Why We Are Moonstruck

Deciphering its secrets will unlock the early history of not only our planet, but also of the star system, explains Kumar Abishek. IMAGE: A Full Moon. Photograph: ANI Photo   We are all......

COP27 Does Little On Climate Change

The overwhelming feeling at the end of COP27 was that despite decades of meetings and landmark accords, like the Paris Agreement, the world was still not doing enough to slow the climate crisis,......

Own Goal! Europe's Protests Over Qatar's Human Rights

The rumblings of discontent from Righteous Europe over Qatar's admittedly appalling human rights record can only be viewed as deeply disingenuous and phoney, argues Kanika Datta. IMAGE: Members of......

Facebook, WhatsApp back online; Zuckerberg apologises over outage

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger are back online after the popular social media platforms suffered a massive global outage that lasted almost six hours, affecting tens of millions of......

India's domestic aviation capacity soars beyond pre-pandemic level

The growth in India's domestic aviation capacity in calendar year 2023 (CY23) was the sixth highest among 20 major domestic markets, compared to the pre-pandemic year of CY19. Photograph: Max......

India to become 2nd largest economy in Asia by 2030: S&P Global

India, the world's fifth largest economy in the world, is likely to overtake Japan to become the world's third-largest economy with a GDP of $7.3 trill Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com ion......

Rupee may end 2020 as worst performing currency in Asia

Rs 1,000 now buys $13.5 against $14 a year ago.Krishna Kant reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The rupee is likely to end calendar year 2020 as the worst performing currency in Asia,......

Covid is driving demand for gold loans from banks

For the first time, consumers, including those at the so-called bottom of the pyramid, are monetising gold by taking loans from banks, offering the yellow metal as collateral, says Tamal......

Croatia down Switzerland to win Hopman Cup

IMAGE: Borna Coric and Donna Vekic celebrate with the trophy after Croatia's victory over Switzerland in the Hopman Cup final in Nice on Sunday. Photograph: Hopmancup/Twitter Croatia's Borna Coric......

Hopman Cup: Croatia down Spain, meet Switzerland in final

IMAGE: Borna Coric and Donna Vekic celebrate after taking Croatia past Spain in the Hopman Cup mixed doubles rubber in Nice on Saturday. Photograph: Hopmancup/Twitter Croatia's Borna Coric and......

Alcaraz wins on Hopman Cup debut but Spain fall to Belgium

IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, at the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, July 16, 2023. Photograph: Andrew......

Nations League SF: It's Netherlands v Croatia, Italy v Spain

IMAGE: Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman poses with former Dutch player Wesley Sneijder during the UEFA Nations League semi-finals draw, in Nyon, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Photograph: Denis......

Winds Of Change Sweep Men's Tennis

Federer, Nadal and Djokovic had made it near impossible for their peers to live, and thrive, amongst them.But the coming generation, which hasn't been as scarred by defeat at the hands of the Big......