Justice Khanna to take oath as CJI on Monday, Justice Chandrachud retires

Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who has been part of several landmark Supreme Court judgements such as scrapping the electoral bonds scheme and upholding abrogation of Article 370, will be sworn in as the......

'Climate Change Is The Main Villain'

'Since there is no photo-op, or quick fix solutions, politicians do not want to address climate change. It is very unfashionable.' IMAGE: Search and rescue operations underway in Wayanad.......

Harvard campus buildings evacuated after bomb threat

Several buildings in the Harvard University campus in New York were evacuated and searched after an unidentified man told the university police over phone that he had planted bombs on the campus.......

Courses annually amended, voted upon: Harvard

A day after Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy said Harvard University should have approached him first before deciding on removing his courses, the American institution said it is a norm for the......

India looks at close to double digit growth this year: Sitharaman

India is looking at near close to double-digit growth this year and the country will be one of the fastest-growing economies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. IMAGE: Finance Minister......

Amartya Sen, Home in the World

Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Born in 1933, Amartya Sen......

Tatas beckon students from US B-schools

The Tata Group, one of India's largest business houses, has made summer internship offers to 19 students of five leading US business schools this year, up from the seven offers it made last year.......

Why Chanda Kochhar's remarks on women raised hackles

There may be complex reasons for why girls do not opt for science, technology, engineering and math, but Chanda Kochhar is pointing to the non-essential nature of those subjects for at least one......

How Facebook came to be

Aseem Chabbra review The Social Network.An American friend told me this story. Another friend of his came home one night, drunk after a lot of hard partying, and started viewing profiles of blond......

Reese's pink revolution

Reese Witherspoonis charming and fun in Legally Blonde 2: Red WhiteAnd Blonde,but is let down by an inept script and heavy-handed direction that gets her to deliver impassioned speeches. As a......

Sanjna Kapoor: I have finally left home

She has moved on from Prithvi, but Sanjna Kapoor's passion for theatre remains undimmed.Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who makes no bones about how dreary he found boarding school in Nainital, once told......

Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika

IMAGE: A municipal worker stands next to a banner that reads, "Rio Carnival 2016" before spraying insecticide to prevent the spread of Zika's vector. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters More than......