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My partner and son...: Elon Musk reveals his Indian connection

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said his partner Shivon Zilis is "half-Indian" and one of their children's middle name is 'Sekhar' after the Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. IMAGE: Investor and......

Former Home Minister Shivraj Patil passes away

Veteran Congressman Shivraj Patil, who served as the Lok Sabha Speaker and was Union Home Minister during the 26/11 attacks, passed away at his hometown Latur in Maharashtra on Friday morning,......

Anoushka Shankar 'devastated' after sitar damaged on Air India flight

A "devastated and truly disturbed" Anoushka Shankar has said her sitar was damaged on an Air India flight, telling the airline in a social media post that "you're the country this music belongs to"......

Renowned British Indian economist Lord Meghnad Desai dies at 85

Lord Meghnad Desai, a renowned British Indian economist and House of Lords peer, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. IMAGE: renowned British Indian economist and House of Lords peer Lord Meghnad......

'We Have To Blame Ourselves, Not Macaulay'

'We kept importing educational models from outside that had no connection to our cultural and intellectual strengths.' IMAGE: Professor V N Jha. Photograph: Shivanand Kanavi Professor V N Jha is......

'We Have Become The Largest Eyewear Brand In Asia'

'India needs at least 70,000 to 80,000 eyewear stores; our 2,000 stores are just a drop in the ocean.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Lenskart/Facebook Ahead of its debut on the Bombay Stock Exchange......

Sebi Cracks Down on Top Finfluencer

'We have carried out a big search operation on a big name in this industry.' IMAGE: The Securities and Exchange Board of India headquarters in Mumbai. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters ......

JSW Paints to buy Akzo Nobel India in Rs 8,986-crore deal

JSW Paints, part of $23 billion JSW Group, on Friday said it will acquire majority controlling stake in Akzo Nobel India Ltd (ANIL), the maker of Dulux paints, for Rs 8,986 crore. Photograph:......

India enters top 100 in this prestigious list for first time

India has for the first time secured a place among the top 100 out of 167 countries ranked for their progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a report published......

Why Is SEBI Probing A Trading Giant?

Sebi's probe against Jane Street is part of its efforts to mitigate losses for individual derivative traders. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The Securities and Exchange Board of India is......

Actress Kamini Kaushal Dies At 98

IMAGE: Kamini Kaushal in Biraj Bahu. Kamini Kaushal, one of Hindi cinema's earliest female stars who began her career with the 1946 classic Neecha Nagar and went on to act in a host of films right......

What Made Geeta Dutt's Life So Tragic

The song that best encapsulates Geeta Dutt's unfairly abbreviated life would probably be: Yaad Karoge, Yaad Karoge, Ek Din Humko Yaad Karoge.On her 95th birth anniversary on November 23, Dinesh......

Must See Pictures From The Prithvi Party

It was a merry evening at Mumbai's iconic Prithvi Theatre, which is celebrating its 47th year with a 17-day theatre festival. Theatre enthusiasts got together to make even more memories,......

Kaantha Review: Dulquer Salman Is Riveting

Kaantha is a peculiar love letter to cinema that tries to integrate various genres and craft a riveting central dilemma with great eloquence and clarity, observes Arjun Menon. Films about films......

Why Was Sulakshana Pandit So Famous?

In 1973, Mumtaz, Raakhee, Jaya Bhaduri, Dimple Kapadia, Tanuja, married and retired from films.Producers wanted a new heroine as a replacement.Many thought Sulakshana was a Mumtaz lookalike and was......

9-Year-Old Indian Prodigy Joins Everton

IMAGE: Urban Negi will train at Finch Farm, which has produced some of England's top footballers. Photograph: Kind courtesy Everton Unders/Instagram Urban Negi, a highly-rated nine-year-old......

Bazball under microscope as England face pink ball demons

IMAGE: England need at least a draw in the second Test in Brisbane to have genuine hope of contending in the five-match series. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Reuters England's unyielding......

The Greatest Left-Arm Bowlers Of All Time

Left-arm bowlers have long added a unique dimension to Test cricket, blending pace, swing, spin, and subtle variations that unsettle batters in ways few others can. Over the decades, a select few......

HI bring in vision coach to fine-tune India's reflex game

'She will work remote mostly, sometime online and sometime on the field. Starting December she is going to work with us till World Cup and Asian Games.' IMAGE: Hand-eye-specialist Dr. Sherylle......

Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium to be revamped as Sports City

IMAGE: The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, which was built in 1982 for the Asian Games, later hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games for which it was refurbished at a cost over Rs 900 crore.......