Christmas celebrated with fervour after 2 yrs of subdued festivities

After two years of muted festivities due to COVID-19, crowds thronged churches across the country this Christmas on Sunday for special prayers as people celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ.......

What BJP's Gujarat Win Proves

What these elections prove beyond any doubt (if ever there was one) that Modi's hold over the public mind and Shah's mastery of election management are unparalleled.It doesn't seem likely that they......

Covid eclipses Christmas festivities for second year

Christmas was celebrated across the country on Saturday, but the festivities were low-key for the second year in a row due to Covid, with churches and other events witnessing lower footfalls,......

Threat of surface Covid transmission increases in winter

Scientists have used virus-like particles to predict how environmental factors affect the survival of the novel coronavirus on surfaces, and found that the COVID-19 virus may remain infectious......

'It's advantage bulls for the near-term'

'New record for the Nifty50 is only a question of when.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Despite the sharp up move in frontline indices -- the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 -- in the last......

Raghuram Rajan is back with I Do What I Do

RBI ex-governor’s book on ‘those turbulent but exciting times’ to be launched on Sept 5 in Chennai. Exactly a year after leaving the Reserve Bank of India as its governor,......

Nitin Gadkari, Modi's Big Plans minister

'If your paper writes something you don't agree with, will you criticise it?' Nitin Gadkari asks Aditi Phadnis when quizzed about demonetisation.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Nitin Gadkari,......

Raghuram Rajan: 'James Bond' of the financial world

Never one to mince words, Rajan will walk away with a mixed legacy Voted the best central banker several times by prestigious institutions, Raghuram Rajan is perhaps the most famous and important......

Bollywood Gets Ready For Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Bollywood! Photograph: Kind courtesy Diana Penty/Instagram Diana Penty decorates her vanity van and shares a picture: 'Christmas is coming......

OTT This Week: Mystery. Miracles. Drama

Sunil Shetty makes his OTT debut. Chiranjeevi comes calling. Parvathy Thiruvothu, Nithya Menen and Amruta Subhash provide enchanting viewing. Santa Claus gets ready to retire. Sukanya Verma lists......

Review: Tigers is too taken by its own courage

'Tigers fails to understand that the phenomenon of a million babies dying because there is not enough clean drinking water in which to mix a certain packaged baby formula may have its source in a......

'A movie where nothing horrible happens to women'

'This is the first Bollywood film which is about 4 women not falling in love with the same guy.' IMAGE: Sonam Kapoor and Swara Bhasker in Veere Di Wedding. Sonam Kapoor is in a happy space. The......

Who's the boss? Rodgers asserts his position at Liverpool

'Do I expect to be manager next season? Very much so, yes. I don't think there's anyone better' Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers talks to his players. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images......

Liverpool's Rodgers harbours 'high' hopes

The Reds' manager believes his team has the ability to finish in the top four and qualify for Champions League next season Fans dressed as Santa Claus and Jesus display a sign for Liverpool......

Is the Olympic bug finally biting India?

Despite their growing success at the Olympics in the last two editions, Indian athletes are not getting enough support from the corporate world, says Grishma Shah. When I was a kid I used to......

I saw Lance Armstrong using drugs: Landis

Taking his accusations against cycling ace Lance Armstrong to the airwaves for the first time, Floyd Landis slammed the seven-time Tour de France champion with his most blunt attack yet. "I saw......