Personal Data Protection

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking person’s guide. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Last week, I was sitting in the rear seat of my car, deeply immersed in my Kindle, reading......

DMK asks AIADMK to join anti-NEET stir in Delhi, Oppn party hits back

Arch-rivals Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Sunday crossed swords over the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test with the ruling party in Tamil Nadu......

Refresh memories of UP, Assam: Cong to BJP on K'taka CM delay

The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party for criticising it over the delay in deciding the chief minister of Karnataka, and cited examples when the BJP declared its chief......

A Father's Long Wait For His Son's Shaurya Chakra

The medal was parcelled to his home. He sent it back.'It should be conferred at the ceremonial function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.' IMAGE: Lance Naik Gopal Singh Bhadoriya. All Photographs: Kind......

Software startup Postman's valuation tops $5.6 bn after $225 mn fundraise

The valuation of the San Francisco-headquartered firm with offices in Bengaluru, where it was founded, has almost trebled in just about one year and risen multi-fold since 2019. IMAGE: From left......

Now, postman will help you update Aadhaar at home

Individuals can now update mobile numbers on their Aadhaar cards at their doorstep with the help of a postman. India Post Payments Bank and Unique Identification Authority of India under an......

In Digital India, SAAS firms are lapping up young execcutives

Indian firms selling SAAS products have got a bonanza as companies meet, manage and sell remotely. The top five firms - Zoho, Freshworks, HighRadius, Druva, and Icertis - account for 33 per cent of......

Jio Platforms deals a big boost for PE investments

Investments totaling over $9.5 billion in Jio Platforms by a clutch of private equity firms, following social media giant Facebook's $5.7 billion mid-April investment in the company, helped......

Sunny Or Akshay? Who Will You Watch?

Sunny Deol's angry old man, Tabu's spying skills or Akshay Kumar's divine intervention: Which one will you watch on OTT this week? Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.   Gadar......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

Review: Mirzapur is *not* a Gangster Drama...

...But a comedy about Class Wars. Sreehari Nair tells us why. IMAGE: Pankaj Tripathi, Rasika Duggal and Dibyendu Sharma in Mirzapur. There is a lot of gun toting, backstabbing, and killing in......

Rudaali director Kalpana Lajmi passes away

 She was suffering from a chronic kidney disease and liver failure. Renowned filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi died on Sunday morning at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai, a family......

Zhou wins virtual Bahrain GP as F1 seeks to thrill fans

Bahrain would have been the second race of the year on Sunday and F1 had hoped to enlist current drivers in a virtual replacement using the Codemasters F1 2019 game. IMAGE: Renault's Chinese test......

Manchester United: What A Mess!

'Pure, unadulterated football joy has been in short supply for United fans for a long time now,' complains Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Manchester United Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looks on during the......

What it's like to have the second-most important job in India?

'Of the 32 captains who have led India in Test cricket, only four have been pure bowlers -- Ghulam Ahmed, Venkatraghavan, Bishan Bedi and myself.' 'The captain must lead with only one idea in mind......

Alok Kumar wins Asian billiards

National champion Alok Kumar blanked Praput Chaithanasukan of Thailand 6-0 to win the Asian Billiards Championship at the Olympic Stadium of Kish Island, Iran, on Thursday. In the process, the......