'Shivaji, Sambhaji Were Secular, Visionary Kings'

'Shivaji and Sambhaji were born into the Hindu religion, and all ceremonies in their palaces were done as per Hindu customs.''But while governing the state, they followed the gospel of......

Trump 47: Disruptor Or Savvy Dealmaker?

Donald Trump's exaggerated opinion of his dealmaking capacity can get him into trouble, observes R Sriram. The danger this time is that the overestimation of his deal making capabilities and the......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

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......

Did Chances Of A Trump Win Spook Bezos?

Did Jeff Bezos decide against endorsing Harris because it would hurt his business interests? Only God and Bezos know, and neither of them are talking, notes Prem Panicker. IMAGE: Jeff Bezos, owner......

The Machine That Saved Tanishq

Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time.Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then......

Amazon to lay off around 1,000 staff in India

E-commerce company Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India as part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the globe, according to sources. Photograph: Brenda McDermid/Reuters......

Amazon plans to lay off 9,000 more workers: CEO

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said on Monday he was cutting 9,000 more jobs from the online retail giant's workforce, following the 18,000 that were axed in January. Photograph: Brenda McDermid/Reuters......

Facebook's parent Meta to fire another 10,000 people

Meta has now become the first major tech company to announce a second round of layoffs. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Facebook's parent company Meta announced on Tuesday it will fire another......

Mumbai Diaries 2 Review: Too Dramatic!

Season two once again goes for dramatic overkill despite the spine-chilling gravity of the true events it is based on, observes Mayur Sanap. After capturing the fretful night of 26/11 in its debut......

Something For All Ages on OTT This Week

Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations.   Mask GirlWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Korean (with subtitles) Juggling between a dull day job and nocturnal online identity, a woman's......

Why Shooting Rani's Next Was Challenging

'Rani made it very clear when she signed the film that she would shoot only during her daughter's summer vacation so as not to disturb her role as a real life mother.' IMAGE: Rani Mukerji in Mrs......

Sukanya Verma's Favourite 2022 OTT Shows

In 2022, I made peace with the fact that I cannot watch every single show in the OTT universe. Week after week, there's a never-ending supply of hot and hyped new releases. Greedy as I was to see......

EPL PIX: Arsenal go five clear at Luton; Burnley down Wolves

Images from the Premier League matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Arsenal's Declan Rice celebrates on scoring the late winner against Luton. Photograph: Premier League/X Declan Rice's header deep......

Nooyi to recuse herself from ICC media rights process

IMAGE: Indra Nooyi, a former CEO cum chairperson of global cola giant PepsiCo, is the ICC's first independent director, and she has decided to abstain herself from the ICC media rights process to......

Shorts: Amazon removes NFL team's merchandise from website

IMAGE: A Washington Redskins football team logo is seen on a shirt at a sporting goods store in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, USA June 24, 2020. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/File/Reuters Amazon.com......

All CPL players, officials, support staff COVID-19 negative

IMAGE: Praveen Tambe is the only Indian to play at the CPL this season. Photograph: BCCI All the 162 members comprising players, support staff, match officials and administrators travelling to......

Coronavirus: No positive results in latest Premier League tests

IMAGE: Liverpool's Roberto Firmino celebrates with manager Juergen Klopp (Image used for representative purposes). Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images via Reuters The Premier League's planned......