Kuwait on Sunday conferred its highest honour -- 'The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer' -- on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in strengthening the good relations between the two countries.......
China has closed for tourists the scenic areas of its side of Mt Everest, also known as Mount Qomolangma, following a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dingri County in the Tibet Autonomous......
Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh has said that 35 crore pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela taking place in the vicinity of Sangam - the confluence of rivers Ganga,......
The average age is 56, making the Lower house the oldest in India's parliamentary history and a year older than the previous Lok Sabha. IMAGE: Lok Sabha proceedings underway during the winter......
A court in Bangladesh on Thursday denied bail to a Hindu priest and a former International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) leader in a sedition case. IMAGE: hinmoy Krishna Das at a......
AI adoption is transforming industries worldwide, with half of the employers planning to leverage it to target new opportunities, 41 per cent planning to reduce their workforce due to automation,......
The surge in FPI investments has driven record fund-raising through IPOs this year, with the total amount nearing Rs 1.5 trillion. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Foreign portfolio investors......
The ratio of market capitalisation to gross domestic product (GDP) in India remains elevated despite the recent correction in the equities markets. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It was......
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Thursday due to heavy selling in market heavyweights HDFC Bank, TCS and Reliance as investors turned nervous over earnings......
Inflows into mutual funds' equity schemes increased by over 14 per cent on-month to Rs 41,156 crore in December, even as market volatilities continued. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The......
'One of the most significant factors contributing to the optimism for 2025 is the lineup of films featuring Bollywood's three superstar Khans.' IMAGE: Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna in Pushpa 2:......
IMAGE: Allu Arjun in Pushpa 2. The Hindi version of Pushpa: The Rule is the first film in the Rs 700 Crore Club (Rs 7 billion). Last year, Pathaan had kickstarted the campaign for films that......
Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the......
Bollywood welcomes 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Ananya Panday/Instagram 'WHAT A YEAR' says Ananya Panday, 'couldn't possibly be more grateful for all the opportunities and the people and the......
IMAGE: By lunchtime on day one, 45,465 spectators were already present at the SCG, surpassing the previous record of 44,901 set during the 2003/04 series. Photograph: Sydney Cricket Ground/X A......
SCORECARD IMAGE: A general view of the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday, December 30, 2024. Photograph: Melbourne Cricket Ground/X The all-time attendance record at the Melbourne Cricket......
Garry Kasparov lauds Gukesh for surmounting every obstacle to scale highest peak IMAGE: D Gukesh claimed the title by beating China's Ding Liren in Singapore. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Chin......
IMAGE: Ira Jadhav, a student of the Sharadashram Vidyamandir, the alma mater of Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli and Ajit Agarkar -- smashed 346 from 157 balls with 42 fours and 16 sixes.......
IMAGE: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas is confident he will have huge support in his latest bid for a first Grand Slam title. Photograph: Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters Former Australian Open......