North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston

A long-awaited dream of having the first free-standing Gandhi museum in North America, dedicated to the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, is finally a reality and open for......

Spotted! The Endangered Bugun Liocichla

IMAGE: A Bugun Liocichla bird perches on a tree.A male and female pair of the critically endangered and rare bird was spotted at the Eaglenest Pass in western Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday,......

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

NASA's largest and most advanced Mars rover, Perseverance, successfully touched down on the Martian surface on Friday, in a nail-biting landing that marks its first step in the search for signs of......

Kamala Harris, the perfect foil for Biden

'There is room for cautious optimism following the Harris anointment that America will return this year to more normal politics after the aberration of the Trump presidency,' points out Shreekant......

How Mumbai's oldest Ittar market is keeping its business alive

The traditional art of making herbal ittar(fragrance) is gradually getting replaced with chemical-based, not so labour-intensive perfume industry, finds out Shaheen Mansuri/Rediff.com. Image:......

The Bhagwati-Sen Debate: An Epitaph

Only reforms that accelerate economic growth can generate the revenues to finance expenditure on social infrastructure for the poor, not the other way round, insists Jagdish Bhagwati. My......

Obama proposes freeze on NASA's Budget for 5 years

President Barack Obama has proposed a five-year budgetary freeze on NASA's spending keeping it at $18.7 billion levels annually till 2016.But NASA's administrator Charles Bolden told reporters that......

Surat set to shine as diamond trading centre

Surat, which polishes almost more than 95 per cent of the world's diamonds, is poised to become the assorting and trading hub for the precious jewel stone in the next 3-4 years. "Surat has all the......

Take This Fun Bollywood Quiz!

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies. Ready for a round of our fun and filmi quiz? All you have to is identify the movie from the options listed below. You......

Kate Winslet gives YOU something to talk about

IMAGE: (Left to right) Leann Bowen, Jeff Ingold, Tina Pawlik, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham, Jason Sudeikis, Juno Temple, Brendan Hunt, Bill Wrubel,......

'Her dance numbers were not just about dancing'

'A whole universe of feelings and moods went into them.' IMAGE: Dola Re Dola Re, the Aishwarya Rai-Madhuri Dixit dance face-off Saroj Khan choreographed in the 2002 box-office hit Devdas, was......

Udta Punjab, worst casting decisions, and naheeee...!

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us. It's like Audrey Hepburn said, 'Everything I learned, I learned from the movies.' I wouldn't go that far but every film, good or ghastly,......

Soccer PIX: Man City, Arsenal close on Liverpool, Fulham stun United

IMAGE: Arsenal's Jakub Kiwior celebrates scoring their fourth goal with Declan Rice. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters Manchester City and Arsenal closed in on Premier League leaders Liverpool with......

PIX: Haaland powers City into last 16; Milan down PSG

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.City cruise into last 16 IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring their first goal against Young Boys at......

Champions League PIX: Haaland lifts City; Barca win

Haaland brace lifts Man City to 3-1 win over Young Boys IMAGE: Manchester City's Erling Braut Haaland scores their third goal. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Erling Haaland ended his goal......

MotoGP India: Visa hassles for champ Marc Marquez, others

'The dedicated teams are doing everything possible to ensure every rider, team, technical officials visa are issued at the earliest. This incident was unexpected and we are doing whatever is......

PIX: Manchester United win League Cup for first trophy in six years

IMAGE: Manchester United's players celebrate winning the Carabao Cup, after beating Newcastle United in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, on Sunday. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images......