After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
In a gaffe, New York City Mayor Eric Adams referred to India and its diaspora community as ‘Pakistan' in his remarks at an Indian Independence Day celebration in Queens. IMAGE: New York City......
Thousands of Yoga enthusiasts and practitioners assembled at the iconic Times Square in New York for day-long sessions of the ancient Indian practice on the eve of the commemoration of the......
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......
BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, the largest Hindu temple in the United States spread over 185 acre, has been inaugurated in Robbinsville, with devotees underscoring the temple's message of unity,......
Ajit Balakrishnan on the emerging crisis in the tech world.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There was a deathly silence in that vast hall of a thousand-plus data mining and artificial......
At least 30,000 growers are hedging for their produce through farmer producer organisations An increasing number of farmers in the country are using the commodity futures market, with help from......
'There has to be an 18-month transition.''But if the government had some prior knowledge that the high value notes were being used for an imminent terrorist activity in the country, then we have to......
The strategies that the gurus adopted to build their successful business empires over the past two decades could hardly be adopted by businesses that openly claim to be businesses, points out......
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year despite the stock market decline and they continued to splurge on life's luxuries. Image: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Priyanka Chopra/Instagram Priyanka Chopra rubbed shoulders with Hollywood aristocracy when she co-hosted the Kering Foundation's Caring for Women dinner along with......
'We're not looking at the importance of men standing up for women. And that, to me, is the power of the film.' IMAGE: A scene from To Kill A Tiger. Delhi-born Nisha Pahuja's film To Kill a Tiger......
Had he not taken his final curtain call on April 23, 1992, Satyajit Ray would still, undoubtedly, have been making movies. His films still dazzle with their technical artistry and are relevant even......
Modern Love: Mumbai has a mostly good selection of stories, and unlike so many other OTT shows that seem to think profanity and sex depict modernity, this one can be watched with the family without......
The constant issue in Half Girlfriend is its wimpy characters and the contrivances they resort to arrive at its predictable conclusion.Stupidity is responded with equal, if not more, stupidity,......
IMAGE: Serena Williams continues a tradition of celebrities and athletes diversifying their business portfolios to include startup investing. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters As Serena......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Laureus Sports/Twitter Formula One champion Max Verstappen was named the 2022 Laureus Sportsman of the Year while Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah bagged the......
'Hopefully every single player who is participating, chosen by ranking and who deserves their place at the US Open, will have an equal opportunity to travel there and compete as everybody else.'......
The US Open, which is scheduled to run from August 31 to September 13, is both the largest and loudest of the four Grand Slam events on the tennis calendar. IMAGE: The USTA, which runs the US......
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa poses with his first place medal at the finish line after winning the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon......