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Is Macron Planning To Box Putin?

Is Emmanuel Macron training for the Olympics in Paris this July? Or is he planning to invite Vladimir Putin for a bout? The Palais de l'Élysée was mum about the reason after Soazig de......

11 commoners who got their 'fairy tale princess' ending

Turns out Cinderella doesn’t need a ball to meet her prince; she can find him anywhere! There’s Britain’s Prince William who married his college sweetheart -- Kate Middleton,......

WTF News! It's Weird, True and Funny

Here's a collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world. 1) Bald Men Club of Japan hold competition -- to celebrate baldness More than 30 bald men gathered at a......

The moments that shaped 2016

'The year in pictures' treks across the globe, looking back on the moments that shaped 2016. From the United States presidential race, to demonetisation in India to the refugee crisis, the news......

Why are French troops marching down Rajpath?

'Parading French troops alongside Indian military personnel, says Rajeev Sharma, turns India's non-alignment policy on its head!' IMAGE: French soldiers rehearse for India's Republic Day parade,......

Time to END Bank Nationalisation

Nationalisation has served its purpose.It's time to move ahead, keeping majority ownership of the government in a few banks to serve the people, argues Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam......

Is our money in the banks safe?

'Clearly, the depositors of cooperative banks need the maximum protection,' notes Tamal Bandopadhyay.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Till Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services......

Countries with most millionaires: INDIA ranks 11

Image: A Kathakali dancer performs during a cultural programme in Chandigarh. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters India is home to 11th largest population of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals, but also......

16 top museums of the world

A trip to the museum is always fascinating. It makes one familiar with history. To know a particular place well, one should always pay a visit to the local museum. In this slide show, we......

110 years of automobiles!

Visitors look at vintage cars displayed during the exhibition 110 years of automobiles at the Grand Palais in Paris on February 3,...

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

This Is How Yami Starts Her Day

The New Year may have started but stars are in no mood to return home. Instead, they continue to make beautiful holiday pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy Yami Gautam/Instagram......

Indian Legends At Cannes

A 11-member Indian delegation led by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur walked the red carpet at the inaugural event at the Cannes film festival where India has been named as the......

Like Deepika's Boho Look?

Before the opening ceremony of this year's Cannes film festival at the Palais des Festivals, there was the photocall for the jury. For this appearance, Deepika Padukone chose to go bohemian. And......

India, Merchant-Ivory and the Oscars

Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......

Cyber attack strikes Paris Olympics!

IMAGE: A cybersecurity employee from the Paris 2024 flying squad manages a simulated cyber attack and pretends to resolve it from a computer on the Olympic site which will host the hockey events......

Olympics: Women fencers win Ukraine's first gold in Paris

IMAGE: Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, Alina Komashchuk, Olena Kravatska and Yuliia Bakastova pose with their gold medals after beating South Korea in the women's fencing sabre team event at Paris......

Olympic fever hits France following tense build-up

IMAGE: Swimming Gold medallist Leon Marchand of France celebrates on the podium. File Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding,......

Oldest And 'Youngest' Olympians In Paris

IMAGE: Australian equestrian Mary Hanna and Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez. Photograph: Kind courtesy Oz Wiltshire/X and Mena/X The Olympics is a stage where the world gets acquainted with some......

Egyptian fencer Hafez competed while 7 months pregnant!

'Three times Olympian but this time carrying a little Olympian one!' IMAGE: Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez competed at her third Olympics while seven months pregnant. Photograph: Nada Hafez/Instagram......

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