2023 was a good year for international cinema with many strong films premiering at the Berlin, Cannes, Venice and Toronto film festivals.
Coca-Cola's acquisition of British coffee chain Costa, its biggest acquisition of a brand in history, faces three challenges in India.
Kumar banged his table at Patna's Indian Coffee House as he announced this to an audience that was discussing alleged corruption in Bihar in 1977, writes Sankarshan Thakur in his biography of Kumar -- The Brothers Bihari.
The Tina Datta, Shalin Bhanot and Sumbul Touqeer Khan 'love triangle' is back!
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
Food in India has fled the confines of the kitchen and become a national adventure... Food shows, now even on news channels, have transformed restaurateurs from humble khansamas to courted celebrities.
Atique Ahmed is one of the most feared dons of Uttar Pradesh today. There was another don who preceded Atique and had he survived, Atique wouldn't have been around today, recalls Sudhir Bisht.
Ask your bank to save for you. Plan your taxes. Reward yourself for your addictions... Chartered accountant Shreya Jaiswal's 10 ways to make more money this year.
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, MDC to his students, was beyond compare -- the stuff of tales and legends at the Delhi School of Economics. He was also a good intuitive economist.
When stars travel, they make lovely pictures on social media.
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
Bonhomie prevailed on day two of the 16th Lok Sabha, but one veteran leader was left out in the cold.
Disha takes a walk on the beach... Siddhant gets a new bike... Keerthy tests positive...
There's so much left unsaid in the Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan.
Traders who pay in rupees generate over Rs 50 crore in daily cryptocurrency volumes. Indians actually invest a great deal more in forex-denominated trades, observes Devangshu Dutta, explaining why it is impossible to ban cryptocurrency.
While the excess use of electronic devices will definitely have some side effects, constantly layering the skin might is not the solution, says Wellness Guru Roopashree Sharma.
'If they are taking marquee locations and, say, are paying 50 per cent higher rent, those locations will see a spurt in rates as well.'
Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is.
'In the house, everybody wants to play a game so they might get offended in a matter of seconds.'
Mallika Sherawat had a ball of a time in France.
Thinking of migrating to a more agreeable locale? Then perhaps you should consider moving to Vienna, which has been named the best city to live in for the tenth year in a row. However, the news isn't that great for Indians, with the list released by global consulting firm Mercer showing that Indian cities fared badly in the quality of living survey. The comprehensive survey is done with many factors being considered like housing, crime, political stability, leisure, air pollution, infrastructure, health system, education and economy.
'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.'
Mumbai-based couple Jyoti and Shrinath Iyer travelled 4,600 km by bike from Maharashtra to Kerala and back.
The elegant architecture, tree-lined roads, delightful gardens, delicious food, art and military history make Chandigarh an ideal short-trip destination.
Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are.
Twelve days of movie madness and 36 films later, Aseem Chhabra lists his top 10 favourite films from this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from his fourth round loss and beat his former world championship challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria on Wednesday in the fifth round of London Chess Classic, the concluding edition of the Grand Chess Tour.
A recent survey discovered that Bengaluru has some of the classiest high streets in our country.
Stunning images featuring NSG commandos using death-defying spider-man technique for intervention to an insight into anti-hijacking operations are shot by ace photographer Pravin Talan and his associate Rupali Saagar.
After Kochi, the City of Joy witnessed its own 'Kiss of Love' edition by students of two universities to protest moral policing and promote gender sensitisation.
Birla is believed to have bought the property - a 30,000 square feet plot with a built-up area of 25,000 square feet - for personal use.
The housemates are stuck in a time loop!
'I could see the silhouettes of three men on the sixth floor.' 'I pointed them out to the NSG personnel standing beside me and suggested they take them out.' 'They did not have the clearance to fire.'
Aditya Chopra may be a household name in India, but few have seen his face, recognise his voice or know the brain behind the business outside his tight inner circle. The Romantics makes sure it has its own to brag about when he, finally, appears before the camera, notes Sukanya Verma.
For most people, sharing a living room with just one two-metre-long alligator is the stuff of nightmares; Philippe Gillet has not only two of them, but 400 other reptiles which he shares his home in western France near the city of Nantes.
'Rakesh's life is hard, but he knows how to find joy.' 'He doesn't think his life's value comes from money. He sees no shame in his poverty.'
If November 9 ushers in a Hillary Clinton presidency, you can bet your last dollar that Huma Abedin will be back at POTUS' side.
A cricket club in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba has come to the rescue of several Indian researchers at the Ben-Gurion University in the Negev southern region, who had been struggling for a proper shelter while being under a complete siege with rockets raining over the country's south during the past one week.
The 58-year-old businessman, who is also the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, has been missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru.
'The feeling that you can go out for a coffee, that feeling of freedom would be nice.'
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