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......

Modi calls for 'secular civil code', 'one nation one election' in I-Day speech

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday made an unequivocal pitch for a uniform civil code in the country, asserting that a "secular civil code" in place of the existing "communal" one is the need of......

Can India Create Multi Language AI Like Chat GPT?

Creating an LLM trained on Indian languages is not easy.Experts say each language in India has a nuance of its own, so creating a ChatGPT-like product is an ambitious challenge. Illustration:......

Modi strongly condemns civilian deaths in Israel-Hamas war

New challenges are emerging from the incidents in the West Asia and it is time for the countries of the Global South to talk in one voice for greater global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said......

Trump's Tariff Tussle With India

'While criticising India's high tariffs, Mr Trump stated he would impose reciprocal taxes on Indian products if re-elected.''However, since India's tariffs follow WTO rules, Mr Trump's actions......

Why Elon Musk is 'thankful' to Jyotiraditya Scindia

Tech billionaire Elon Musk thanked Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for not agreeing with Indian tycoons Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal on auctioning spectrum for satellite services,......

Ratan Tata Passes Away At 86

Tata Group's chairman emeritus and veteran industrialist Ratan Tata died at a Mumbai hospital late on Wednesday night. Tata, who led the salt-to-software conglomerate to new heights, was 86.......

Reliance, BP partnership to continue despite end of exclusivity

Global supermajor BP Plc's exclusivity with Reliance Industries Ltd has ended but the energy giant will continue to pursue oil and gas as well as mobility ventures in India with the Mukesh Ambani......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

How Netflix Finally Got It Right In India

Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint. IMAGE: Netflix's Guns And Gulabs, directed by Raj and DK, starring Rajkummar Rao, Dulquer Salmaan,......

Will Disney Exit India?

Disney Star India, bought at a valuation of $15 billion, could be on the block for roughly one-third that amount. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters For the first time since it entered India in 1993,......

Wake Up Call For Bollywood A-Listers

Seven of Bollywood's big stars (Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Shahid Kapoor), who had 10 movies released with a collective budget of Rs......

MCC Committee recommends at least 3-match Test series

IMAGE: The committee rued the lack of a decider and suggested Test series should be at least a three-match affair. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters A minimum of three-match Test series and......