Johnson & Johnson says its Covid shot neutralises Delta variant

Johnson & Johnson announced that its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed promising signs of protection against the Delta variant rapidly spreading across the United States and other countries, in a......

Has one of mathematics's toughest problems been solved?

Mathematical problems can sometimes turn out to have real-world applications.This is true for the Riemann Hypothesis.Crypto-currency investors will heave a sigh of relief if the problem is unsolved......

Mexico prison riot leaves 52 dead

At least 52 inmates were killed in a Mexican prison brawl on Thursday, as prisoners fought with bats, sticks and blades and ignited a fire in the overcrowded penitentiary. Family members of......

Jairam Ramesh speaks to rediff.com

Jairam Ramesh, the Union minister for environment and forests, was in New York last week to take part in the largest-ever United Nations Climate Change summit aimed at mobilising......

Indian startups raised $6.5 bn in Q1 2021, 11 new unicorns created: Report

Indian startups received about $6.5 billion in funding in the April-June 2021 quarter, while 11 of them entered the coveted unicorn club, a report by Nasscom-PGA Labs said. Illustration: Uttam......

How Zeta acquired Unicorn status in the very first round of funding

In the start-up world, hitting the $1-billion mark, which accords the “Unicorn” tag, is a milestone. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Enterprises typically reach the milestone only......

Banking tech start-up Zeta enters unicorn club with $1.4 bn valuation

Founded by serial entrepreneur and billionaire Bhavin Thurakia, it is the 14th company this year to cross the $1 billion valuation mark. IMAGE: Ramki Gaddipati (CTO & co-founder) and Bhavin......

Coronavirus: Flipkart offers work from home to staff

The company has also issued a ban on all non-essential domestic and international business travel, and is encouraging employees who may have returned from international travel to work from home for......

BAFTAs: Cate Blanchett, Austin Butler Win

BAFTAs 2023 saw a swish set of Hollywood on the red carpet, as they came up to make their presence felt, and in some cases, collect their awards. Held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, here's a......

OTT Picks For All Kinds Of Romantics

The Day of Love is here. Don't want to spend half your day in traffic driving to a restaurant? Don't have money to blow on gifts? Make your Valentine's Day fun and fabulous with Sukanya Verma's OTT......

IMAGES from the Golden Globes 2021

It was a very, very different Golden Globes this year. Unrecognisable, really, from its previous glamorous years. The 78th edition of Hollywood's prestigious awards ceremony saw just a sprinkling......

De De Pyaar De review: Modern family mockery!

'You'll find more wisdom on such matters in a Sara Ali Khan interview,' says Sukanya Verma. Did I just hear 'misogynist' in a Hindi film? The irony is not lost when its co-producer and writer......

PICS: Zeta-Jones, Thurman fall under Nadal's spell

The US Open final was an epic that saw Rafael Nadal lift his 19th grand slam title under the New York skies on Sunday.  The Spaniard fought hard to claim his fourth US Open crown after he......

Kidnapped Mexican striker Pulido escaped by punching captor

IMAGE: Mexican striker Alan Pulido in action. Photograph: Christian Petersen/Getty Images. The authorities billed it as a rescue, but Mexican soccer player Alan Pulido escaped his kidnappers by......

Spotted: IPL chairman Lalit Modi in the Andaman Islands

Reader Billy Graham Kanukolanu sent us this picture. Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi was spotted taking some time off in the Andaman Islands. Thank you, Billy, for sharing this picture!......

Bolt eyes clubbing, beach after world titles

Jamaican Usain Bolt shattered two world records and won three world championship gold medals in Berlin -- now he is ready to hit the clubs and the beach. "I am just trying to finish the season......

Border hails Ponting as 'best since Bradman'

Ricky Ponting has been lauded as the best Australian batsmen since Don Bradman after breaking Allan Border's national Test aggregrate in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Border personally......