Controversial study that claimed HCQ unsafe for COVID-19 retracted

The authors of a controversial study published in The Lancet journal linking the use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine with increased death risk in COVID-19 patients, have retracted their research......

Experts welcome WHO's decision to resume HCQ clinical trial

Terming World Health Organisation's decision to resume testing of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 in its global clinical trial "a step in the right direction", experts said......

14 killed in twin attacks in Barcelona; Islamic State claims responsibility

Spanish police are in a race against time to find the van driver who ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona, after five terrorists wearing fake suicide belts who rammed civilians with a car......

Rewind 2014: Odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Shot in 2014, these images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there! US singer Miley Cyrus performs at the O2 Arena in central London on May 6, 2014. Photograph: Olivia......

India's growing coffee culture

Indian coffee shops market over the next four-five years will grow between 6 and 18 per cent CAGR, all due to the growing coffee culture among the youth, increasing urbanisation, rising disposable......

India will beat China to become world's largest employer

A report published in British journal The Lancet reckons India’s working population will surpass China’s in the mid-2020s. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com India’s gross......

Akshay's Jumbo meal!

What's it about Dumbo, Horton or even Heffalumps that makes them so disarming, cute and cuddly at once? Big ears? Bouncy belly? Wide, innocent eyes? Quite contrary to their enormous size, elephants......

Review: Free Birds is mildly funny

Free Birds has a couple of laughs and if you don’t think too much, you might not even find it predictable, writes Paloma Sharma. Horton Hears a Who! director Jimmy Hayward's new......

Horton hailed for podium protest at Swimming Worlds

'I don't think anyone at FINA is going to stand up for the athletes so the athletes have to stand up for themselves' IMAGE: Gold medallist Sun Yang of China, and bronze medallist Gabriele Detti of......

Swimming Worlds: Sun wins 400, Horton refuses podium

IMAGE: China's Sun Yang celebrates winning the Men's 400m Freestyle Final of the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, on......

CWG: Horton ends Australia's long wait for 400 freestyle champion

IMAGE: (L-R) Silver medalist Jack McLoughlin of Australia, gold medalist Mack Horton of Australia and bronze medalist James Guy of England clown about on the podium during the medal ceremony for......

U-19 WC: England edge Afghanistan to clinch place in final

IMAGE: England's players celebrate winning their Under-19 World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan. Photograph: ICC England kept their nerve to become the first team to reach the ICC Under-19......

Olympic swim champ won't be silenced by new FINA rules

'Athletes are always entitled to freedom of speech and when we detect that something is wrong and there's cheating, then why shouldn’t we have a voice?'   IMAGE: Britain's Olympic......