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'Cyrus was an extremely, extremely, humble person'

'Cyrus was generous, hospitable, sharing of whatever he had.''He never ever acted like the inheritor of great wealth.' IMAGE: Cyrus Mistry, then chairman, Tata Sons, left, with his predecessor......

Vaccinating 70% of 18-44 year olds to cost Rs 300 bn

UP Rs 50 billion, followed by Maharashtra, Bihar, and West Bengal which may need close to Rs 25 billion for the massive task.Abhishek Waghmare and Ishita Ayan Dutt report. IMAGE: People wait to......

Don't mock India's scientific past!

It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.Illustration:......

Newton, Darwin take note: Gagandeep Kang makes history

Women are great team players and collaborators, 'but they don't put themselves forward,' Dr Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, tells......

RIP Stephen Hawking: Bidding adieu to a brilliant mind

The funeral of legendary British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking was held on Saturday in a private ceremony attended by around 500 people comprising family, friends and colleagues, at a......

'GST execution has been extremely bad'

'From the tiniest to mid-level organisations and even some at the lower end of the large-scale ones would say that computerisation and the extensive documentation and regulatory requirements for......

States worry as Centre plans to trim schemes in Budget

'It is just an excuse to say that the Centre has run out of money.''Pruning these schemes would mean hard time for the people of India.'Dilasha Seth reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

UK court denies Mallya nod to appeal extradition

‘The appellant (Mallya) has five business days to apply for oral consideration. If a renewal application is made, it will be listed before a high court judge and dealt with at a......

Govt admits it bloated Jan IIP data from 1.1% to 6.8%

Official data collection is proving to be a minefield.The government on Thursday formally admitted it had faltered on industrial growth data for January by overestimating sugar production more than......

We are definitely against capitalists: Kerala FM

Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac says the Leftist government in the state wants to develop an egalitarian society where there are no capitalists. Dr Thomas Isaac, the 58-year-old finance......

Review: 3 Dots is an ordinary film

3 Dots held a lot of promise coming from the winning team of Ordinary but couldn't stay up to the expectation. Director Sugeeth, who made a successful début last year with Ordinary, which......

Avoid Doctor Patient

This weekend, two Malayalam films hit the screens. While the experience ofwatching Blessy's Bhramaram, isvery good, the another titledDoctor Patient, a film directed by Vishwanathan starring......

Review: Aakashagopurum

What happens when a person fears that he is past his creative best? He fears that the younger generation will take over after trampling him (as he had done to his seniors in his younger days). So,......

The man behind I, Robot

Before, much before we had satellites and digital images of Mars, the writers saw it coming.In the 1800s, Jules Verne wrote about rocket ships in From the Earth to the Moon. Everyone around smiled,......

Will Smith stands out in I, Robot

If you are expecting I, Robot to be asuperior sci-fi film, you might as well search for classics like Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in your video collection.But those who are easily......

Annual report, accounts set to dominate BCCI meet

The passing of the annual report and accounts for the 2009-10 fiscal are set to dominate the agenda when the Board of Control for Cricket in India's all-powerful Working Committee (WC)meets in......

Pawar to head ICC Finance committee

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday named Sharad Pawar, its president elect, as the chairman of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee while BCCI president Shashank Manohar was......

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