Bharat Biotech finally names ICMR as co-owner in Covaxin patent filings

After reports claimed that filings in patent offices in India, the US, and Europe did not mention ICMR or its scientists, but only BBIL and its scientists, the Hyderabad-based biotechnology......

A Tale Of Two Poorams

If you have an appetite for crowds and the visual spectacle of many focused on one task or activity, a pooram will engage you, notes Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The materials used on caparisoned......

Desis Rally For Secular India

The Constitution's Preamble says that we Indians have resolved to secure for Indians 'fraternity, assuring the dignity of the individual'.Fraternity can come only when we stand up for each......

'I was not comfortable in BJP as I am a liberal'

‘In the BJP I realised they are a different people with different mindset. They had a different ideology which was more rigid, and somewhere I was not comfortable.’ Brijendra Singh,......

How Private Should Be A CEO's Life Be?

Health issues, divorce, court battles, moral turpitude, and more can all distract the CEO and impinge on a company's performance.So, how much of their private life should a company disclose? asks......

Broking industry's race to the top: Groww poised to pip Zerodha, but...

The broking industry’s pecking order is set to change with Groww, a fin-tech startup from Bengaluru, poised to topple the industry’s poster boy, Zerodha, as the leading brokerage in the......

Boycott calls force advertisers, celebrities to increase safeguards

American writer HP Lovecraft famously said that the oldest and strongest of fears is the fear of the unknown. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com For present-day advertisers and celebrities,......

Sebi And Phenomenon of Confusing Rules

Since 2016, Sebi has made many rules to prevent unauthorised trading by stockbrokers.Yet, one comes across dozens of cases of blatant overtrading in client accounts, every year, leading to massive......

Dry Day Review: Jitendra Kumar Gets A Thumbs Up Again

There is an authenticity and sense of purpose about Dry Day which is appealing, observes Deepa Gahlot. The government of Madhya Pradesh has been thanked, so it is clear that Dry Day is set in the......

Chamak Review: Fast Forward To Isha Talwar

It's not uncommon for performers to become bigger than the stories they are placed in and Sreehari Nair would happily pay to watch Isha Talwar and Paramvir Singh Cheema riffing on love, bad life......

Friday Night Plan Review: Watch Out For Babil!

Friday Night Plan's sweet-natured heart and sanitised humour are happier focusing on the inherent niceness teenagers are capable of, observes Sukanya Verma. A self-effacing, socially awkward 18......

The Best Karan Johar Films On OTT

It doesn't seem like it, but 25 years have passed since Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released and introduced a bright, youngm director name Karan Johar. He has directed just six feature films since his......

Why Abhishek could be dropped despite match-winning century!

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma celebrates after completing his century in the second T20 International against Zimbabwe. Photograph: BCCI/X India will find it tough to choose between Yashasvi Jaiswal's......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Prague Masters Chess: Praggnanandhaa blunders again, goes down to Rapport

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Stev Bonhage/FIDE Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round of the Prague Masters Chess......

'Move to bring in Hardik makes a lot of cricketing sense'

'Rohit Sharma shouldn't be viewed sentimentally or emotionally.' IMAGE: 'Rohit Sharma will remain the same batter, and if he continues solely as a pure batter without the captaincy role, I don't......

2nd Australia T20: Where India needs improvement...

IMAGE: Pacer Mukesh Kumar impressed in the first T20 International against Australia, conceding just 29 runs in four overs in a high-scoring game. Photograph: BCCI India’s young bowling unit......