Everest climbing fees hiked to tackle trash crisis

Nepal has sharply increased permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by 36 per cent and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at controlling garbage pollution on the world's tallest peak,......

One Month Of Trump: The World Is In Shock

The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom,......

Don't erase, reload data; just verify EVMs: SC to poll panel

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission of India's response on the pleas seeking verification of the burnt memory and symbol loading units in electronic voting machines (EVMs)......

ED probes agents' network facilitating Indians' illegal US entry via Canada

The Enforcement Directorate is probing a "complex network" of agents and facilitators in India, Canada and the US who help Indians illegally enter the US via "bogus" admissions in Canadian......

Govt to launch term loan for women, SC, ST entrepreneurs

The government will launch a Rs 2-crore term loan for 5 lakh first-time women, SC and ST entrepreneurs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Presenting......

Budget 2025: UDAN scheme modified to connect 120 new destinations

To tap Indian civil aviation market's growth potential, the government on Saturday announced a modified regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) to connect 120 new......

Govt announces new Fund of Funds scheme with Rs 10k cr corpus for startups

The government on Saturday announced a host of measures such as setting up of a new Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) with Rs 10,000 crore corpus; and extension of period of incorporation by five years......

Union Budget 2025-26: This is what telecom sector wants

High spectrum costs limit operators to invest in next-gen network infrastructure. Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters Key......

'Human Beings Are Like Trees, We Keep Growing Till...'

'Your relationship with your child is changing every single day, ditto your relationship with your parents.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Gul Panag/Instagram What makes interviewing Gul Panag always......

How Sholay, Deewar, Aandhi Changed Cinema

'Do films today even have the courage to question the establishment?' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewar. It was a standout year, and not just in Indian politics. 1975, the year of the Emergency,......

5 Things You Didn't Know About Sreeleela

Sreeleela turns item girl for Pushpa: The Rule with the song,...

Defeat and fine: Pakistan's Champions Trophy disaster

The Pakistan team was on Thursday fined five percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during their match against New Zealand in the Champions Trophy opener at the National......

'Can someone explain how a negotiation was possible?'

Rather than face the prospect of a lengthy ban, with a decision expected by the end of the year, World No 1 Jannik Sinner accepted the three-month suspension which will allow him to return before......

Tempers flare in Karachi! Afridi, Shakeel, Ghulam fined

IMAGE: Screengrab of Pakistan's Saud Shakeel and Kamran  Ghulam celebrating too close to Temba Bavuma. Pakistan's Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam have been fined for......

BCCI to players: Obey new rules or face IPL ban, fee cuts

IMAGE:  India captain Rohit Sharma presides over a team meeting before a training session.Photograph: BCCI Mandatory domestic cricket, restriction on the presence of families and personal......

BCCI to players: Obey new rules or face IPL ban, fee cuts

IMAGE: Restrictions were sought by head coach Gautam Gambhir in a review meeting of the team's recent poor run. Photograph: BCCI Cracking the whip on the Indian cricket team's "star culture",......