Meet British Indian MP Lisa Nandy, PM Starmer's new culture secretary

British Indian MP Lisa Nandy, who was re-elected with a thumping majority from Wigan in north-west England, was appointed the new secretary of state for culture, Media and Sport on Friday by Prime......

Treading The AI Path Sensibly

... while learning from past tech revolutions, suggests Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Every two decades or so, we, humans, are forced to deal with a......

Will My Job Be Threatened?

Ajit Balakrishnan decodes the post-ChatGPT angst. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Here are some samples of media headlines across the world and across all media types: 'ChatGPT: The 10......

'Vedas do not refer to anything called Hinduism'

'They were certainly not practising Hinduism in the Harappan culture (which includes Mohenjo Daro and other sites).''There was no notion of Hinduism then.' If you want to understand Indian history......

Boney Was Drawn To Sridevi More And More

A Salim-Javed script called Mr India fell into his lap, which became the first film they worked in together.Somehow the reticent, soft-spoken and rather guarded Sridevi's words reached out to him.......

Cricket, hockey, shooting, badminton dropped from CWG

In a body blow to India's medal prospects in the Commonwealth Games, key sports such as hockey, badminton, wrestling, cricket and shooting have been dropped from the 2026 edition by host city......

Check out India's lowest totals in Test cricket

IMAGE: New Zealand players celebrates the wicket of Rishabh Pant on Day 2 of the 1st Test Match played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI Undone by New Zealand......

Limited Test centers are a game-changer: Ashwin

'When we go to Australia, they play India only at five Test centres. So do England' 'Can we do it here (in India)? That's above my pay grade. I cannot comment on that' IMAGE: The debate on......

Kohli, Jaiswal rise in Test rankings, Rohit drops to 6th

IMAGE: Young India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal moved up a spot to seventh. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli moved up two rungs to eighth place while his captain Rohit Sharma dropped a spot to sixth in the......

Joe Root eyes Tendulkar's record after historic fifty

IMAGE: Joe Root registered his 64th half-century in Test cricket, making him the England batter with the most fifties. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters England's batting maestro Joe Root......