MIT expels Indian-origin student for pro-Palestine essay

An Indian-origin student pursuing PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been suspended until January 2026 following his pro-Palestinian activism and is currently appealing the......

'Vague Allegations Against Election Commission Unfair'

'To attribute motives to the individual election commissioner or the Election Commission as a group is very unfair.' IMAGE: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar with Election Commissioners......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

'Quad is here to stay': Modi's message to China at Leaders' Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Quad is not against anyone, but for a rules-based international order and respect for sovereignty, in a veiled reference to China. IMAGE: Prime......

Reliance Has Filed 3,000 Plus Patents

Reliance has filed patents not only in India but also in the US, Canada, Europe, Estonia, South Korea, and South America.The patents include narrowband Internet of Things, AI large language models,......

How Government Is Making Use Of AI

The National Informatics Centre uses AI to automate document analysis and detect fraud in government departments. Illustration: Ruvic/Reuters   The government's vast work has got modern help:......

Google Unveils AI For India's Developers

Developers in India now have expanded access to Google's powerful AI models with the 2 million token context window in Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemma 2, the next generation of open models. IMAGE:......

Future of digital payments in India

'The focus needs to shift towards the ability to collect payments, particularly in tier-3 to tier-4 areas where acceptance is still lacking.' IMAGE: Cutlery vendor switches on Paytm at a roadside......

'Magic Of Cinema Is Still There, But...'

'The young generation doesn't want to work with old hats like me.''They don't understand that we are brighter and wiser because of our experience.''We can take them on the right path, but they......

Revealed: Why Arvind Swamy Quit Films

'Life should never be unidimensional.''While I enjoy doing films, there's still a lot more that I want to experience.'   IMAGE: Arvind Swamy as MGR, the legendary Tamil movie star and later......

'Cinema has to come back to theatres'

'That will happen and we shall overcome sooner than we expect.' IMAGE: Mohanlal, movie superstar, actor extraordinaire.   Covid has affected life all over the world and that includes the......