Mumbai-born Catholic to head King's College in NYC

Dinesh D'Souza, the Mumbai-born controversial conservative scholar, has been appointed president of The King's College in New York City -- a move that has surprised many high education observers......

Baramati: Oasis in a power-starved state

The road from Pune to Baramati is good. As you near Baramati it gets better. When you enter Baramati you feel like having entered another world. The roads are broad. There are dividers on most of......

2002: The Year That Was For Pop

It was the iconoclast Andy Warhol who said every individual in the world is entitled to 15minutes of fame. But fame is a finite resource, and therefore fallible to inequitable distribution. On......

'Indian media needs the next Raghav Bahl or Prannoy Roy'

More people from the content side should be running the business of media if the industry has to grow, Bloomberg's Parry Ravindranathan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Prannoy Roy, centre,......

A lesson or two India must learn from China to arrest rupee fall

Indian banks must stop financing excess capacity before Chinese surplus output starts flooding in, notes Andy Mukherjee. An abrupt slowdown in Chinese demand could send deflationary ripples around......

Good times end in Dubai

Dubai's Hot 100 party last month was a reminder of the city's high-rolling times before the credit crunch. The annual celebration, laid on by a magazine profiling the United Arab Emirates' smart......

Meet the real American hackers

Don't try to hack the hackers. That's what Dateline NBC's associate producer Michelle Madigan learned at this year's DefCon, the largest gathering of hackers, crackers and security professionals......

The Batman Review

Twists and turns, shocking revelations, explosions, chase sequences and a lot of moodiness make The Batman a riveting movie going experience, notes Aseem Chhabra. How do you narrate a story that......

Power Of The Dog, Dune Lead Oscar Noms

The nominations for the 94th Annual Academy Awards are out. The Power Of The Dog and Dune lead the pack while films like King Richard, Belfast and West Side Story grab quite a few noms. India......

Remember Shabana Azmi and Farooque Sheikh's Tumhari Amrita?

Just two actors on stage capturing love, jealousy, possessiveness, class issues and guilt in 90 minutes... a highly entertaining musical set in 19th century Paris. Arthur J Pais/Rediff.com reports......

Ready for the Hobbit this week?

Bloated and overdrawn aptly describe the lavishly made prequel to Peter Jackson'sThe Lord of the Rings.Yet,The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeycould win massive audiences worldwide thanks to its......

PIX: French Open gets off to chilly and damp start

IMAGE: A ball kid shelters Maria Sakkari of Greece with an umbrella in between games as empty stands are seen in the background during DAY 1 of the French Open. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty......

All you want to know about the Champions Trophy

The 8th Champions Trophy begins in England this week.Rajneesh Gupta captures the tournament in all its statistical glory like only he can. IMAGE: Mohammed Shami is ecstatic after claiming a wicket......

World Athletics: Ayana denies Dibaba with stunning 5,000m gold

Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia celebrates after winning gold and setting new championship record in the Women's 5000 metres final. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana put on a......

Bolt refuses to see himself as savior of dope-tainted athletics

  Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt relaxes at a news conference ahead of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships, in Beijing, on Thursday. Photograph: Kim......

McLaren to speed contract talks with Hamilton

McLaren have no "Plan B" in place should Lewis Hamilton decide to leave the team at the end of the season and will speed up contract negotiations in the next few days to try to make sure he stays.......