Nasa discovers entire solar system like ours

NASA has used Google's artificial intelligence to discover a record-tying eighth exoplanet circling a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth, marking the first finding of an eight-planet solar......

Britain finally discovers how the Raj hurt India

Unlike the Germans, Britons began to face the hard truths about their colonial empire only recently, says Kanika Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It has taken a little under seven......

Italians cheat Kerala jeweller of Rs 75 lakh

Two Italian tourists have duped a leading jeweller in Kerala of Rs 75 lakh by selling him 800 gold-plated copper coins in the guise of gold coins.The Kerala police are on the lookout for Antonia......

Tajikistan too good for India in football friendly

The Indian football team's disastrous performance at the international level continued as it went down 0-3 to Tajikistan in an international friendly in Khujand, Tajikistan, on Wednesday. Davronov......

Where Are Business Leaders To Power The India Story?

What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......

How Ashish Bharat Ram transformed SRF

Ashish Bharat Ram has transformed the company from being an overwhelmingly nylon tyre cord manufacturer to one where only 20 per cent of the revenue comes from technical textiles (mainly nylon tyre......

Increase in gold import tax dissuades buyers

The Central government has raised the import tax on gold by two percentage points to six percent to curb purchases and rein in a ballooning fiscal deficit, but the move has left buyers......

Why Budget fails to excite the common man

Are you happy with the Union Budget 2009 or disappointed like the stockmarket, which didn't see any of the things it wanted - be it lesser government borrowings and corporate taxes, or a PSU......

'The trick is to look forward with excitement, then you're alive all the time'

Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand, who would have turned 99 today, September 26. IMAGE: Dev Anand. This feature was first posted on Rediff.com on April 4,......

Golden Globes 2020: Sofia Vergara on the red carpet

The 77th Golden Globe awards is live at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, and is seeing Hollywood's glamorous set in attendance. There's a splash of India as well, with Priyanka......

Priyanka and Nick are husband and wife!

Let the next chapter of their relationship commence! IMAGE: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas tied the knot on Saturday, December 1, four months after they got engaged. Photograph: Rob Kim/Getty......

Golden Globes 2018: Is Dakota Johnson the best dressed? VOTE!

The good, the bad and the ugly. The 75th Golden Globe awards saw a wave of black on the red carpet. But while most film folk followed the black dress protest, there were some, who decided to......

FA charges Wigan coach Jewell

Wigan Athletic manager Paul Jewell was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association (FA) on Tuesday for his behaviour towards referee Phil Dowd after Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Arsenal.......

McCarthy takes over as Ipswich boss

Former Ireland and Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy has been named boss of English Championship (second division) side Ipswich Town, the club said on Thursday. McCarthy replaces Paul......

Marseille, Werder Bremen in UEFA Cup QF

An extra-time goal from on-loan English-born defender Tyrone Mears sent Olympique Marseille into the UEFA Cup quarter-finals Wednesday. Mears headed in from close range in the 110th minute to......

Chelsea beat Spurs to close the gap at the top

Chelsea closed the gap on Arsenal at the top of the Premier League when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 on Saturday and Arsenal were held to a surprising 1-1 draw by Birmingham City. Second-placed......

Wenger charged for calling linesman a liar

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been charged with improper conduct and/or bringing the game into disrepute after he accused a linesman of lying following the brawl at the end of the League Cup......