Robots, Dinosaurs: Modi's Day Out

Prime Minister Narendra D Modi visited the Robotics Gallery at the Science City in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, September 27, 2023. This gallery, which spans 11,000 square meters, has a giant......

Rig Veda, Apollo Statue, Mona Lisa enrich G20 Summit venue's culture corridor

Certified original copies of the US' Charters of Freedom, a fahua-lid jar from China and Panini's grammar treatise Ashtadhyayi from India are among the historic items displayed at the Bharat......

Rig Veda, 'Magna Carta' to be exhibited at G20 summit

Manuscripts of the Rig Veda from India, a rare copy of the Magna Carta from the United Kingdom and an anamorphic digital image of Mona Lisa from France will be among the several artefacts to be......

Kangana and Vir Das have every right to their opinions

By sacrificing an important component of the right to free speech, we have strengthened the hands of the fundamentalists, the bigots and the publicity-seeking goondas. And of the hate-filled......

The one mythology lesson everyone in marketing must learn

Marketers are required to be more Sisyphus than The Vitruvian Man, says Bharat Bambawale. Titian's Sisyphys.According to Greek mythology Sisyphus was doomed to carry a rock uphill time and again,......

Meeting Mr Mona Lisa

How much would collectors be willing to pay for owning a part of Indian history, asks Kishore Singh. I met Salvator Mundi a fortnight ago within a tightly regulated security cordon, and though I......

'I am eating a bottle of Nutella a day!'

Salman Khan's protege and Notebook actor Zaheer Iqbal is enjoying he national lockdown. He tells Patcy N/Rediff.com,, "I have taken a break from everything -- from working out and diet." How is......

The Kishore Kumar NO ONE Knew!

When Pritish Nandy interviewed Kishore Kumar for The Illustrated Weekly Of India, Asia's oldest and most venerable magazine, it was a stunner. Posing with a skull on the Weekly's cover, the great......

Vatican bans Hanks' Da Vinci Code prequel

Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard will have a tough time filming two key scenes in their new flick Angels and Demons, based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name, for the Vatican has banned them......

Tamil Nadu suspends screening of Da Vinci Code

The Tamil Nadu government has asked District Collectors and the Chennai Police Commissioner to suspend the screening of Hollywood film, The Da Vinci Code.A press release issued by the state......

ISL: Kerala Blasters down Chennaiyin FC; end 11-year wait

IMAGE: Kerala Blasters' players celebrate a goal against Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League match in Chennai on Thursday. Photograph: Kerala Blasters FC/X Kerala Blasters FC delivered a......

Defying age: Chhetri breaks ISL records

Sunil Chhetri creates history, becomes oldest hat-trick scorer in ISL in Bengaluru's win IMAGE: Sunil Chhetri became the oldest hat-trick scorer in the ISL history. Photograph: ISL/X The......

ISL: Dominant Chennaiyin thrash hosts Jamshedpur

IMAGE: Chennaiyin FC's Wilmar Jordan Gil celebrates after scoring against Jamshedpur FC. Photograph: Indian Super League A dominant Chennaiyin FC returned to winning ways in style as they pumped in......

PICS: 2024 Paralympics opens amid grand spectacle

Images from the  2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Paris on Wednesday. IMAGE: Performers delight as the Obelisk of Luxor on the Place de la Concorde is seen during the 2024 Paralympics......

PIX: Real Madrid, Napoli win; Bayern edge Wolfsburg

IMAGE: Endrick scores Real Madrid's third goal against Real Valladolid during the LaLiga match at Santiago Bernabeu, in Madrid on Sunday. Photograph: Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters Second-half......