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How Indian Institutions Can Shine On Global Stage

The recipe for Indian higher education institutions to succeed in global markets is excellence in academics, promoting contemporary socially relevant material, and enabling individuals learners to......

Time To Elect, Not Select Governors

In a federal democracy, the people must have a say (indirect or direct) in an office as important as that of governor.Especially in a governor who can now effectively veto a bill by simply refusing......

Local body polls soon? Maha cabinet takes 21 decisions in single day

With elections to local bodies looming, the Maharashtra cabinet took 21 decisions on Tuesday, an unusual number for a single meeting, including the closure of the state's asset reconstruction......

'Pakistan Under Complete Army Control, Not Good News For India'

'Can a nuclear-armed nation sustain itself indefinitely under overt military rule without catastrophic consequences for itself and the region? History suggests otherwise.' IMAGE: Pakistan's army......

No bar on women scribes during Muttaqi visit: Deoband

The Darul Uloom Deoband on Saturday asserted that there were no directives to keep women journalists away from covering the visit of Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to the seminary.......

Microsoft to invest $17.5 billion for India's AI-first future: Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday announced plans to invest $17.5 billion in India to help build infrastructure and sovereign capabilities for the country's AI-first future, marking the third......

How Modi's Committee-Led Governance Is Driving Reforms

The change in the government's engagement with the economy's need for reforms is more nuanced than how analysts have so far perceived it, points out A K Bhattacharya. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

India's NCDEX eyes 20% stake in Sri Lanka's first commodity exchange

India’s leading agriculture commodity exchange, the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX), has decided to acquire around a 20 per cent stake in a new commodities and financial......

FATF lauds India's ED as model asset recovery agency

In its report, 'Asset Recovery Guidance and Best Practices', the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, shared multiple examples from cases investigated by the ED, citing them as......

Sugar industry relieved as Centre allows 1.5 mt import

Amid the political push and pull, the Centre's decision to allow sugar exports and remove the 50 per cent duty on molasses exports has rekindled hope in the industry that more relief may follow.......

Baramulla Review: Unique Film!

The supernatural-mystery stuff is well balanced with Baramulla's more grounded, socially realistic elements, making it one of the most unique and creatively well-realised Hindi films Mayur Sanap......

Diane Keaton And A Private Tragedy

Diane Keaton's wit and honesty taught us that ageing and uncertainty aren't weaknesses, they are part of what makes us human and graceful, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Diane Keaton shows her......

No SC lifeline for Jacqueline in money-laundering case

Actor Jacqueline Fernandez on Monday failed to get relief from the Supreme Court, which refused to interfere with an order dismissing her plea to quash an ECIR (equivalent to FIR) in a Rs 200 crore......

Thalaivan Thalaivi Review: Melodramatic

Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen's electrifying performances hold Thalaivan Thalaivii together, notes Arjun Menon. Pandiraj has a flavour to his cinema. The director deals in broad-stroke......

Why fan group wants FIFA to stop World Cup ticket sales

IMAGE: Football Supporters Europe accused FIFA of imposing "extortionate" ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out of the World Cup. Photograph: Luis Cortes/Reuters Football Supporters......

Tears to Triumph: Jemimah's Inspirational Story!

'It's easy to take sympathy. It's easiest to give excuses. But defining your character is most difficult.' IMAGE: An emotional Jemimah Rodrigues with her father Ivan after winning the World Cup......

Cricket Gets A New Format - Test Twenty!

The inaugural Test Twenty season will be launched in January 2026, featuring six global franchises -- three Indian city-based teams and three international teams (Dubai, London, and one from the......

Abhishek Sharma Wears Asia Cup MVP Crown

Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present Rediff's Most Valuable Player Index of Asia Cup 2025. IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma amassed 314 runs in seven games with three scores of 50-plus and an......

AIFF, FSDL reach resolution; ISL could commence in Dec

'The AIFF has agreed that: It will conduct an open, competitive and transparent tender (or equivalent process) for selection of a commercial partner to conduct the ISL in line with global best......