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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......

Ratan Tata, The Rishi India Trusted Most

To me, he always symbolised the sincere, confident, face of a Bharat whose rise is unstoppable.Ratan Tata was a Rishi who was unquestioningly trusted by people who never saw him and never met him,......

Atomic bomb survivors group gets Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors for "extraordinary efforts" to "achieve a world free of nuclear......

'Ratan Made You Feel Special'

'He had a lovely, lovely, sense of humour, very subdued and very, very subtle, but it was very, very, prominent.' All photographs: Kind courtesy Ratan Tata/Instagram.com Halekai or Home By......

The Peeli-Peelis of Kolkata

As Kolkata marches towards modernity, it is hard to imagine its streets without these cabs, notes Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd). IMAGE: Kolkata's famous Ambassador taxis. Photograph: Debadyuti......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

'Legends Never Die': A tribute to Ratan Tata

Industry leaders including Google's India-born chief executive Sundar Pichai on Wednesday mourned the death of Ratan Tata, saying the veteran industrialist cared about making India better.......

Action Packed Time For Two-Wheelers!

The BSA Gold Star is launched....Ola Enters e-motorbikes Biz... Bajaj, TVS To Enter e2Ws Market... IMAGE: Mahindra and Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra at the launch of the BSA Gold Star 650 at......

India no longer needs big ticket reforms but small ones to drive growth: CEA Nageswaran

India no longer needs big ticket reforms but small and basic ones to drive the growth forward, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said on Monday. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

How Swift Changed Maruti's Thinking

Swift Dzire has clocked 2.5 million in sales, and you might, in a non-too-distant future, see headlines that the DZire has done 3 million as well, observes Suveen Sinha. IMAGE: Maruti Suzuki's 4th......

Why Vettaiyan May Become A Blockbuster

'The combination of star power, compelling storytelling, and action-packed drama promises to set the box office ablaze and kickstart the new quarter on a spectacular high note.' IMAGE: Rajinikanth......

Bhumi's Latest Obsession Is Her Red Lips

What beauty means to Rakul... Malavika is tired of adulting... Sobhita introduces us to her Avengers... Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhumi Pednekar/Instagram Bhumi Pednekar's latest obsession is her......

The Top 10 Leading Ladies Club

Gone are the days when Bollywood's ruthless numero uno obsession used to be the media's biggest preoccupation. But with streaming determined to coexist as intently as the silver screen, there's......

Nayanthara-Vignesh's Romantic Holiday

Chiranjeevi has a special guest... Tabu turns into a bride... Amy holidays in Budapest... Photograph: Kind courtesy Nayanthara/Instagram Nayanthara and her film-maker husband Vignesh Shivan give......

'40 Years On, Saaransh Is Still Relevant'

'It hasn't wrinkled because truth doesn't wrinkle. It's like fire; it burns every time you touch it.' IMAGE: Anupam Kher, Rohini Hattangadi and Soni Razdan in Saaransh . As Saaransh completes 40......

Kohli pens heartfelt letter as AB enters ICC Hall of Fame

IMAGE: Ab de Villiers scored more than 20,000 international runs across all three formats of the game. Photograph: Indian Premier League The International Cricket Council (ICC) on......

India aim to gain upper hand over struggling Kiwis in overcast Bengaluru

IMAGE: Shubman Gill bats during practice session. He will strive to work on facing in-coming deliveries which has been his peristent problem. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters Yashasvi Jaiswal and......

ISL PIX: Bagan avenge Durand Cup loss, down NEUFC in thriller

This hard-fought win also brings relief to Mohun Bagan manager Jose Molina, who had faced 'Go Back' chants at this very venue on Wednesday during their draw in the AFC Cup. IMAGE: Jason Cummings......

'Dil Se Bhi Gabbar Hai'

'He never had a negative thought in his mind, he was supremely confident.''He always stuck to his natural game, he never moved away from that.' IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 6,793 runs in 167......

Father's memory powers McKeown to gold in Paris

IMAGE: Australia’s gold medallist Kaylee McKeown celebrates on the podium. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters Kaylee McKeown lost her father to a terminal illness a year before the......

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