Now that you've ticked off that island, private jet and French cottage, how about splurging on technology? Abhik Sen lists some of the finest gadgets money can buy for your home and office
"Workers and businesses are facing catastrophe, in both developed and developing economies. We have to move fast, decisively, and together. The right, urgent, measures, could make the difference between survival and collapse," ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said on Tuesday. Worldwide, two billion people work in the informal sector (mostly in emerging and developing economies) and are particularly at risk, the report said, adding that the COVID-19 crisis is already affecting tens of millions of informal workers. "In India, Nigeria and Brazil, the number of workers in the informal economy affected by the lockdown and other containment measures is substantial," ILO said.
Akash Malik won India's first silver medal in archery at the Youth Olympic Games, providing a fitting finale to the country's best-ever campaign at the marquee event, in Buenos Aires. The 15-year-old son of a farmer lost a one-sided final to Trenton Cowles of the USA 0-6 as India concluded its campaign with three gold, nine silver and one bronze medal at the event, launched in 2010.
'Parsis are brought up with a great sense of the importance of truth and speaking your mind.'
Superwoman Lilly Singh shares her secrets.
Centre has already started work on developing a mechanism to ensure states producing any item in excess is able to transport it to other states where there is demand
My aim will be to get the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, recently cleared by the cabinet, tabled and passed in Parliament, says Girija Vyas.
'They said I had to sign an exclusive contract, otherwise I will have to sit at home and they we will ruin my career.' Angoori Devi aka Shilpa Shinde gives her version.
Sukanya Verma tells you everything you need to know about the Oscars.
The market for vinyl collapsed with the advent of CDs in 1982. But LPs, as they were fondly called, have made a comeback in the past ten years, with certain editions costing quite a packet
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
The prime minister's visit will begin from Palestine on February 10 after transiting through Jordan, where he will meet King Abdullah II.
The most popular list among the shutterbugs this year.
Irrespective of the recent performance of Datsun, Nissan is ready to put more resources behind it.
'In one instance of the Pakistani army's violation of the Ceasefire, I ordered a far tougher response designed to deter the enemy.' 'I warned that 'unexpected damage' to their forces will be inflicted if they continued with such ceasefire violations.' A fascinating excerpt from Lieutenant General K Himalay Singh's Making of a General: A Himalayan Echo.
Great Britain Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday released an encyclopedia on Hinduism at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center in Westminster, London.
Former Defence Minister A K Antony tells Amit Agnihotri that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement is an insult not only to the Indian Army but also the previous National Democratic Alliance government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com steps into the wonderful world that is the spectacular Kochi-Muziris Art Biennale.
An Australian radio jockey, who took part in the infamous 2012 'royal hoax call' after which an Indian-origin nurse was found hanged, on Tuesday spoke about her own fears as she received a series of death threats in the aftermath of the incident.
Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday, became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, with a season's best effort of 86.47m in the final, in Gold Coast.
'Around April 1-2, both states had similar number of cases, around 300.' 'The number of deaths in Kerala were 2 and in Maharashtra around 10. But the two graphs have diverged after that.'
Vallabhbhai Patel's great claim to fame originated from his steely leadership of a struggle against a repressive regime, a good three decades before the achievement of states unification, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Pradip Baijal, former chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), spoke to Nivedita Mookerji on what made him write the book, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telling him to cooperate with then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, being hounded and harassed during the UPA years, questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation, and more.
Only reforms that accelerate economic growth can generate the revenues to finance expenditure on social infrastructure for the poor, not the other way round, insists Jagdish Bhagwati.
... 'is long lives are generally the norm today,' says Rahul Jacob.
Sixty-five per cent of the company's sales are coming from Tier II cities and beyond, says the company CEO.
'Audi is well on track for what we want to achieve.'
Amit Jaiswal, head of academics, MockBank.com shares expert advice with our young aspirants.
'If the Modi government is successful in extraditing a high-profile fugitive such as Vijay Mallya or Nirav Modi before the 2019 election, the government will be able to link demonetisation to this and turn it into a positive.'
In the Rs 35-50 lakh range, these superbikes can make your presence special, wherever you take them
Shailendra Kumar, MD, Oracle India, details the India plan.
From players and coaches to legends and fans; let's hear them out!
Flipkart's current valuation is an estimated $12 billion.
Aerial acrobats, or wingwalkers, follow a stringent fitness regime to be able to perform at air flow speeds of 150 mphA
'She already knows two vaults and now I am teaching her a third one. She can perform any two but which two, that we have not decided. The basic training (for Handspring 540) has begun and after two months she will start performing'
'It was the Mughals who first established standard units of measurement and maintained offices of meticulous record keepers and auditors, departing from the more haphazard methods of earlier regimes.' 'By the end of the 16th century, their revenue and judicial administrations exhibited an obsessive preoccupation with order, the efficient management of time, and a spirit of rational self-control -- all of them characteristics of early modernity,' point out Sheldon Pollock and Benjamin Ellman.
The rising popularity of Heritage Walks is uncovering forgotten historic sites all over India.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic?
'Car makers would be in a better position to adopt norms'.
