Modi first foreign head to get Bhutan's highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. IMAGE:......

We Danced Slowly; We Didn't Want A Heart Attack

Half a century after he left school, A Ganesh Nadar attends a school reunion. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In August they announced the school reunion. I had passed out of the......

Henry Kissinger, 100, Passes Away

Former United States secretary of state Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100, The Washington Post reported. IMAGE: Dr Henry Kissinger seen here, October......

Heroic missions: From 1989 Op Raniganj to Thai cave rescue

With the entire nation hooked on to their TV screens, watching with bated breath the ongoing rescue mission to evacuate 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi......

2018: Year of reckoning for India Inc

A glance back at some important ups and down India Inc faced in 2018. Year End Specials   Kindly click on the image below to view the relevant story. #1 How PNB scam effected consumer......

Stocks scale fresh record highs as banking, energy shares gain

Fresh buying by domestic institutional investors and better-than-expected June quarter results from some blue-chip companies boosted investor sentiment Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Market......

Inside the miserable world of India's domestic workers

'We eat first, they later; we sit on chairs and they on the floor; we call them by their names and they address us by titles.' 'There’s a real feeling that the employers are “big......

Government to build 13 new expressways

‘Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs’ Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister of road transport and highways, and......

What did Parasite do that Indian movies fail to do?

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.'Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon. IMAGE: Director Bong Joon-ho with his Oscar for Best International Feature......

'We have multiplexes, but our vision is very small'

'We still look at films with A-listers.''There is change, but it's minor.''We still haven't learnt how to invest in stories.' IMAGE: Rajit Kapoor. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Rajit Kapoor, who......

What does 2017's cinema hold for you?

Ranjita Ganesan lists the movies we should look forward to. There's a lot happening in Bollywood, Hollywood and world cinema this year. We break it up for you. Bollywood: Masala mix IMAGE: Shah......

'I could never sell myself'

'A producer once told me that one doesn't get paid for his acting skills.'' If you work here, you have to be either lovable or sellable.''Nobody talks about talent.' 'Here, people can pay huge......

Soccer: Guardiola in line for FIFA honour

IMAGE: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images via Reuters Manchester City's treble-winning coach Pep Guardiola and England women manager Sarina Wiegman......

FIFA Women's WC PIX: Sweden unstoppable; SA, France enter last-16

Images from the FIFA Women's World Cup matches held on Wednesday. IMAGE: Sweden's Rebecka Blomqvist in action with Argentina's Aldana Cometti. Photograph: David Rowland/Reuters A much-changed......

Argentina, Dutch qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup

Dutch qualify for World Cup as Bergwijn, Depay grab late goals IMAGE: Netherlands players celebrate qualifying for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Netherlands......

IPL teams, players donate for COVID-19 relief efforts

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI/IPL   In response to the terrifying surge of COVID-19 cases in the country, Indian Premier League teams have joined the effort to fight the crisis by announcing......

Diego Maradona: The genius who saw heaven and hell

'In our collective imagination Diego Maradona represents a certain glorious past, he's a symbol of what we might have been.' IMAGE: Diego Maradona reacts after receiving a yellow card during the......