We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers.
The pandemic shines the spotlight on unexpected heroes.
Smita Patil would have been 60 on October 17 had fate not cruelly snatched her from us in 1986. She was only 31 when she died. Rediff.com salutes the incomparable actress in a special series.
The tribal leader, India's youngest president at 64 and the first to be born after Independence, took oath of office in the name of god to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law'.
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'When I got married and moved to the US, I found it liberating in a way that I understood myself, who I am as a person and how I process things.'
'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.'
Rediff readers tell us how they are keeping their kids entertained during lockdown.
'You need to be very passionate towards life, not because you are a film-maker, but because you are a human being.' 'If you can do that, then I think it reflects in the films that you make.'
Sikandar Kher's Nishikant Adhikari is a solitary poet by the corner, trying to remind us that the honest plans of honest people don't always come to respectable ends, observes Sreehari Nair.
Indoo Ki Jawaani is fun while it lasts, discovers Joginder Tuteja.
Pollard's tape-on-mouth act was something very different and unique, says Harbhajan Singh.
All those sizzling and sensational moves inspired Sukanya Verma to draw a list of 10 of Bollywood's hottest dancers right now.
The actor, who has entertained audiences over five decades, looks back at his time in front of the camera.
Tokyo Games will be the second Olympics for Sanne and Lieke Wevers of the Netherlands.
The biggest winner was Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who ran her ship with self-confidence and aplomb.
Nikhat made short work of Brazil's Caroline De Almeida to notch up a dominant 5-0 win.
When United States President Barack Obama was talking serious business with industry honchos in at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai, First Lady Michelle had a rather fun-filled Saturday evening.
'Today, 25 years later, Raja Hindustani is as much a Dharmesh Darshan film as it is Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor's 'different' love story.'
Lasting longer in bed does not spice up things. Spending quality time together, being comfortable with each other, communicating your needs, and asking about your partner's needs and expectations will help improve the quality of your relationship, suggests Sybil Shiddell.
Karan writes a message on Shamita Shetty's t-shirt and Tejasswi sees red!
The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain power for a record seventh straight term but was behind the Congress in Himachal Pradesh which could go with the trend of alternative governments in the hill state.
The actress has shared amazing pictures from her Maldives vacay from last year.
Smriti Mundhra's documentary The Romantics has many, many, gems about one of Bollywood's most successful film-makers and more importantly, his iconic father, Yash Chopra.
The video, which also shows Osaka signing a TV lens after a win and at a tournament representing Japan, depicts girls of all ages playing softball, rugby, tennis, soccer and fencing, plus breakdancing.
Spoilt for choice, here's 10 best Naseer performances in random order.
Read a story. Cook together. Make recycled home decor crafts.
'I want to tell everyone that whether you are fat, slim, tall, short, black or white, it does not matter. What you are doing from the bottom of your heart is what matters.'
Lovingly made, heartfelt stories that speak the truths about our lives.
An encounter with movie veteran Chandrashekhar.
Garima Bharucha, 39, from Mumbai shares her inspiring fitness journey and the lessons she learned along the way.
Singer Kanika Kapoor got married to NRI businessman Gautam Hathiramani on May 20 in London.
On his 40th birthday on September 28, Sukanya Verma draws up a playlist of 40 riveting Ranbir songs.
'If you are mature and haven't done terrible things to each other, love doesn't have to go away.'
Presenting some of the most scintillating pictures from around the globe in the last 48 hours.
'There will be artists and megastars and celluloid masters in Indian Cinema but there will never be another AMITABH BACHCHAN.'
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