Will build a Britain where our kids can light Diyas: Sunak

Extending Diwali greetings to everyone, Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that he will do everything to build a Britain where children and grandchildren can light their......

Here to fix mistakes, says PM Rishi Sunak in first address

Rishi Sunak on Tuesday took charge as Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister with a promise to fix recent "mistakes" after an audience with King Charles III, a day after he was elected the......

Will Rishi Sunak create history in his second comeback for PM race?

It is being widely pitched as one of the most remarkable political comebacks in British politics as Indian-origin former chancellor Rishi Sunak formally entered the race to be elected Conservative......

The A to Z of 2020

Wow -- 2020, huh? From the deadly coronavirus to lockdowns, wildfires to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the Bihar and US elections, it's been a year we won't forget. It's hard to believe it......

Best of HDFC Bank is yet to come: Aditya Puri

The veteran banker has been instrumental in building the bank from scratch and turning it into the largest private sector lender of the country. A lot has been achieved in the 26-year old journey......

Markets are fearlessly giving Modi the bad news about economy

'If you ask India's finest business leaders, they now tell you -- in whispers, of course -- that the mood has never been so glum after 1991,' says Shekhar Gupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

'Indian economy is best performer in the world'

'When I came here in 2002, I said you can grow at 8%.''And I was told that was crazy, and (now) here we are.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard......

Are politicians responsible for India's banking crisis?

'As long as the government owns the banks, bankers will follow signals from politicians as to how to lend.''State-owned banks will remain State-owned banks as long as the current dispensation is in......

When Katrina, Ranbir, Hrithik looked different in the SAME film

Sukanya Verma looks back at actors, who have sported multiple looks in a single film. An actor is someone, who wears masks and slips under another's skin to become another person. To play......

He wants to celebrate the uniqueness of India

Veenu Sandhu meets the young filmmaker who won the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award. There is something about Shimla, about its meandering lanes where you can sometimes feel the clouds around you.......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

'I will never do commercial films'

Rahul Bose claims that he does not have a career strategy. And that explains his seven films in a nine-year career.But the last couple of months have been very favourable for the Bengali actor. Two......

Racing Point ready to move on from cash-starved Force India era

Force India were the fourth ranked team in 2016 and 2017 before last year's troubles. Racing Point finished 2018 seventh out of 10 -- some achievement given that they started with a clean slate......

Men's tennis seems so middle-aged...

'Not only are four of the top five fathers, but Federer famously injured a knee, weakened by years of twisting and turning on tennis courts, early this year while giving his elder pair of twins a......

Dravid's finesse stands out against Tendulkar's figures

Enough with the cheeky question marks. Enough with the half-baked compliments and the cryptic monikers! Be true and call the man what he is - the greatest Indian batsman of all-time. True, he's a......

Davenport raring to go

If anyone had believed her, Lindsay Davenport should have packed away her racket for good by now and consigned her career to the annals of tennis history.Twelve months ago, the 1999 Wimbledon......