US 'laser-focused' on troop pullout from Afghanistan by Aug 31

The Biden Administration on Monday said it was now focused on completing its evacuation mission from Afghanistan by August 31, the deadline for removing all American troops from the country.......

Covid-19: Testing times for plasma banks

While the process of extracting plasma itself is simple, doctors say that it is the screening of donors, testing and filling up of numerous forms that takes time. Ruchika Chitravanshi & Sohini Das......

Post Corona: Welcome to the Same Old World

'And as we sit (or sleep) out the nightmare, there is feverish speculation about what the post-Corona world might look like,' mulls Hasan Suroor.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com  ......

Coronavirus: Tomorrow always comes

'A very vast majority of us will catch it at some point, about 8 out of 10 won't feel much worse than a common cold's nuisance, if at all, but some will die.''A very, very vast majority, at least......

'India will struggle to achieve 5% GDP growth in 2020'

The slowdown in India is related to a credit squeeze, which is a cyclical problem - not a structural problem: American economist Steve Hanke. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India......

'Demonetisation is theft'

'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.''It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past,......

'In All Oscars We Have Won, India Has Played A Role'

'When I started to step into the West in 2006, I believed India was not going to be the back end.''I understood that no film-maker wants to believe that they are outsourcing their creativity to a......

'I can feel Irrfan's presence'

''My respect for Irrfan has grown 100 times now when he is no longer with us.' IMAGE: Sutapa Sikdar with Irrfan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Babil Khan/Instagram On April 29, 2020, Irrfan Khan moved......

Spies, Superstars, A Crazy Bear On OTT

Watch Jubilee's concluding episodes. Radhika Apte is a housewife turned spy. Mithunda makes his OTT debut. Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations. Cocaine BearWhere to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime......

All That Breathes, Pathaan On OTT

Shah Rukh Khan's box office juggernaut and other specials on the OTT menu this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her OTT recommendations for the week.   PathaanWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

Baseball legend, 'Hammerin' Hank' Aaron, dies at 86

'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.' IMAGE: Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron......