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Ramdev crossed red line, maligned modern medicine: IMA chief

Baba Ramdev crossed a red line when he claimed he could cure COVID-19 and at the same time maligned modern medicine by calling it a "stupid and bankrupt science", Indian Medical Association......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Now on pay only processing charges to buy blood at hospitals

Hospitals and blood banks can now only charge processing fees for blood as the apex drug regulator has decided to do away with all other fees to check the practice of overcharging. IMAGE: Kindly......

157 killed, 160 injured as strong earthquake jolts Nepal

At least 157 people were killed and over 160 others injured when a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 2015, struck Nepal and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Himalayan nation's......

'Poor Palestinians are too tired to fight'

'People coming from the slightly upper section of Palestinian society want to fight and I see vengeance in their eyes.' IMAGE: Gaza resident Sabreen Abu Daqqa reacts before the funeral of her......

Advertisements that Indians find 'offensive'

Six major triggers were identified – some expected, some new. Veenu Sandhu reports. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com An advertisement showing two women talking about Cars24’s......

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Shivanand Kanavi salutes the visionary IT leader F C Kohli who passed into the ages recently. IMAGE: Faqir Chand Kohli. All photographs: Kind courtesy Shivanand Kanavi Part 1: The......

The blind spot on India's biggest banking whodunit

The PNB fiasco falls into a family line that involves non-fund limits - read contingent liabilities which are off-books. Harshad Mehta did it with bankers’ receipts in 1992.Ketan Parekh......

A slice of Vibrant Gujarat for the state's Muslim businessmen

Muslims have marginal representation in the state’s industry chambers Gaurav Path, Surat. Photograph: Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Enterprises run by Muslims account for 20-23 per cent of the......

India-Singapore trade has future but few hurdles may come in the way

No matter how much Singapore changes, the promise of the 'Look East' policy will remain elusive until conditions in India alter, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray. Lee Hsien Loong's splendid victory......

Om Puri: The Chronicler Of Cities On The Boil

'If it weren't for Om Puri, a whole range of our big city experiences wouldn't have found their honest representations on the screen,' notes Sreehari Nair on the legendary actor's birthday. IMAGE:......

A Beginner's Guide To K-Drama

It's addictive. It's entertaining. It's gorgeous. Once bitten by the K-drama bug, there's no going back. A binge worthy mix of style and substance, South Korea's small-screen wave, which hit......

The BEST International Films of 2021

2021 may go down in the history of world cinema as having produced the largest number of good quality films from across the world. What is remarkable is that practically all of these films were......

10 Films that Amazed Me at Cannes

The 74th Cannes Film Festival ended with the jury -- headed by Spike Lee -- handing out awards to a number of international films from France, Iran, Finland, Israel, Norway, Japan and the US. But......

Meet Bollywood's Small Town Girl

'Choti ungli pe nachayegi tumhe, she's the small-town girl,' warns Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno. But clearly, the audience is happy to stay wrapped around her finger and lap up all her......

Is this why KL Rahul is struggling in Test cricket?

'He has got the game, but somewhere I feel he does not express himself, the way he needs to. I think he needs to come out and back his game.' IMAGE: KL Rahul struggled in the two-Test series in......

This Indian Navyman ran the toughest marathon on earth

Not everyone completes the Badwater Marathon, Breeze Sharma did so, the fastest Indian ever.Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi spoke to the Indian Navyman to find out how he did it. Not every man survives a......

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