After 2014, our growth has been average of around 5%.If this continues, we will remain here like Egypt, Brazil, South Africa and Bangladesh, points out Aakar Patel. Illustration: Dominic......
This week’s collection of unbelievably unusual images from across the world A reveller poses for a photo during the LGBT Pride Parade in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.......
The little-known but insightful story of Uttar Pradesh's youngest chief minister, Akhilesh Singh Yadav or Tipu. By his father's biographer Frank Huzur. The last of a two-part series. Part I:......
Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has named a 3-member Indo-Canadian Committee for the Community Historical Recognition Program to look at the projects from the community for sensitizing......
The modern Maoist in Bihar speaks English, is tech-savvy, and communicates using high frequency wireless networks. The Bihar police said Maoists who were recently arrested revealed this. The police......
Over the past decade, a change in consumer choice swept through the battery industry – the walkman lost its mojo, smartphones took over cameras and batteries were tucked away in remotes and......
'Perhaps a better question to ask would be: Is this 'Made for India'?' asks AI expert Ganesh Mani.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com At a recent workshop I co-organised in Bangalore, with......
Image: Jhataleka Malhotra at the launch of ZTE V5.Photograph: Kind Courtesy, ZTE "An empowered heart is one filled with love for oneself". Err, that sounds a little outdated. "An empowered heart......
Sony Xperia Z3. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, sonymobile.com Just when you thought there won’t be any more big-bang launches in the smartphone market, along comes Sony with the Xperia Z3. The......
Philips in search of its mojo Viveat Susan Pinto and Sounak Mitra in Mumbai/New Delhi The Dutch major exited the TV and audio-visual segments recently. Will its attempt at repositioning its......
'He was an extremely naughty child, always in trouble and creating trouble.' 'He wanted to fly a kite at night, and sometimes, bunk school.' 'When I insisted on sending him, we could get a call......
'Without even knowing me, people have trolled me for being the person I am, for the way I look.''Why put myself in a negative space, you know?' Photograph: Kind courtesy Anya......
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 doesn't always escape the trappings of an obligatory sequel, but the disarming shenanigans of its screwball superheroes coax you to stay hooked on to that feeling,......
'2016 may have been unkind, more than other years, but we are here and we owe it to the ones who are gone -- to live and love fully this wonderful gift of life,' says filmmaker Suparn Verma.......
Guardians Of The Galaxy takes place in a remarkable world drawn lovingly and beautifully by imaginative folks low on skin-coloured crayons, says Raja Sen. It all begins with the most, most......
'What is true khadoos? Stubborn? Dogged? Unyielding? Relentless? Or something in between that? Or all of it together?' 'Just like you can't translate it, you can't teach a kid to be khadoos either.......
Liverpool have cashed in on midfielder Xabi Alonso and their lack of financial muscle means they have been unable to compete for stellar signings like Valencia striker David Villa. However,......
For India, it is more about redeeming pride than winning the four-match ODI series in the West Indies. Hurt after the early exit from the ICC World Twenty20, India are keen to extract revenge for......
They say, Michael Phelps is as good as Mark Spitz. That, by any yardstick, is saying a lot.The whole world compares him with Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games. While the......