SCORCHED: July 2016 was the hottest month ever

July 2016 was the hottest month since mankind began monitoring the temperatures in 1880. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- two leading global authorities on......

PHOTOS: The wonderfully weird world we live in!

10 images that show we live in an odd, odd world. A model has her hair done before The Blonds Spring/Summer 2016 collection during New York Fashion Week in New York. Photograph: Carlo......

PHOTOS: The odd, odd world we live in!

10 images that prove it’s an incredibly bizarre world     A competitor looks on during a break as he attends the 3rd Russian Beard and Moustache Championships in Moscow.......

12 odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Here’s this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world. A visitor poses for a photograph in front of a 3D painting depicting China's late Chairman Mao Zedong at a 3D art gallery in......

Edtech sector in crisis as Covid curbs ease; hybrid model offers hope

The reopening of schools and colleges has sparked a crisis in the edtech sector with falling valuations, slowing funding rounds and faltering investor sentiment. Photograph: Kind courtesy August......

Start-up lay-offs accelerate on capital crunch worries

Falling valuations, slowing funding rounds and faltering investor sentiment seem to have prompted many start-ups to lay off employees in a bid to conserve cash. Illustration: Dominic......

Funding may dry up for next 12-18 months: Unacademy CEO tells employees

Unacademy may see a funding dry spell for at least next 12-18 months and even last till 24 months and will cut costs to weather the lean period, said the chief executive of the education technology......

Vedantu lays off 424 employees as it expects a scarcity of capital

Edtech unicorn Vedantu has laid off 424 employees, about 7 per cent of its workforce, according to a blog post shared by the Bengaluru-based firm. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com This......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

Aamir: Talaash is not an out-and-out entertainer

Even as Kareena Kapoor was enjoying her lavish wedding reception in Delhi, her Talaash co-stars Aamir Khan and Rani Mukerji were busy launching the music of their film at a suburban hotel in......

Old theatres make way to grand multiplexes

It's probably a little late to be talking about the death of single-screen theatres. Multiplexes have become so ubiquitous these days that we forget that it was only a decade ago that standalone......

Watch out for Ash, Freida Pinto in Venice

Mani Ratnam's Raavan in Hindi and Anurag Kashyap's The Girl in Yellow Boots will play in out-of-competition slot at the 67th Venice Film Festival, opening on September 1. Ratnam, who will be......

World Cup Diary: Ray's 'Charulata' makes news in Hamilton

Zimbabwe supporters at Seddon Park in Hamilton. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images On a Sunday afternoon, in sleepy Hamilton, as one ambles through the quiet streets, the colourful billboards at......