Poll Schemes Threaten Maharashtra's Finances

Schemes like the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana strain Maharashtra's fiscal resources amid rising unemployment and prices of food items. IMAGE: Shiv Sena Kopri Pachapakkhadi assembly......

How The US Helps India Counter The China Threat

Reports (not denied by India) that the USA had 'for the first time provided real-time details to their Indian counterparts on the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion'......

Top Hezbollah commander killed, senior official captured

In a significant blow to Hezbollah, Israel announced the elimination of Jaafar Khader Faour, commander of the Nasser Unit's Missiles and Rockets Array, in southern Lebanon's Jouaiyya area. IMAGE:......

Canada lists India as cyberthreat, MEA reacts strongly

Amid an ongoing diplomatic row, Canada has for the first time named India in a list of cyberthreat adversaries and suggested state-sponsored actors could be spying against it, an allegation that......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Emami has built itself through acquisition, but...

Two young men jostle in a rickshaw as it clatters along a narrow, bustling lane of North Kolkata, each with a leg dangling over the side of the vehicle, a bulging sack of cosmetics nestled between......

Top 5 pvt equity players invested $9 bn in H1CY24

The funding environment in India for startups is improving this year if one were to go by Bain & Company estimates. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Five private equity (PE) investors that......

SBI focuses on JanDhan, trusts, societies to mobilise incremental deposits

In order to boost its deposit base, State Bank of India (SBI) is focusing on various segments, including JanDhan account holders, trusts, societies, and the segment below the affluent class but......

Bollywood's Most Mesmerising Tawaif? VOTE!

Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......

10 Youth Shows You Must Watch On OTT

Ever so often, when cop-and-gangster shows or family drama on OTT start getting audiences restless, streaming platforms trot out 'youth' content, to lasso back the wandering teen and young adult......

Kabhi Jeet, Mostly Haar

Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a special 4-part series. Part 1: When It Was Bradman Versus India Part......

UCL: Villa's Mings left red-faced over bizarre penalty

IMAGE: Club Brugge's Casper Nielsen in action with Aston Villa's Tyrone Mings. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters Aston Villa conceded a bizarre penalty in a 1-0 loss at Club Brugge on Wednesday......

Indian spinners banking on batters, pitch for favourable returns

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Glenn Phillips. Photograph: BCCI Kuldeep Yadav on Friday said the pitch has started offering a bit of turn and placed......

PIX: Lewandowski 'tricks; Frankfurt defies Bayern

Lewandowski nets hat-trick as Barcelona beat Alaves 3-0 IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their second goal. Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters Robert Lewandowski's......

EPL 2024-25: Can Arsenal finally end City's dominance?

IMAGE: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacts during a pre-season match vs Olympique Lyonnais. Photograph: John Sibley / Reuters Arsenal must step up to another level this season if they are to......