Want A US Visa? Pray to Lord Hanuman!

As the US gets tougher with visas, the prayers of US-bound devotees in India are getting more fervent, and their purse strings looser.Called Visa Hanuman temples (there are half a dozen all over......

Abrahamic binary has outlived its utility

It is only the Indian approach of holding on to multiple realities and contradictory ideas simultaneously that is likely to deliver peace and progress.Binary logic is out of sync with reality,......

AI can't substitute human intelligence in adjudication: Delhi HC

Artificial intelligence can substitute neither the human intelligence nor the humane element in the adjudicatory process, the Delhi high court has held and said ChatGPT can't be the basis of......

Several Pak agencies using Israel's intrusive cyber tech since 2012: Report

Israeli cyber tech firm, Cellebrite, has sold Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency and various police units products that are highly intrusive and can lead to gross human rights violations......

IPO Boom Faces Reality Check Amid Market Volatility

More than a third of 83 mainboard IPOs this year ended their debut sessions in the red, with losses of up to 35 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Primary market performance hinges on......

'Trump uncertainty will not affect India investment'

'There is no linkage as far as the Indian power-generating business is concerned.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ReNew Sumant Sinha, chairman and chief executive officer of Nasdaq-listed ReNew, one of......

How India Can Rival China As Production Platform

We have the workforce, now we need to ensure that we take full advantage of game-changing technologies and geopolitical openings, suggests Jayant Sinha, chairman of Parliament's Standing Committee......

IOC to build India's first green hydrogen plant

India's largest oil firm IOC will build the nation's first 'green hydrogen' plant at its Mathura refinery, as it aims to prepare for a future catering to the growing demand for both oil and cleaner......

Mrunal's Living Her Dream In Cannes!

All Photographs: Kind courtesy Mrunal Thakur/Instagram Taking to Instagram, Mrunal Thakur shared glimpses of her debut look from Cannes.     Mrunal sported a blingy black jacket over a......

Manjummel Boys Is Better Than Titanic!

Manjummel Boys is a largely conventional, commercial, movie. But given the rather curvy observations that do stay intact in the film, Rohit Sathish is tempted to think what an even braver, more......

Anil Kapoor's One Big Regret In Life

IMAGE: Aditya Roy Kapur, Sobhita Dhuliapala and Anil Kapoor. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Looks like the downpour that Mumbai witnessed on Wednesday morning was an active measure to......

Blurr Review: Striking Atmosphere, Wobbly Vision

Taapsee's strong performance powers through an intriguing premise gone kaput in a bogus third act, observes Sukanya Verma. Taapsee Pannu's affinity for atmospheric Spanish mysteries continues in......

Siraj Scripts India's Great Escape

'Mohammed Siraj and the passion of the Indian boys was too strong and ultimately they deserve to win this Test match.' IMAGE: Mohammed Siraj celebrates with team-mates after taking Jamie Overton's......

Tiger Woods will not face charges in car crash

‘This remains an accident and an accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately.’ IMAGE: The damaged car of Tiger Woods is towed away after he was involved in a car crash, near......

The man who changed Indian cricket forever

'A man who is sometimes loved and loathed in equal measure, a man we're seemingly tired of seeing yet can't imagine life without.'Dhruv Munjal salutes the incomparable M S Dhoni. Photograph:......

Can we have the 'superbrat' attitude back at Wimbledon?

American tennis player John McEnroe argues a point with the umpire during his semi-final match against compatriot Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon. Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images Watching a......

Steel-plated Djokovic a step too far for Federer

‘In the end when I finished the last point, I took out everything that was in me’ Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates with the Wimbledon trophy on the clubhouse balcony. Photograph:......