A reluctant foreign secretary takes leave -- quietly

K P S Menon (Junior) had a quiet humility and playfulness, and was not motivated by money or power, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: K P S Menon (Junior), served as India's foreign......

Answered: When COVID-19 will end

'"The end" depends on two things.''Either you develop a vaccine which is effective or if you have a drug, you can terminate this infection very quickly.''Otherwise, you have to depend on herd......

Coronavirus: Tomorrow always comes

'A very vast majority of us will catch it at some point, about 8 out of 10 won't feel much worse than a common cold's nuisance, if at all, but some will die.''A very, very vast majority, at least......

Beyond great 'optics', no great push in Indo-China ties

A close reading of the joint statement between India and China suggests that cautious, slow and steady diplomacy continues to remain in vogue between the two countries. Modi’s arrival has......

500 million cellphone users in China

China has 500 million cellphone subscribers in its 20th anniversary of mobile communications, a rapid progress by the country considering two decades ago most of its citizens did not even have......

All eyes on Apple's Cook as Watch launch expected

Apple has said the watch will launch in April Image: Apple CEO Tim Cook stands in front of a screen displaying apps available for the Apple Watch. Photograph: Robert Galbraith/Reuters. Apple Inc......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

All about the Ambani gas war

Rediff Business Desk There seems to be no end to the internecine Ambani war. Even four years after splitting the Reliance empire, the Ambani brothers still seem to be washing dirty linen in......

Images: Celebrities' Day Out

Sanjay Dutt tries out gym equipment as he attends the first anniversary celebrations of a gymnasium in the suburbs of Mumbai on...

Will Priyanka's bikini lure in crowds for Agyaat?

Priyanka Kothari returns to the marquee this Friday after a long spell. Her last release was the dismal Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, way back in 2007, where she tried to pull off Hema Malini's Basanti.......

'Aamir never wanted to be an actor'

It's been 20 years since Aamir Khan's Raakh released in theatres. Fresh after the release of his blockbuster hit Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, audiences couldn't quite relate to Aamir's dark character in......

Karan Johar: I loved Tamasha

A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Celebrities, who watched Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Tamasha over the weekend, praised the film on......

Candidates chess: Gukesh holds Caruana; Gujrathi falters again

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza/FIDE Grandmaster D Gukesh did well to hold top-seeded American Fabiano Caruana to a draw but Vidit Gujrathi suffered another defeat at the hands of Ian......

Meet This Winter Olympics Sensation

IMAGE: Eileen Gu at the 2021 Met Gala. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Chinese American Eileen Gu, representing the Winter Games hosts China, has her face......

Shorts Shorts: Saina enters Indonesia Masters final

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Saina showed better court coverage and unleashed some telling smashes. Photograph: Albert Perez/Getty Images Indian ace......

Bilbao Masters Chess: Anand shocked by Dutch Grandmaster Giri

IMAGE: India's Viswanathan Anand in a pensive mood. Photograph: Getty Images Defending champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Dutch Grandmaster Anish......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......