The 15 newsmakers of 2017

Donald Trump, Hardik Patel, Kangana Ranuat… The year 2017 wouldn’t have been the same if it weren't for these personalities and many more. As we herald in 2018, here's a look at the......

Pachauri is Nature's 'Newsmaker of 2007'

British weekly journal Nature on Thursday named environmentalist and the head of Nobel-winning Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, R K Pachauri, as its 'Newsmaker of the Year'. The IPCC was......

Vote: India's newsmakers of 2014

The year 2014 has been an eventful one for India. The country got a new government and a new state, broke new frontiers in various fields and of course its share of controversies.  Rediff.com......

Chhattisgarh tribals turn into new-age reporters

In the tribal lands of Chhattisgarh, everybody is a journalist. You might spot every other tribal here hooked to a cellphone, as they are either busy reporting their daily quota of events or......

What lures India Inc to invest abroad

At one time, the average Indian had a great attraction for things foreign: no wonder, of course, given the extremely rigid exchange controls and travel and import restrictions then in force.......

The man the Greeks hate the most

Wolfgang Schauble has done right by the Euro zone, but the Greeks believe that doesn't necessarily mean he has done right by them. Image: German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (right) and his......

Newsmakers of 2009: A scam, a car, a tussle

From a technocrat turned fraudster Ramalinga Raju's confession to the snub-nosed Nano, 2009 offered some forgettable and many memorable moments in business. Not just the domestic turf, in the......

Huffington Post to launch India edition in May

US-based leading online newspaper Huffington Post is planning to launch an India edition by May this year and negotiations are currently underway to finalise a local partner for this venture. "We......

Ash: The undisputed power cover girl

She received the country's appreciation inthe form of a Padma Shri. She has giggled her way through The Letterman Show and draped Oprah Winfrey in a sari. She has been described on CBS 60 Minutes......

When Milkha Singh chatted with Rediff Readers

Four years before the arrival of the new century, long before Facebook Live and InstaChats, arrived the Rediff Chat, the Internet's first forum where Readers could chat with Newsmakers. Among the......

Coe welcomes 'Blade Runner' to London 2012

South African 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius will be made welcome at next year's Olympics after achieving the qualifying mark this week, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said on Thursday.......

Udayan celebrates Steve Waugh's feat

Udayan celebrates Steve Waugh's featThousands of miles from the Caribbean, where Australia skipper Steve Waugh scoredhis 30th Test ton to surpass the great Don Bradman, overjoyed tiny tots at......