15 STUNNING Wildlife Photos

A sneak peek of some extraordinary entries for the 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year event. The 60th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will return to the Natural......

Port Blair gets a name change: Sri Vijaya Puram it is

Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. IMAGE: President Droupadi......

Ready to work with India to bridge gaps between countries: Chinese diplomat

Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Kong Xianhua has said his country is ready to work with India to bridge the gap between the people of the two neighbours, recalling the Indian help during the......

Meat, potatoes guy who...: Usha Vance introduces husband JD at RNC

J D Vance would make a great vice president for America, his Indian-American wife Usha Chilukuri Vance has said, as she introduced him at the Republican National Convention by giving an insight......

Standalone health, private multi-line insurance players see more gains

The non-life-insurance industry had moderate growth of 15 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in August 2023. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Core retail segments like motor and health continue......

Plastic straws cause FMCG firms indigestion

The industry may account for just 0.05 per cent of the total volume of single-use plastics in the country. And the product it uses is just one among the 22 — including spoons, forks, plates,......

GIC Re part of Rs 500-crore insurance pool to cover imports from Russia

Overcoming its initial concerns, national reinsurer GIC Re has contributed to the formation of an insurance pool to cover most imports from Russia. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters While it will be......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

Now, Watch Kill On OTT

Fast, furious and fashionable, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options to choose from.   KillWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: Hindi After......

The Most Memorable Goodbye Turns 50

'Garm Hava understands that the scorching, hate-filled, doubt-filled affair between Hindus and Muslims is our national love affair.' Sreehari Nair revisits M S Sathyu's classic film, featuring the......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

Our Biopics Are Bad, But There's Hope

I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, states Sreehari Nair.......

ISL PIX: Bagan avenge Durand Cup loss, down NEUFC in thriller

This hard-fought win also brings relief to Mohun Bagan manager Jose Molina, who had faced 'Go Back' chants at this very venue on Wednesday during their draw in the AFC Cup. IMAGE: Jason Cummings......

Tennis history made: Siegemund's record-breaking win

IMAGE: Laura Siegemund of Germany in action. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Germany's Laura Siegemund entered the record books with her defeat of fifth-seeded Xiyu Wang of......

Transfers: Sterling, Sancho seal loan deals; Toney makes Saudi move

IMAGE: Ivan Toney, once Brentford's lynchpin in attack, moved to Al-Ahli for 40 million pounds ($52.50 million). Photograph: Al-Ahli/X A flurry of activity on transfer deadline day finished with......

Why Hardik Plans To Ditch Maldives...

IMAGE: Hardik Pandya, Natasa Stankovic and son Agastya enjoy the bearch in Chennai, May 30, 2021. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Natasa Stankovic/Instagram   Dismayed by Maldivian ministerial......

Sindhu's total revamp with eye trained on Olympic gold

'If I want to achieve something -- and my aim is to achieve the Olympic gold -- then I would do anything for it. It means everything to me.' IMAGE: Indian badminton legends Prakash Padukone joined......