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Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

World lauds ISRO for Chandrayaan-3's success

In a momentous achievement for India's space programme, the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar south pole on Wednesday sparked jubilant reactions from around the world, including the......

Indian American teen crashes truck into White House barrier, aimed to 'seize power'

A 19-year-old Indian-origin teen accused of deliberately crashing a rented U-Haul truck into a White House barrier told authorities that he wanted to get inside the mansion to "seize power" and......

British Queen's platinum jubilee has a Bollywood touch

A United Kingdom-based Indian-origin actor is all set with a special Bollywood-themed Wedding Party, complete with a six-metre-high four-tiered cake and a specially designed sari, to celebrate......

When Malala asked 'why do people have to get married'

'I still don't understand why people have to get married,' these were the exact words by Pakistani Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai to Vogue magazine in June. Photograph: Kind courtesy Malala......

Ravneet Kaur: An IAS officer with varied experience

The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has named Ravneet Kaur, a Punjab cadre IAS officer of 1988 batch, as chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Kaur will hold the post for five......

How India is gearing up to distribute Covid-19 vaccine

A model being considered is to have a combined cold chain approach - where the agricultural cold chain would be combined with vaccine cold chains. As we inch closer to getting a vaccine for......

Meet Girish Chandra Murmu: PM Modi and Amit Shah's go-to man

A 1985-batch IAS officer with a reputation for industriousness, Murmu is currently special secretary in the revenue department. There was one crucial way in which Gujarat cadre bureaucrat Girish......

UK's new immigration rules to hit Indian professionals

New rules are expected to make it tougher for British companies wanting to bring in foreign professionals from outside the EU, including countries like India The UK, on Tuesday, unveiled plans to......

Ravi Kant retires from Tata Motors

Tata Motors Non-Executive Vice-Chairman Ravi Kant (pictured) retired from India’s biggest automotive company on Saturday at the age of 70. Kant, an alumnus of IIT-Kharagpur, was managing......

The Katrina@40 Quiz

Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Katrina Kaif. She was born in Hong Kong, made her debut in Boom, loves dancing, pancakes and Vicky Kaushal. And she just turned 40......

Pixar's desi star who may win an Oscar

'John Lasseter gave me such good advice. He said the reason why he wanted me to tell the story was because it was about my dad and me. He said if it is a father and son story, it will relate......

Review: Land Gold Women is worth a watch

Land Gold Women is not a film for feeble-minded ot those looking for Bollywood style 'happy endings, writes Preeti Arora.The literal translation of Zan Zar Zameen is merely women gold and land. But......

Anahat finishes runner-up at 2024 British Jr Open

IMAGE: Top-seed Anahat Singh lost to Egyptian second seed Nadien Elhammamy in the Girls' Under-17 category final. Photographs: SAI Media/X Rising star Anahat Singh signed off with a runner-up......

Asian Games cricket gold fuels Olympic ambitions

IMAGE: The Asian Games gold medal-winning Indian cricket team. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Anurag Thakur/X Fringed by forested mountains in eastern China, the Pingfeng campus of Zhejiang University......

Sharath Kamal bestowed with Khel Ratna

Photograph: Kind Courtesy rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter.com Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal was on Wednesday bestowed with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting......

FIFA WC: Muslim fans enjoying their experience

IMAGE: The first FIFA World Cup in a Muslim country makes them happy. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters As noon approached, muezzins across Qatar called Muslim soccer players, fans and officials to......

We lacked energy, application in final, India coach concedes

IMAGE: Australia's Tom Wickham celebrates after scoring their fourth goal against India during the Men's Hockey gold medal match on day eleven of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at......

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