Truth in the AI era

Can legislation enable this, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.   Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com I still remember, in my school days, when my classmates and I fell into an argument about who......

How India Can Overtake China

India must integrate more with East Asia by getting into regional trade arrangements, lower its tariff walls, and improve the quality of its workforce, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Uttam......

NDRF teams return from Turkiye with stories of love and affection

A paramedic leaving her 18-month twins behind to serve the call of duty, officials processing hundreds of documents to prepare more than 140 passports overnight and rescuers not being to able to......

Harris' win latest in growing list of desi lawmakers

Kamala Harris, daughter of immigrants, scripted history as she broke the glass ceiling in the world's oldest democracy to be elected America's first Black and South Asian-descent woman Vice......

Bucking the trend: Indian startups regain lost funding ground, says report

Finally, some good news for the Indian startup ecosystem. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After four consecutive half-year periods of declining funding since 2022, the first half (H1) of......

I&B holds meet to discuss Big Tech revenue sharing

The ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) on Wednesday held an inter-ministerial meeting with various departments to discuss issues regarding revenue sharing between Big Tech companies and......

India will lead the world on 6G: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the India Mobile Congress in New Delhi on Friday reeled out statistics to show how India has turned into an exporter of mobile phones from being an......

Ambani among those setting up family business offices in Singapore

Ambani is in good company. The likes of ultra-rich individuals like hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio and co-founder of Google Sergey Brin have chosen Singapore to establish their family offices. So......

Shubman Gill Is 2023's Google Star!

IMAGE: Shubman Gill stars on Google's 2023 rankings. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters In a twist that defied expectations, the global stage of Google's 'most searched athletes' in 2023......

The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story

It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the......

The legend of Neeraj Chopra continues to grow!

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra is only the second Indian -- after shooter Abhinav Bindra -- to simultaneously hold the Olympics and World Championships title. Photographs: Reuters For someone who was......

'Dhoni has never shown his palm to an astrologer'

'He believes in his destiny and says "naseeb accha hai, chalne do".' Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI   When Bharat Sundaresan, one of India's finest cricket writers, travelled to Ranchi to......

'I am an auto driver, now I am also a tennis player'

Participants at the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour held in Chennai did not let adversity affect their outlook on life. A Ganesh Nadar presents some of their sunshine stories. Photographs: Sreeram......