'Disrespectful': Jaishankar on Pompeo remarks on Sushma Swaraj

Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he never saw his counterpart Sushma Swaraj as an "important political player" but got along famously with External Affairs Minister S......

How 'Feluda' will detect COVID-19 in minutes

'This health emergency has brought a lot of people together with the common purpose of getting Feluda to play detective as quickly as possible.''As a scientist, if we can make a small difference in......

Inside the toxic world of online trolls

A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media, discovers Arundhuti Dasgupta, Neha Alawadhi and Romita Majumdar.Illustrations: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Her nightmare never......

Right to privacy is deeply linked to national security

Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.......

Bad loan resolution: Is crony capitalism at play?

One smells a rat when cases are settled for too small a price offered either by the highest bidder or the promoter -- within and outside the legal ambit of insolvency process, observes Tamal......

For banks, the option is to go digital or die

Bankers need to take a call on whether they will allow technology firms to run banks or banks themselves will turn into tech firms, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has......

Complacent banks will turn dinosaurs this decade

In the new decade, the scene will change because the banks till recently had been challenged by the fintechs, but the techfins have now entered the arena, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.......

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

The trio introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty IMAGE: The portraits of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kreme, who......

Review: Rajma Chawal is comfortably dumb

'Wasn't there a single person below 30 in the whole production team? I wondered aloud at different points in the narrative,' notes Sreehari Nair. While watching Leena Yadav's Netflix film Rajma......

The American prof who's made a movie about India

Meet Srihari Sathe. Producer. Director. Professor. Shrihari Sathe is an Indian- American film producer based in New York City. He has worked on a range of films: Producing Dukhtar, Pakistan's......

Raavan is Mani, Abhi, Ash's best work

Aseem Chhabra reviews Raavan in New York. Mani Ratnam's Raavan is an overwhelming film. At times a tad bit overproduced, the film is an onslaught of brilliant use of technology on the viewer's......

Shorts: Hockey India suspends 11 players after violence in Nehru Cup final

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: The Players of the two teams had exchanged blows and fought with sticks (picture for representational purpose......