What's driving huge turnout of youths, students at Maha Kumbh

The Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj is set to witness a "Yuva Maha Kumbh", a mega gathering of youth and students from across the country bound by a common thread: Swami Vivekananda, whose birth......

British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from......

100 Indian Elephants March To New York

Photograph: Kind courtesy The Great Elephant Migration A huge herd of elephants -- 100 of them -- are arriving in Manhattan on Friday, which is also auspiciously the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi. Nope,......

Air India deboards woman after argument with crew

Air India deboarded Religare Enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja from a London-bound flight at the Delhi airport for rude behaviour with crew members on March 5, sources said on Thursday.......

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the most heartening and fraternal features of......

'Food inflation may lead to December inflation above 7%'

'An eerie similarity with 2019 inflation trajectory could now mean that the RBI and market inflation estimates could go awry.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Elevated food......

Climate change may lengthen London to New York flight time

  Flights from London to New York could take longer and be more expensive in the future due to the effects of climate change, according to a new study that may have implications for the......

UK tax row: FM Rishi Sunak offers himself for independent review

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has written to his boss, Boris Johnson, to be referred to one of the British Prime Minister's independent advisers to review all his ministerial......

'Shah Rukh made Baazigar believable'

'When I was composing Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein. I started the song from Uuf Teri, Dillagi, Dil Ko Jalaane Lagi, Dilruba, Tu Mujhe, Nakharen Dikhaane Lagi... Ratanji liked it, but I was singing it......

Things Are Looking Up At Box Office, But...

'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.'The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business, is......

The Best Of Yash Chopra On OTT

In recent years, Yash Chopra has been labelled King Of Romance, when in fact, his best film, Deewar (1975) did not have a chiffon-clad heroine dancing in the snow. Unfortunately, it is not......

'Main Shah Rukh Khan Nahi Hoon'

'The mohabbat Shah Rukh Khan gives out on screen is very important in today's times.' IMAGE: Karan Mehta and Anurag Kashyap, right, take blessings from a portrait of Shah Rukh Khan. Photograph:......

Prep for Paris Games-bound shooters not ideal: Sodhi

'I would say you have to give six months to a year to give the athletes to kind of even register that person is going (to the Olympics). People are struggling to find their kit. So, things could......

Shot putter Khatua controversially excluded from list of Paris-bound athletes

IMAGE: Despite qualifying for the Olympic Games, there is no official statement providing reason for Abha Khatua's omission from the list. Photograph: Abha Khatua/X A total of 117 athletes will be......

Wimbledon: Bhambri-Olivetti pair make second round

IMAGE: India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivetti entered the men’s doubles second round at Wimbledon, where they will take on the eighth seeded German combination of Kevin......

Protests, doping and internal strife: The dark side of India's Olympic journey

From bitter fights to dope shame, Indian Olympic team's tryst with controversies IMAGE: Narsingh Yadav had surprised many by winning India the Olympic quota in the 74kg free-style category. Kaka......

Why Indian shooters could fire blanks at Paris Olympics

Shooters' preps lacked planning, says Olympian Vijay Kumar IMAGE: Shooter Vijay Kumar with his 2012 Olympic medal. Photograph: Harish Kotian/Rediff/Files Olympic medallist shooter Vijay Kumar......