Watching pornographic photographs or videos in one's private time without showing it to others is not an offence under the law as it is a matter of personal choice, the Kerala high court has held.......
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking person’s guide. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Last week, I was sitting in the rear seat of my car, deeply immersed in my Kindle, reading......
...or just a Covid-era practice, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A friend who is the founder of a several thousand-person tech company in India recently......
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to a joint session of the United States Congress, delivered on Thursday. IMAGE: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the......
US Congressman Ro Khanna's message is that instead of depending on the 'hidden hand' of capitalism -- that is to say, the power of markets -- it is time for policymakers to play a more active role......
Nearly 665 million Indians or 45 per cent of the rural population did not have access to the internet as of 2023. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Difficulty in understanding internet......
The way video is being watched and monetised is changing.This is the first thing that stands out as the penetration of smart TVs continues to rise. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......
India’s mutual fund (MF) industry had barely any retail footprint when it completed 50 years in 2013. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com MFs had Rs 7 trillion in assets under......
Sashidhar Jagdishan, managing director and chief executive officer of HDFC Bank, the largest private-sector lender of the country, has just completed his first term. IMAGE: Sashidhar Jagdishan,......
South Korean e-commerce giant, Coupang, is planning to enter the Indian market. Photograph: Josh Smith/Reuters The SoftBank-backed start-up has initiated dialogues with the Indian government to......
'There is no caste or religion in this industry. There is only talent.' IMAGE: Lakshmi in Sweet Kaaram Coffee. When you call Lakshmi, her caller tune is Bhool Gaya Sab Kuch from Julie, in which......
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......
Star India paid Rs 16,347.50 crore -- Rs 163.47 billion -- for the Indian Premier League's global media rights for five years.Rediff.com's Harish Kotian reports on why Rupert Murdoch's company went......