Bangladesh foreign secy meets Indian envoy over border tensions

Bangladesh foreign secretary Mohammed Jashim Uddin on Sunday expressed the country's 'deep concern' over the recent border tensions during a meeting with Indian high commissioner Pranay Verma at......

Will decapitate your leaders: Israel's big warning to...

In the first acknowledgement of Israel's involvement in the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday, issued a stern warning to the Houthi rebels from......

1 dead in clashes after Hindu leader's arrest in Bangladesh

A lawyer was killed on Tuesday during clashes between the security personnel and followers of a Hindu community leader, who was denied bail and sent to jail by a court in the port city of......

Bangladeshi Hindu leader held for sedition denied bail

A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday denied bail to prominent Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, arrested on sedition charges, and sent him to prison, triggering protests by community members......

The Big Mac Inflation Index

The ever-astute Ravi Matthai, Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1971, offered me a basic salary of Rs 1,000 per month on my return from the United States.I doubt if IIMA......

Shiv Nadar steps down, daughter Roshni is new chairperson of HCL Tech

Roshni, also a trained classical musician, came on the board of HCL Technologies in 2013 and was vice chairperson. Shiv Nadar would continue to be MD of the company with designation as chief......

Au revoir, brands?

The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Ignore......

Nirav Modi's paintings auctioned for Rs 59.37 crore

An untitled work by the abstract artist V S Gaitonde fetched a winning bid of Rs 25.24 crore, making it the most expensive bid for an artwork from the country ever. IMAGE: The above painting by......

PIX: Spain's first transgender football team

IMAGE: P.R. Sant Feliu Llobregat C - Fenix (Spain's first federated transgender soccer team to achieve federated status) captain Luck Ibanez speaks to his players before their first official......

From Mali to Spain, albino runner now chases Paris gold

Iglesias was born in Mali with albinism, a genetic condition that inhibits the production of melanin which pigments the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism impairs her visual perception by 90%, but thick......

Ahead of Paris Games, Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry......

When Chinese ultramarathon turned deadly

China punishes 27 officials after deadly ultramarathon IMAGE: Rescue workers carry a stretcher as they work at the site where extreme cold weather killed participants of an 100-km ultramarathon......

PIX: 80-year-old Russian great grandmother sizzles on ice

'At 80, Russian grandma sizzles on ice.' IMAGE: Valentina Fyodorova, 80, the captain of a senior women's hockey team, poses for a photo in the locker room before a match in the village of Bereznik......