IMD Predicts Highest Rainfall This Year

It expects rainfall to be about 106 per cent of the long period average, aided by La Niña conditions anticipated to play a role in the second half of the monsoon season. IMAGE: Commuters......

Is The Congress Doomed?

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground.Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore, argues Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: A......

Pest Attack May Grow If Monsoon Weakens

Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: ANI Photo The long dry spell in August, which was broken recently, is adding to farmers' woes as the crops......

Monsoon onset over Kerala to be delayed

The onset of the southwest monsoon is being keenly watched this year as it may provide an early sign regarding its progress over the Indian subcontinent, particularly when El Niño is......

Sensex surges 690 points to reclaim 71K

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by 1 per cent on Wednesday after sliding for the past two sessions, propelled by bargain hunting in metal, commodity and telecom stocks.......

Is The Golden Decade For Indian Markets Over?

Have the markets already played out their dynamics before the economy has even properly taken off?Are we now destined for a period of mediocre returns despite a strong economy? asks Akash Prakash.......

Inflow in mutual fund industry drops to Rs 34,765 crore in Q2

The mutual fund industry continued with the positive momentum in the September quarter, attracting Rs 34,765 crore, although it was a massive reduction as against the Rs 1.85 lakh crore inflow in......

Tailwind ahead for consumer durables sector during festival season

It’s all eyes on the consumer durables sector during the festival season after a weak Q1FY24 and Q2FY24 was impacted by an erratic monsoon. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives......

Things Are Looking Up At Box Office, But...

'In terms of ticket sales, Hindi is at 50-60 per cent while the South markets are at 80-90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.'The patchy performance of Hindi, the largest segment of the business, is......

Shamshera Review

Shamshera's problem is a shocking inability to support its bombastic ideas with gripping drama.The result is the wastage of not one but two Ranbir Kapoors, observes Sukanya Verma. There was a time......

99 Songs review

99 Songs's mesmerising music distracts you from its sketchy screenplay and bland story, observes Moumita Bhattacharjee. Kind courtesy A R Rahman/Instagram Breathtaking frames, postcard locations,......

Unfortunate that India aren't travelling to Pakistan for CT: Watson

'The CT is a critically important tournament in world cricket because the One Day World Cup is only once in every four years. It is great because it breaks up those four years.' IMAGE: Former......

Chess C'ship: Gukesh's miscalculation costs him Game 1

Ding Liren draws first blood; beats Gukesh in World Championship opener IMAGE: D Gukesh lets it slip as Ding Liren draws first blood in World Championship opener.Photograph: FIDE/X Grandmaster D......

ATP Finals: Alcaraz given Ruud awakening with defeat

IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz reacts during his men's singles group stage match against Norway's Casper Ruud. Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock 6-1, 7-5......

'Mentally, I need a reset'

  IMAGE: Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia cuts short 2024 season citing anxiety and panic attacks. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Former world number four Caroline Garcia said she has......

Gratitude-filled Dhawan bids cricket goodbye

  IMAGE: Shikhar Dhawan. Photograph: Getty Images from the Rediff Archives  Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket two years after he last......