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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour, has died peacefully at his home in Plains,......

Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud!

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has crowned its funniest photographer of the year. Milko Marchetti's side-splitting shot of a 'Stuck Squirrel' took the top prize at the Oxo Gallery in......

Can We Wish Away Any Part Of Our Life?

'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the characters in the Marvel comics and movies do?''Could I rewind my life and go back in time to do things differently?'......

The Elevance of Kamala Harris

Kamala has finessed bubblegum conversation about whether she is Black or Indian. Her Irrelevancing-approach, an Irrelevance-code if you will, is Elevated and Elegant -- this is the Elevance of......

NIA conducts raids in Punjab in case involving Pannun

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at four locations in Punjab on Friday as part of its probe in a terror-conspiracy case involving designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh......

RBI lens on 8 fintech companies in P2P lending space

Currently there are 26 licensed players in the P2P lending sector but only 10–11 are actively operating. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has intensified......

Bad loans in P2P more than doubles to Rs 1,163 cr in FY24

NBFCs' P2P platforms provide an online marketplace for participants, which includes individual lenders and borrowers. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Bad loans in the peer-to-peer (P2P)......

Equity boom spurs shareholder activism

Punit Goenka, the former director of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, is not the only one who lost his board seat due to shareholders’ activism last fortnight. Illustration: Dominic......

Ratan Tata: Rare Glimpses

All Photographs: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty Ratan Tata began his schooling in Mumbai at Campion School, then Shimla's Bishop Cotton School and finished at Cathedral and John Connon School in......

Google Cloud's ambitious India plans

India is among the fastest-growing markets for Google in the cloud services segment, a senior executive has said, adding that the tech giant is looking to partner companies in their business......

'Subhashji Never Shouted On The Sets'

'There was a kind of disagreement with Subhashji after Meri Jung and unfortunately for me, I did not get to work with him again after that.' IMAGE: Meenakshi Seshadri and Jackie Shroff in Hero. As......

Maine Pyar Kiya@35: What You Must Know

Subhash K Jha casts his lens on Maine Pyar Kiya, the romantic hit which really launched Salman Khan's...

Identity Review: Thrills Fizzle Out

Tovino Thomas' big budget action entertainer is a tonally inconsistent watch that keeps you hooked, observes Arjun Menon. Nothing is what it seems like in Identity. This unfortunately is a bug,......

'India Has Lost The Most Humane Storyteller Of Our Time'

'He was a visionary who redefined storytelling and inspired generations.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kamal Haasan/X As news spread of Shyam Benegal's passing on December 23, heartfelt tributes......

'This Is Beyond Ridiculous'

'This is your hypercritical, microscopic judgment of a human face.''And now you're confidently tossing around "scientific explanations, claiming I'm paralysed on one side?''Are you kidding me?'......

Rookie's mistake, Haaland's heroics: City's comeback story

'When we had the start like we did it is difficult, but we played really well and we kept on going and kept on going' IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Haaland scores their second......

Declining eyesight won't stop De Villiers from comeback

IMAGE: Ab de Villiers has ruled out returning to 'high pressure' IPL. Photograph: BCCI AB de Villiers wants to play "real cricket" again. Not in the high-pressure environment of IPL but......

'RIP TikTok': App ban 'blessing in disguise' for Gauff

'I guess it'll force me to read books more, be more of a productive human probably.' IMAGE: USA's Coco Gauff of the US writes a message on broadcast channel's camera after winning her fourth......

Coco Gauff tested to the limit in Melbourne

IMAGE: Coco Gauff of the US in action during her second round match against Britain's Jodie Burrage. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters Coco Gauff made heavy weather of British battler Jodie Burrage......

'Am I a Serve Bot?'

IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz served 14 aces during his second round match against Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday. Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters......

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