Gukesh celebrates with the Chess World Championship trophy. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Chin An/FIDE The image of a smiling D Gukesh standing with outstretched hands will forever be......
IMAGE: Liren Ding will face a stern challenge from the 18-year-old D Gukesh. Photograph: FIDE/X Grandmasters Pravin Thipsay and Abhijit Kunte believe Indian GM D Gukesh, whose game bears a......
IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi delivered a stellar performance, defeating Andreikin and propelling his rating past the coveted 2800 threshold. Photograph: Kind Courtesy WR Chess masters/X In a......
Joining the elite 2,800 rated chess players club will get Arjun Erigasi invites for really top chess tournaments as well as better appearance fees. IMAGE: ArJun Erigasi during round six in the......
'The Indian Open team was extremely well prepared and motivated to win the gold medal.''With two players in the world top 10 club, and four players with over 2,700 ELO points (GMs Arjun Erigaisi, D......