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Fake news and its dimensions

Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Suddenly, the word on practically everyone's lips is 'fake news'. In a simpler, less......

How cigarette brands are misleading smokers

Branding on cigarette packets is being done in such a manner that they mislead smokers into believing some products to be less harmful than others, according to a study. Researchers at the......

Prince Harry vows to quit smoking

Prince Harry, the third in line for the British throne, has vowed to quit smoking in the New Year ahead of a sweeping army ban. The 22-year-old prince first took up cigarettes at the age of 14......

How ITC, Godfrey Phillips plan to expand market share

ITC has introduced differentiated cigarettes like Gold Flake Indie Mint, Gold Flake Neo and Classic Rich & Smooth in the premium end. Godfrey, too, introduced flavoured variants like Four Square......

Lalit Modi in the midst of a Rs 10,000-cr family feud

The Modis, once among the eight largest groups in the country in terms of assets in 1990, have been used to many a bitter battle which has led to numerous splits. The next round has just begun.......

Smokers, no need to kick the butt yet

Phillip Morris says its research shows that the product while giving the same delivery of nicotine to smokers, does not produce the toxic and carcinogenic effects of cigarette smoking known as......

Au revoir, brands?

The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Ignore......

World's 10 most valuable brands

Apple is again the most valuable brand in the world, winning back the top spot from Google, according to the latest Brandz ranking from Millward Brown. Take a look at the world’s most......

The pressure of being a Bollywood star

By talking about her struggle with depression, Deepika Padukone has exposed the stress-filled lives of filmstars. While most heroines of her time were accompanied on shoots by fiercely protective......

Dear Woody Allen, thank you for standing up for SMOKING

Woody Allen, I salute you for taking a position against the anti-smoking messages in theatres, writes Aseem Chhabra. Dear Woody, I hope you don’t mind me calling you Woody. I don’t......

Lamhaa is one of the Best Kashmir films made

Words like hope lose all their credibility when pitted against interminable crisis. Dark determination is the only avenue of outliving this inexplicable lifestyle of constant dread and irrefutable......

Review: Jaane Na...Ya Jaane Tu

My favourite moment in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na-- and there are many -- comes early on, when Ratna Pathak Shah, playing Jai's mother, is shocked to see a sobbing Aditi being led into the house. Jai......

Brokeback Mountain is just breathtaking

Much has been said about Brokeback Mountain. It has been described, mostly gushingly, as a gay cowboy movie; a monumental film about homosexuality; and a crusade shattering gay stereotypes in......

Shane Warne: He took the world for a spin and world loved him back

He was an artist and the cricket world was a connoisseur of his art form, which was dying till he breathed life into it much like a magician who decided to caste his spell on a generation for a......

Former F1 champ and protagonist of 'Rush', Lauda dead at 71

Lauda won two world championships in 1975 and 1977 with Ferrari and a third in 1984 with McLaren. His rivalry with British driver James Hunt, the 1976 champion for McLaren, was intense and......

Formula One under pressure end alcohol sponsorship

Fernando Alonso of Spain and McLaren Honda sports an alcohol company sponsorship. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Formula One was accused of sending out a mixed message on alcohol at the......

Food for thought at Formula One's most glamorous team

The winds of change have swept through Ferrari and even Christmas has a different feel now Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Media invited to the......

Ferrari remove symbol representing cigarette brand

Ferrari removed a controversial bar code livery from their Formula One cars on Thursday after suggestions that it represented subliminal advertising for cigarette sponsor Marlboro. "Together with......

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