Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

'Earlier they loved Indians. Now they hate Indians'

'Because of the UN vote.' IMAGE: Sanjeet Sinha in Ukraine. Photograph: Sanjeet Sinha Sanjeet Sinha's voice is leaden. He sounds defeated. He has not been sleeping well. And seems both mentally and......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

'V P Singh is needlessly maligned'

'As his close associate Som Pal told me, "Mandal was never V P Singh's brainchild. It was a Janata Party commitment he inherited".''He would have done it anyway at some point, but the specific......

The famous five taking on shady Chinese lending apps

A bunch of CEOs in their mid-30s and early 40s are trying to rectify the scenario where shady lending applications trap hapless borrowers with astronomically high interest rates and even......

Be Prepared for Very Bad Economic Times!

'We are going to have a recession this year, maybe next year too...' IMAGE: Migrants wait to board buses in Bengaluru, May, 4, 2020. Photograph: PTI Photo "Hopefully, the recovery will start next......

Sitharaman's Rs 1.7 lakh cr package focuses on poor, women

The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus that included free foodgrains and cooking gas to the poor for three months, and cash doles to women and poor senior citizens as it......

Rise and fall of the Dosa King

His blind faith in astrology took him down a tragic path that has now come to define his life.T E Narasimhan reports. The life of P Rajagopal, the founder of Saravana Bhavan who passed away on......

Did Sinead O'Connor Die By Suicide?

IMAGE: Sinead O'Connor in the Nothing Compares 2 U video Sinead O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles......

Blind Review: BLAND!

You are better off not watching Blind, warns Mayur Sanap. In her introductory shot in Blind, we see Sonam Kapoor's tough cop Gia inside a firing range facility with her stern sight on a projectile......

Anil Kapoor's One Big Regret In Life

IMAGE: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sobhita Dhuliapala and Anil Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Looks like the downpour that Mumbai witnessed on Wednesday morning was an active measure to......

'I was told Yash and Mumtaz were 'just friends.' That wasn't the truth!'

'All the pretty actresses made me jealous. Yash would pay them a lot of attention. Later, I got used to it because for Yash, his family was also very important.' 'Shah Rukh and I have a very good......

Revealed! The secret sauce of unknown players' IPL success

IMAGE: Punjab Kings' Shashank Singh and SunRisers Hyderabad's Nitish Kumar Reddy played pivotal roles for their respective teams in their IPL match on Tuesday. Photograph: BCCI Self-belief and......

Rishabh Pant's bat swing remains 'vintage': Amre after Capitals first training session

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant attends Delhi Capitals first training session ahead of the upcoming IPL season. Photograph: BCCI Rishabh Pant's bat swing remains "vintage" and his batting in Delhi Capitals'......

'We have a lot more left in our tank'

IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy said that he and his partner Chirag Shetty are aiming to do well at the All England Championships. 'We want to go as deep as possible and hit the podium.'......

ICC WC: Records tumble in Hyderabad as Pakistan script historic win

IMAGE: Tons from Abdullah Shafique and Mohammed Rizwan guide Pakistan to the most successful chase in the history of the ICC World Cup. Photograph: ICC/X Pakistan made it two wins from two World......

'Hopefully I'll get company' Rai optimistic of Indian team's chances

IMAGE: Tarundeep Rai is positive India can end the drought in the continental event. Photographs: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters India's only Asian Games individual medallist in recurve section,......