'Course correction today would be good politics and also good economics,' notes T N Ninan.
'In the real economy, the scars of the pandemic will continue to define 2021.' 'It is still hard to tell the effect on unemployment, migrant workers, poverty, and the informal sector of the lockdown and of the pandemic,' observes Mihir S Sharma.
It's time to stock up on basil, mint and Indian gooseberries.
As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.
From victories to deaths, 2009 has seen its share of headlines. Here's a look at the year's most memorable stories.
Images from Day 5 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Friday.
Instead of venting your anger, look for solace in the right foods.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
The right food choices can help reduce anxiety and stress, says Chef Prabhakar Nagraj.
If the impact of the Greece crisis spreads across Europe and parts of the world which are more interconnected than ever before, India cannot hope to be insulated, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
'You peel one layer, then another layer, then another, but in the end, you will see that there is no onion inside.' 'This package has been packaged well, but there is nothing much inside the package!'
Mental health issues of sports-persons is now a serious topic and recently Australia coach Justin Langer advocated the need to keep a tab on the younger lot as to how they are coping up with trying times.
From exercising, to washing vessels, cooking and playing with pets, here's looking at how they are keeping themselves busy during the Maharashtra lockdown.
Here's what must happen for India to go through to the semi-final stage of the T20 World Cup for the second time in three attempts.
'It's like as if God was telling us that we have not spent time with each other despite being siblings, so now you have to spend time and talk.'
Developing more sources of supplies to guard against disruptions may emerge as the next big trend. But that may not necessarily mean flow of more investments into India, unless investors are assured, besides important economic factors and impartiality of institutions, that social disharmony will not cause unexpected disruptions.
DRDO plans to build a tank for use in the mountains and in the jungles.
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
One of the two Australian radio jockeys, involved in a hoax call to a United Kingdom hospital treating a pregnant Kate Middleton that apparently led to the suicide of an Indian-origin nurse, has said she was depressed and ashamed of herself and the prank call should never have been aired.
'This pandemic has only made my belief stronger that we should live for today because we do not know what tomorrow has got to offer.' 'Tomorrow is not even guaranteed.'
Winning against Covid means thinking ahead, at least six months, putting in place the likely scenarios of what might happen, and then planning. Planning is the role of the government. Having planned, it should communicate what and why. Then, get out of the way, recommends Naushad Forbes.
With her post-pregnancy comeback, the tennis champ is shattering stereotypes and inspiring women everywhere.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Identifying Islamic State terrorists as uniquely brutal, United States President Barack Obama has announced that the country will lead a broad coalition to roll back the threat posed by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his militia.
If each one of us puts our minds to it, 2015 will be a year to remember, he said
Every film that Sriram Raghavan makes is a compendium of ideas and sensations that tickle him. Trying to remake a Sriram Raghavan film is like getting excited by somebody else's goosebumps, observes Sreehari Nair.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Of the 20 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, eight were from Maharashtra, three each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, two from Jammu and Kashmir and one each from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
The only phase in which Kohli battled self doubt was the 2014 tour of England in which he failed to even get a half-century and copped a lot of criticism.
'India resembles not just the more turbulent bits of its own past, but other 'managed' democracies, where all institutional strength and independence have been hollowed out to serve political power,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
The age at which girls attain sexual maturity in urban India has dropped.
Economic cracks are already beginning to form along China's Great Wall.
Loud applause and cheers rang out as the first jabs were administered to frontline workers at hospitals and healthcare centres across the country on Saturday at the start of the gargantuan COVID-19 vaccination exercise, hailed as a 'momentous' occasion in India's fight against the pandemic.
Mumbai-based Dimple Mehta has been using her Instagram handle to decry fat-shaming.
Juan Martin del Potro could barely believe he had finally won a Masters 1000 series title at the 51st attempt at Indian Wells on Sunday but is determined to keep the trophies coming in his late career renaissance.
Rediff reader Uma Parameswaran from Nagpur tells us how she fought endometriosis.
India's multiplex bandwagon has gone beyond the metros to redefine entertainment in B and C class towns. Check it out.
The budget-making exercise offers golden opportunities despite challenges, observes Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the Government of India.
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