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"Dangerous" heat wave bakes much of the US

An "oppressive and dangerous" heat wave has gripped much of the United States, leaving at least six people dead and caused the cancellation of several public events. The National......

PHOTOS: 'Snow bomb' carpets US

An intense winter storm has caused electricity outages for tens of thousands of Americans. Some 65,000 homes and businesses along the US east coast are without power. The storm is the......

Biggest blizzard in years blankets US east coast

A massive winter storm has pummelled the United States' east coast, grounding flights, shuttering vaccination sites in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York and affecting 60 million people. A......

Trump's younger brother passes away

Robert Trump, 71, the younger brother of Donald Trump, has died, the president said in a statement, a day after he visited his "best friend" in a New York hospital. Photograph: Reuters President......

Millionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found dead in jail

IMAGE: Jeffrey Epstein. Photograph: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services/Handout via Reuters Jailed multi-millionaire financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has died......

Much Ado About Ratings

'The history of Moody's India ratings tells its own story,' points out T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's sovereign rating upgrade by Moody's Investors Service is a second......

Amazing IMAGES of New York's Grand Central Station

Grand Central Terminal - colloquially called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central - is a commuter rail terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in......

How to choose the right credit card

A credit card is a good alternative to make payments when you are short of cash. If managed well, it is one financial product you will truly admire. However, choosing the right card could be quite......

'Money lies in the mass market'

Bubble economies don't last, and crises bring you back to reality. The truth of both these assertions has become manifest in recent weeks. Consider the sectors where demand first nosedived, and has......

Cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder dead

Estee Lauder, the pioneering queen of the global beauty products industry, who over decades turned her small face creams business into a multi-million-dollar cosmetics empire, has died. She was......

When Satyajit Ray got UPSET

There is a world that Satyajit Ray created in his films that I wanted to be a part of -- as Durga bathed in the rain to Ravi Shankar's music; when Charulata sat on the swing regretting she never......

Why Mira Nair's Films Speak To Me

Mira's films are alive, rocking and so true to the reality I know.They are gifts that I keep revisiting, and I cannot wait for what more she will share with us, notes Aseem Chhabra. IMAGE:......

The Meyerowitz Stories: Thank God for Netflix!

If it wasn't for Netflix, we'd never have seen The Meyerowitz Stories in India.J Jagannath is captivated by this film about three disconnected siblings and their even more disconnected father.......

Can a man and a woman be 'friends' without having sex?

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this......

How I will remember Sadhana

'Her death has left a small hole in me. That little space that her songs and her screen image always filled in me. She had not worked in films for years, but somehow I always sensed she was there,......

Super Bowl 42 lives up to lofty billing

A consortium of shouts, whistles and cheers pours into my friend's apartment window on Manhattan's Upper Eastside: "Yea, baby!" "Go Giants!" "Boston sucks!" Peering out said window, I see drunken......

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