Sukanya Verma lists her 10 favourite male performances of 2021.
On Sridevi's third death anniversary, Subhash K Jha brings us five of her films that you have probably missed.
Subhash K Jha celebrates Ajay Devgn as the movie star turns 53.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
"As a symbol to the rest of the country that I feel extreme confidence in the safety and the efficacy of this vaccine, and I want to encourage everyone who has the opportunity to get vaccinated so we can have a veil of protection over this country that would end this pandemic," Dr Fauci said.
'Narendra Modi is a beginner on the national scene. Intelligence and security will be new for him on a national scale. He will succeed if he crosses the bureaucratic barriers. If he entangles himself in these barriers, then I highly doubt he will succeed,' former R&AW agent R K Yadav tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
Why should an elected government, any party's government, need a law to protect itself from its people? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Engineering graduates specialising in artificial intelligence and machine learning can earn up to 24 lakh a year, says Saran Balasundaram, founder and CEO, HanDigital, a talent consulting firm.
More than 70 players and their entourage are confined to their hotel rooms for 14 days and unable to train for the Feb. 8-21 Australian Open after passengers on three charter flights returned positive tests.
Rahul knew this was coming. That 'dirt' would be dug up.
'The CIA would not need to engage a maid who has no access to any information. They can buy a politician in India for much lesser cost and have more access to information. Trust me, that happens,' Amar Bhushan, former head of R&AW's counter-espionage section, tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa.
'It was only after D-Day that people believed that I had actually directed Kal Ho Naa Ho.'
Outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri and skipper Virat Kohli, who will lead the country for one last time in the shortest format, would aim to finish India's underwhelming T20 World Cup campaign on a positive note with a victory over Namibia in the team's final Super 12 match here on Monday.
The film bears its weight largely on Mohanlal's shoulders who mostly looks tired and old as he delivers his flat, unmemorable lines trying to look passionate, observes Divya Nair.
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'I want to be with the Ukrainian people and serve those I know here.'
'Here was a man who played a major part in helping the Bengalis of East Pakistan create a new nation, secured the merger of Sikkim into the Indian dominion and built R&AW into a formidable outfit, comparable to the best in the world.' Rameshwar Nath Kao shunned the limelight, hated to be photographed and preferred to work behind the scenes. A revealing excerpt from Nitin A Gokhale's much awaited book, R N Kao: Gentleman Spymaster.
The monotony is awfully exhausting and drab in the absence of script, craft and nerve-racking unpredictability, feels Sukanya Verma.
'...but from those who control the narrative.' Powerful nations have mastered this art of narrative building. Those nations who aspire to become global powers must do so, observes Shanthie Mariet D'Souza.
And the only answer one can think of is that this is being done to preserve the image of toughness and 56 inches and all the rest of it, notes Aakar Patel.
Deepak G C, 49, an electrical engineer, shares his fascinating story.
Why is a horror film on vampires so bloodless and awful, asks Raja Sen.
From the many large communal riots across decades to the six-hour mass cull of Muslims in Nellie, 1983; Sikhs in Delhi and elsewhere, 1984; Kashmiri Pandits, 1990; selective massacres of Hindus in Punjab, 1983-93; and Gujarat, 2002, we have failed to bring perpetrators of our biggest tragedies to account, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Jofra Archer suffered a finger injury due to a freak fish tank incident before the tour of India.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the new shows on our plate.
Fabinho's first-half goal earned Liverpool a 1-0 win at Burnley
Indian Matchmaking has clearly been produced to pander to Western audiences's awful fascination with the institution of arranged marriage, notes Kanika Datta.
Liverpool's 30-year wait for their 19th English top-flight crown ended on Thursday when Manchester City lost at Chelsea and thousands of fans turned up at Anfield to celebrate.
Joginder Tuteja lists how much money Salman's Eid releases have made over the years.
Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
Former RA&W chief A S Dulat, who served as Atalji's adviser on Kashmir, gives us an insider's glimpse of a prime minister he has hailed as the 'greatest after Nehru'.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's astute captaincy will be Chennai Super Kings' biggest weapon against a clinical Kolkata Knight Riders, whose troika of top-notch spinners promise to hold the aces in the high-octane Indian Premier League final in Dubai on Friday.
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In the first quarter-final of the day, Germany eked out a narrow 3-1 win over Spain via the shoot-out after both the teams were locked at 2-2 in regulation time. Later, Argentina beat the Netherlands 2-1.
'We are anticipating that the hiring trend will continue to see double-digit growth at least for the current financial year.'
'I feel sorry for the spectators who have travelled and paid hefty prices having to watch this lottery on a very substandard pitch. It's a disgrace.'
All eyes were on Aishwarya as she made her debut at the Paris Fashion Week. But this Indian designer doesn't seem to pleased with her look.
'I have never played a character like that before -- very non-glamourous and hard-hitting.'
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