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Happy 90th, Tully Sahab!

10 things you must know about the most famous foreign correspondent in India who made Bharat his home. IMAGE: Legendary journalist Mark Tully. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chatham House/Wikimedia......

Why We Must Worry About India's Human Rights Record

In May, 40 Rohingyas were blindfolded and flown to the Andaman and Nicobar islands and then thrown into the sea and made to swim to an island in Myanmar.And after the Pahalgam attack, at least 300......

Gandhi Called Him 'Father Of The Nation'

On his 200th birth anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra/Rediff traces the life, thought, and legacy of Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India. IMAGE: Dadabhai Naoroji. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons......

'Why My Great Grandfather Mohanlal...'

'... had gone to South Africa from India over a hundred years ago.' IMAGE: Mahatma Gandhi, centre, when he was practising as an attorney in South Africa. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images/Rediff......

UK Stealth Fighter Jet Still With India

While the peacetime stranding of a foreign fighter jet is rare in India, the F-35 -- a military asset of a foreign country with which India has strategic relations -- was being guarded by the......

How India Let Sri Lanka Steal Its Tea Crown

India, the land that gave the world Darjeeling and Assam tea, risks losing its place at the global tea table, not because of its leaves, but because of its lost opportunities, notes Kanika Datta.......

ONGC Q1 net profit drops 10% on lower oil prices

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has reported a 10 per cent decline in its June quarter net profit on lower oil prices and stagnant production from its aging fields. Photograph:......

Small is big for PEs, companies as M&As rise to $45.4 billion in H1

India’s mergers & acquisitions (M&As) market recorded deals worth $45.44 billion in the first half of 2025, up nearly 3.3 per cent from a year ago, even as ultra large-ticket transactions......

How ITC plans to build a future-ready portfolio

There remains a debate on who said this: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, Sir?” Was it the British economist John Maynard Keynes or the American......

Sebi's new disclosure rules likely to affect fewer FPIs

Only a fifth of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in breach of the market regulator-specified thresholds may need to provide enhanced disclosure on ultimate beneficiaries, thanks to exemptions......

Delhi Capitals to buy stake in English county side Hampshire?

IMAGE: If the deal comes to fruition, it will make Hampshire the first county side 'to be owned by an overseas franchise'. Photograph: Hampshire Cricket/X Indian Premier League franchise Delhi......

Rajasthan Royals Want To Take Over Yorkshire

IMAGE: Rajasthan Royals have offered Yorkshire around 25 million pounds (Rs 260 crore/Rs 2.6 billion) to take complete control of the county club. Photograph: BCCI IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals......

I really want to win that World Cup, not thought of retirement: Rohit

IMAGE: We were all supposed to have one bad day and that I guess that was our bad day, Rohit Sharma about the 2023 ODI World Cup final loss. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters India captain Rohit......

Saurashtra's Niraj Odedra gets Bermuda head coach job

Saurashtra strongman Niraj Odedra will work with a group of 35-40 players to prepare for the ICC T20 World Cup qualifying event next year. IMAGE: Bermuda's players celebrate a wicket against......

UK's 'The Hundred' cricket tournament seeks Indian investors

IMAGE: Top Indian women cricketers including skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana (in picture), Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh played at the 'Hundred' this year but no male cricketer has......