'The entire operation was meant to have a chilling effect on independent journalists, those not completely subservient to the regime, the small section still doing what the Fourth Estate should do......
Buoyed by India's successful Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said the scientists at space agency have achieved this historic success by getting a salary one-fifth......
'A slum free Mumbai cannot happen with Dharavi at the centre of the city.' IMAGE: A scene from Dharavi. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters "I don't think we need to romanticise life in Dharavi... I......
'Dharavi will be completely slum free by 2040.' IMAGE: Tourists walk through Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters If you travel on Mumbai's metro line 2A or line 7,......
'From March 2020 to November 2021, the combined wealth of the billionaires of this country has doubled.' IMAGE: A homeless girl asks for alms outside a coffee shop in Mumbai. Photograph: The Late......
'It has taken us 15 years to get to where we are. It obviously doesn't happen overnight.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Amongst all the unicorns that listed last year and had......
'My father was asking me what an IPO is. He has no clue and he has never been an investor.''My mother, who was the one to ring the bell, has been an investor in Policybazaar for the past 6-7 years......
'That does not mean our management is in some third party's control.' IMAGE: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm's parent, One97 Communications. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters "We......
The drop was amplified by exchange rate depreciation: at fixed exchange rates, the loss would have been 2.1%. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Covid-19 pandemic that brought life to a near......
... and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We Indians seem to think of headlines about India's gross......
Rajkumar Hirani has a mastery in bromance. In Dunki, Sukanya Verma doesn't feel that chemistry one bit, it's more like SRK babysitting a bunch of clueless kids running helter-skelter in a garden......
December has given us a lot of reasons to go to the theatres. That's probably why OTT releases are fewer this month. Joginder Tuteja lines up the releases in store. Mission RaniganjWhere to......
In the new Tom Harper film, Heart of Stone, Alia Bhatt plays a pivotal role alongside Gal Gadot. She is the latest in a small line of Bollywood stars who have made a dent in Hollywood. In the old......
There's a moment in Jodhaa Akbar when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's newly married queen is offered a tour of her marital abode by the palace help. Luxury isn't new for her, but the unmistakable awe in......
Anil Kapoor, now aging gracefully into older gentleman roles, has had quite a chequered career. Luckily for popular actors, audiences have short memories and forget their screen missteps, or he......
IMAGE: Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar and Muttiah Muralitharan at the trailer launch of the Sri Lankan spin legend's biopic 800 in Mumbai on Tuesday, September 5, 2022. All Photographs:......
F1 rookie Russell a good fit for Williams IMAGE: Williams' George Russell during testing. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters Formula One rookie George Russell’s earliest motorsport memory is of......
'I want people to know that it doesn't matter where you come from, if you have guts, no one can stop you.' Rinku Singh's long journey to the WWE is one of the most inspiring stories you will read.......
IMAGE: Hardik Pandya, left, and KL Rahul tendered unconditional apologies in reply to the show cause notices issued by the BCCI. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images The Committee of......
Hamilton says he made a mistake with slum comments IMAGE: Lewis Hamilton is pensive. Photograph: Lewis Hamilton/Twitter Five-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has apologised to......