Rahul Gandhi shares video of making marmalade with mother

Whenever former Congress president Sonia Gandhi goes abroad there is one dish she craves for immediately upon her return and that is 'arhar ki daal' and 'chawal'. A screenshot taken from the video......

India welcomes world leaders as G20 summit kicks off on Saturday

As world leaders converge at the G20 summit in New Delhi, hosts India on Friday said the New Delhi Leaders' Declaration will reflect the voice of global south and Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

G20 summit: Delhi civic body makes big plans to fight dengue

Municipal authorities have envisioned a comprehensive and pro-active plan to combat dengue this year with focussed fumigation at monument sites and markets in Delhi, which will host the G20 summit......

'We Need To Let Nature Heal'

'When Covid first struck, the lockdown resulted in clean air in major Indian cities.''You were able to see the Himalayan range from Ludhiana.''In Delhi, you were seeing deer and stags all over the......

Have bike-sharing firms hit a dead end in India?

In India, many cities lack bicycle lanes and proper pavements. This, coupled with heavily congested roads, creates a danger to cyclists. Furthermore, the low costs of bicycles may make it more......

The 'naughty boy' who runs a hotel empire

'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop it,' Indian Hotels CEO Puneet Chhatwal tells Shyamal Majumdar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Puneet......

London, Paris, New York, Shanghai... Here comes khadi!

KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in......

Mallya loses $1.55 billion assets case in UK court

Judge Andrew Henshaw refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya's assets and upheld an Indian court's ruling that a consortium of 13 Indian banks were entitled to recover funds amounting......

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......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

354 films in 365 days

How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen? IMAGE: Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone in xXx: Return of Xander Cage. For some people, watching films is a social experience,......

10 movie gems from Berlin

Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.' With nearly 400 films in several different sections, this year's Berlinale was......

Protest threat looms! Wimbledon organisers step up security

IMAGE: Britain's Andy Murray during a practice session. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Reuters Beefed up security to prevent protesters disrupting the Wimbledon tennis championships has been put in......

Three more COVID-19 positives at Man City

IMAGE: Manchester City missed six players due to positive tests in their 3-1 league victory against Chelsea last weekend. Photograph: Dave Thompson/Reuters Manchester City reserve goalkeeper Scott......

2022 FIFA WC: Climate-controlled stadiums the future

Al Janoub, a 40,000-seat venue made to resemble the sail of a dhow, or traditional wooden sailboat, was opened last May and is the first to showcase the new cooling system. IMAGE: Al Janoub, a......

13 Indian banks lost out about 40 mn pounds in Force India sale: bidder

Russian fertiliser group Uralkali said that by turning down its higher bid for the company, the administrators had denied the extra funds that would have accrued to the shareholder of Force India......

IPL teams leverage star power

Even though CSK was benched for two years, the popularity of the team, mainly because of the their player line-up and its swashbuckling skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is intact.Urvi Malvania......