Chennai airport resumes ops after Fengal crosses TN, Puducherry coasts

Flight operations at the Chennai International Airport resumed early on Sunday morning after Cyclone Fengal crossed the North Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts. IMAGE: A view of the Chennai airport......

NCERT axes caste-based discrimination in Class 6 books

India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6......

6.2-magnitude earthquake kills 127 in China

At least 127 people were killed and over 700 others injured when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a mountainous region of northwestern China late Monday night, the deadliest quake in the......

Michaung damages infra in Andhra, subsides into cyclonic storm

The severe cyclonic storm Michaung, which crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast close to Bapatla on Tuesday and subsequently weakened into a cyclonic storm, left a trail of destruction in its......

These 50 listed companies raised money from investors and 'vanished'!

These 50 companies had been suspended for violations for more than six months. They are from more than ten different states. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A number of listed companies are......

UIDAI clears the air on linking Aadhaar with bank accounts

The Aadhaar-enabled payment system, or AEPS, allows consumers who don’t have smartphones or debit cards to perform basic banking transactions like cash deposit, cash withdrawal, intrabank or......

What has Arctic weather got to do with Indian monsoon? A lot, actually

Data spanning the years 1951 to 2014 show that temperature and pressure conditions at specific locations in the Arctic region during the pre-monsoon period correlate with the Indian summer monsoon......

Good monsoon has positive spin-off on govt finances

Good monsoon is likely to create more jobs in the agriculture sector, which in turn could save the exchequer around Rs 10,000 crore Good monsoon over many parts of the country so far this year and......

Don't miss! Bollyfolk and their beautiful moms

Bollystars post their mums's pix: A Mother's Day special. Photograph: Kind courtesy Kriti Sanon/Instagram Kriti Sanon with her mum Geeta Sanon. 'Happyy Mother's day Mumma.. You are God's most......

Saga Schumacher is far from over

Four years ago, during a relatively torrential weekend in Shanghai, I jumped into a taxicab, and, handicapped by complete Mandarin ignorance, found myself in quite the conundrum. The thing about......