Earth records hottest year ever in 2024, surpasses 1.5C mark

The year 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with a global average temperature 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) confirmed......

New day, new poll promise for Delhiites from Kejriwal

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Friday announced that Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) will be provided funds to hire private guards to ensure security in the neighbourhoods, if his......

SC orders status quo on well near Sambhal masjid

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the district magistrate to maintain status quo on reviving or allowing prayers at a 'private' well located near the entrance of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid......

TTD to offer free education to kids of stampede victims

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust board on Friday expressed condolences over the recent stampede in Tirupati and decided to offer free education for the deceased victims' children at......

India's forex kitty drops $5.69 bn to $634.58 bn

India's forex reserves dropped by $5.69 billion to $634.58 billion in the week ended January 3, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters In the previous reporting......

Markets end in red on surging crude prices, FII outflows

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty nursed losses for the third consecutive session on Friday, in lockstep with a weak trend in global equities as concerns over economic growth and a slowdown......

Insurers to double down on tech, rural expansion for growth in '25

The Indian insurance industry is set to focus on customer-centric technological adoption and expansion into rural areas to drive growth in 2025. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com These......

Fundraising via equity, debt hit all-time high in 2024

Fundraising by Indian corporates through equity and debt reached all-time high in the calendar year 2024, according to primedatabase.com. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The overall......

Who Are Ananya-Ranbir Cheering For?

Film folk came to cheer Zahan Kapoor and his Netflix series Black Warrant. Inspired by true events, it is based on the book Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer by Sunil Gupta, a former......

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Hrithik?

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Hrithik Roshan. Hrithik Roshan's adult career kick started on a dream note. Even his first ever scene in debut Kaho Naa...Pyaar......

Rekhachithram Review: Alternate History Saves The Day

Rekhachitram is the latest in an assembly line of films that use the allure of the past to drive home the suspense of relatively straightforward genre stories, notes Arjun Menon. What If this......

Witches & Westerns On Your OTT Menu

Witches and westerns, goosebumps and goldfish, it’s all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists your...

Bangladesh's Tamim retires from international cricket again

IMAGE: Tamim Iqbal first retired in July 2023 during an emotional press conference before he reversed the decision within 24 hours following an intervention by Bangladesh's then-prime minister......

Raducanu skips inspect bites spray over doping fears

'I got really badly bitten by I don't know what, like ants, mosquitoes, something. I'm allergic, I guess.' IMAGE: Britain's Emma Raducanu turned down treatment for an insect bite ahead of the......

HIL: TN Dragons edge Bengal Tigers; rise to top

IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Dragons' players celebrate a goal against Bengal Tigers during the HIL match in Rourkela on Friday. Photograph: Hockey India League Tamil Nadu Dragons beat Sharchi Rarh Bengal......

Leicester owner's family files $2.7b claim over 2018 helicopter crash

IMAGE: Tributes for Leicester City's owner Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, and four other people, who died when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed as it left the ground......

ISL: Punjab FC hold NorthEast United; end losing streak

IMAGE: Punjab FC's Khaiminthang Lhungdim celebrates after scoring the equaliser against NorthEast United during the ISL match in Guwahati on Friday. Photograph: Indian Super League/X Khaiminthang......