Crucial reforms in Muslim personal law, especially laws related to inheritance and adoption, need to be initiated forthwith; historically speaking, without the State's backing, hardly has any......
At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......
As the country gears up for the world's biggest electoral exercise, messaging platforms like WhatsApp and social media influencers have emerged as the go to mediums for political parties to......
'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......
Delhi Police has recovered a sharp object from Mehrauli murder accused Aaftab Poonawala's flat, which it suspects may have been used to chop live-in partner Sharddha Walkar's body, even as a CCTV......
'My wife, family members as well as members of the workers will be trustees.''The trust will take all decisions -- no family member can individually take any decision.' On the passing of Subrata......
Not just in the fight against COVID-19, but also in politics, economics and society, observes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Words such as 'infection', 'social......
There's no silver bullet to get rid of poverty, says Alok Sheel.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The 2019 Nobel Prize in economics has been jointly awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther......
"He's made economics more human," the Nobel jury said. US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioral economics, showing how human......
Though Nobel Prize nominations have been a secret for 50 years, speculation abounds over the contenders for this year’s prize in economics. A look at the possible winners. Colin......
Director Bramma's Kuttram Kadithal is an intense drama that questions the adequacy of our school system, says S Saraswathi. The internationally acclaimed Kuttram Kadithal, which has won a......
IMAGE: Nick Kyrgios with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi. Photographs: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Australian Open men's doubles champion Nick Kyrgios is proving to be a winner on and off the......