UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Maha portfolio allocation: Fadnavis gets Home, Ajit Finance, Shinde...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, retaining the crucial Home department with him. IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister......

Hemant Soren distributes portfolios; keeps home, gives finance to Cong

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among the new ministers, keeping key departments such as home, personnel and several others to himself, according to a......

Where Would India Be Without Dr Singh?

What stood out in his 15-year journey as a member of the political executive at the Centre was his glowing record as India's most successful and effective finance minister. Both as prime minister......

India's maiden critical mineral auctions: Who are the participants?

India on Monday announced the results for the country’s first critical mineral auction. Photograph: Polina Devitt/Reuters Amid the tepid response from big players, the list of successful......

How AI Is Transforming Auto Manufacturing

'From data on enquiries, we can build what we call a data lake or a data warehouse where data is classified into various cohorts and then we use AI and ML tools to predict demand down the line.'......

How Vicks Vaporub Become A Blockbuster

Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores.The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A......

'Housing sector seeing biggest boom in last 15 years'

India's housing sector is witnessing probably the "biggest boom" in the last one and half decade driven by various factors such as affordability and customers aspiration to own homes, HDFC Capital......

'Varun Was Hanging, Upside Down For An Hour'

'Varun was so exhilarated with the intense physical action sequences.''Samantha is very agile.''I don't know how they did it. It's really hard.' IMAGE: Samantha and Varun Dhawan on the sets of......

Why Varun-Samantha Had To Do Action Themselves

'In the current world of action cinema, where everything is high-tech and glossy, what if we go back in time and take out all the gadgets?' IMAGE: Samantha and Varun Dhawan in Citadel: Honey......

7 Underrated Performances of 2023

Even as we tip our hats to the best performances of 2023, there are quite a few that may have gone unnoticed. Subhash K Jha lists the actors who deserve the spotlight.   Abhishek Chauhan in......

'I don't like the new films from Yash Raj'

'Rani has changed Adi for the better. If he is happy, why should I not be happy?' Pamela Chopra, in a fascinating interview with Patcy N/Rediff.com, on her sons, Aditya and Uday Chopra, and her......

Defying odds: Neetu David's rise to ICC Hall of Fame

IMAGE: Neetu David's induction into the ICC Hall of Fame paves the way for future generations of Indian women cricketers. Photograph: Jay Shah/X Her entire cricketing journey flashed before former......

Mithali on her legacy and future of women's cricket

IMAGE: With an overall tally of 10,868 runs across all formats, Mithali Raj is the all-time leading scorer in Women's Cricket .Photograph: BCCI The feeling of being called a "former India captain"......

How India women's team can bounce back after England debacle

'Our ideology in white-ball cricket needs to change; we have to be fearless.' Photograph: The Indian women's team celebrates the fall of a wicket. Kind Courtesy BCCI Women/Twitter India's women's......