Walking stick, baby walker, air conditioner, balloon and bangles are among the 193 "free symbols" issued by the Election Commission recently for Independents and candidates of unrecognised parties......
The defence ministry is working towards banning the sale of imported items from countries including China at its canteen stores department as part of its efforts to promote local goods under the......
In a corner of Kolkata lived a man who made Latin American music cool before urban India became hip to salsa.Sumit Bhattacharya remembers Monojit Datta, ace percussionist, guru and unknown legend.......
Kent RO, one of India's largest water purifier brands, on Wednesday apologised and withdrew an advertisement for an 'Atta & Bread Maker' after it received massive backlash for being "classist" and......
Peter said he needed a broom to sweep his cell because, he joked, there are no vacuum cleaners in jail.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustrations: Dominic......
Ambani is in good company. The likes of ultra-rich individuals like hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio and co-founder of Google Sergey Brin have chosen Singapore to establish their family offices. So......
After a long wait, the Shapoorji Pallonji Group has closed the sale process of its consumer durables business under the Eureka Forbes label by picking the American private equity fund Advent......
Vitamin C, a supplement recommended by most doctors for better immunity during the pandemic, posted a 450 per cent growth in imports. From Covid-19 essentials, such as Vitamin C supplements and......
India’s merchandise imports from China more than doubled to $6.51 billion in April. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A year after the government’s renewed push to become......
Known for its phones and emerging from nowhere in the segment, it might take on the scooter Goliaths.Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: Xiaomi sells a range of electric scooters in China, which......
'The best thing about John is that he's tall!'So you will never be told, 'Aisha, you are too tall'.' IMAGE: Aisha Sharma. Photograph: Kind courtesy Aisha Sharma/Instagram At 5'9", Aisha Sharma is......
The reviews are up. The box office verdict is out. When I was asked to write about 3 Idiots, I wondered what more can I probably say about a movie that's already running super successfully in......
There is a section in Suketu Mehta's much celebrated and Pulitzer Prize finalist book Maximum City:Bombay Lost and Found, where the author goes at length to describe his several meetings with......
Master filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won his ninth National Award for his Malayalam film Naalu Pennungal, based on Jnanapith award-winner Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai's four short......
Zagitova leads with world record, Medvedeva close behind IMAGE: Alina Zagitova of Olympic Athlete from Russia competes in the Figure Skating. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Alina Zagitova......
Dmitry Tursunov is demented. He abuses racquets, balls, the net, umpires; scowls at the ball kids and even his supporters. During the last week, Mumbai saw him complain about the demanding......
A voodoo doll with five pins and the national emblems of all your enemy teams. Toilet paper with World Cup trivia. Pork slices emblazoned with a soccer player dribbling down the pitch.These are......
In the first of a series of weekly chats on cricket, Prem Panicker appeared on the rediff Chat at 1300 EDT/1000 PDT. Following is a transcript of the chat.Also see Prem's blog:......