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Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

AgustaWestland case: Relief to ex-brigadier as CBI closes probe against him

A retired brigadier's ordeal ended after seven years as the Central Burau of Investigation finally closed an offshoot of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper corruption case against him following no......

Election Day In UP's Village of Twins

Amit and Vipin may have raised some eyebrows when they cast their vote at a booth in Mohammadpur Umri village. They have an uncanny resemblance to each other. Amit and Vipin are twins and......

The best pictures from the RAF photographic competition

From Typhoons soaring over the snowy mountains of the Falkland Islands to Red Arrows flying over Buckingham Palace, the images submitted in the Royal Air Force Photographic Competition captures the......

What Hurricane Irma left behind

Hurricane Irma hopscotched up Florida’s west coast making two landfalls and driving a wall of water and winds that submerged Miami. The storm described by many as ‘one of the......

Amul sacks R S Sodhi as managing director; Jayenbhai Mehta gets interim charge

In a sudden development, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), which markets its products under the brand name 'Amul', on Monday ousted its long-serving Managing Director......

Sensex breaches 32,000-mark at close

Risk appetite improved on the back of a rally in global markets after the US stocks hit a fresh record high on Monday Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The BSE Sensex breached the 32,000-mark......

Sensex climbs 195 points, Nifty tops 10,000

Optimistic buying in blue-chip stocks ahead of release of industrial production data for July and retail inflation for August drove stocks higher. The benchmark BSE Sensex on Monday advanced by......

2 years of Raghuram Rajan: Many hits but some misses, too

He has completed two years and met with some success, but many of his projects are yet to yield desired results Raghuram Govind Rajan who took charge as the 23rd governor of Reserve Bank of India......

India's milkman: A genius who never compromised on quality

Best known as the ‘Father of the White Revolution’, Verghese Kurien started the biggest agricultural development programme in the world. This operation made India the largest milk......

OTT This Week: Killers. JLo. Spooks...

Detectives, superheroes, biopics, documentaries, it's all there on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers some suggestions: SpiderheadWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English A short story by George......

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021. IMAGE: Aditya Rao Hydari and Konkona Sensharma in Ajeeb Daastaans. Year two of the pandemic was a challenge in so many......

Comedy legend Jerry Lewis passes into the ages

The famous comic departs for the great comedy club in the sky. Legendary comic Jerry Lewis, celebrated for his brash slapstick humour, has died at the age of 91. Lewis's agent confirmed that the......

Review: Agent Vinod just isn't clever enough

Raja Sen feels Agent Vinod is more of a video game material than a film.If only Agent Vinod were a video game. It has all the hallmarks of a classic: from explosive wall-to-wall action to various......

Woody Allen classics, now on Blu-Ray

For most part of the last decade-and-a-half, Woody Allen's films did solid business only in France, Spain and Italy, but since they were made for about $15 million each, they had no problem......

Boxing Worlds: Nikhat, Lovlina, Saweety, Nitu assure India of 4 medals

IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen had to dig deep to get a favourable decision. Photograph: IBF/Twitter Tournament favourites Nikhat Zareen and Lovlina Borgohain lived up to expectations as they secured medals......

Boxing Worlds: Nikhat, Nitu and Manisha march into quarters

IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen outpunched Fatima Herrera to enter the quarterfinals. Photograph: BFI Indian boxers Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas and Manisha Moun extended their dazzling show at the Mahindra......

Women's World Boxing C'ships: Preeti records sensational win

IMAGE: Treesa Preeti, Nitu Ghanghas and Manju Bamboriya registered wins on Saturday at the Women’s World Boxing Championship. Photograph: BFI Defying the odds, proficient Indian pugilist......

Boxing World C'ships: Nikhat Zareen storms into final; 2 other sign off with bronze

IMAGE: Nikhat Zareen dominated from start to finish. Photograph: Boxing Federation/Twitter Asian Championships bronze medallist Nikhat Zareen (52kg) was the lone Indian to enter the......

Boxing World C'ships: Nikhat, Manisha, Parveen assure medals

IMAGE: Boxer Manisha celebrates her victory over Mongolia's Namuun Monkhur to advance to the 57kg semi-final on Monday. Photograph: BFI/Twitter Nikhat Zareen (52kg), Manisha (57kg) and......

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