Odisha, Bengal evacuate people as Cyclone Dana approaches

As Odisha and West Bengal are bracing for a severe cyclonic storm, governments of both states started evacuating people and while deciding to close educational institutions in vulnerable areas.......

Chennai Struggles With Floods

IMAGE: An auto driver wades through a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Chennai on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. All photographs: ANI Photo Heavy rain continued to lash Chennai and other......

Heavy rains disrupt normal life in TN, more downpour likely in next two days

Intermittent, widespread rains lashed Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, bringing residential neighbourhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides......

The Formidable Editor, Vimla Patil

Vimla Patil always stressed the importance of proving wrong the perception that women were women's worst enemies. And it is a lesson I carried forward with me all through my career, learning......

Kerala's tourism takes a hard knock with coronavirus

One of the most-sought-after tourist destinations in Asia, ‘God's Own Country’ Kerala has been hit by the coronavirus scare just when it was on the recovery path after the Nipah......

Why exports keep missing ministry target

A combination of externalities such as global trade wars and slowing growth, continuing glitches in accessing offsets under the GST regime, which has created a liquidity crunch for smaller......

The new charter does not make life easy for flight passengers

It neither mentions timelines for refund or compensation, nor talks about penal provisions for airlines. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Pune resident Vandana Saxena Poria was supposed to fly......

The vanishing middle manager

Can business schools re-invent their role, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Business schools are in such a period of boom -- with the leading ones struggling to deal......

Duleep Trophy: SKY, Shaw Fail To Fire

IMAGE: Skipper Shivam Mavi put Central Zone in control as West Zone's big guns failed to fire. Photograph: BCCI   Central Zone bowlers led by Captain Shivam Mavi (4/43) silenced the big guns......