Known as 'vikas purush' (man involved in developmental work), Sinha is a three-time Lok Sabha MP who held charge of the communication ministry as a minister of State in 2016 when the telecom industry was engaged in the sale of spectrum.
'One hopes that it is for the better that this disaster alters our reality from the morning of May 4,' notes Aakar Patel.
Health goals should be for life, not event-centric, says Aayushi Lakhapati.
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
Four students from Oxford, including one from India, have released a study guide that will help lakhs of students aged between 12 and 18 learn English, Chemistry and Math at home.
The television actor reveals why she switched to veganism and explains how it has changed the way she looks at food now.
In 2015, she was the most googled person. In 2017, she was the most tweeted Filipino celebrity.
What Director Mahesh Narayanan captures perfectly in C U Soon is the texture of our online conversations, observes Sreehari Nair.
According to industry studies, the Hindi Internet user base is likely to outgrow the English user base by 2021 and along with Marathi and Bengali users, will drive volume growth.
Dahiya's first internet-based venture to sell insurance failed, but he was convinced digital was the future
Now we must first compete with Bangladesh. This is not what we had been promised, notes Aakar Patel.
Worried about what your child may download when you are not around?
'I can't help it if people don't love the minorities, the Dalits and Adivasis; they are as much of this country as any other Indian.' 'If I love them, it does not mean I do not love my country.' 'It is ironic and funny that they have laid such severe anti-national charges against me.'
'I am not what I was at the beginning of this year and I will not be what I am today at the end of 2021.' 'Because life is not a destination, it is a journey!'
'We have to scale down our theatre's seating capacity by tweaking the arrangement of seats.' 'We have to stop screening back-to-back shows to ensure that people do not bump into one another.'
Mauktik Kulkarni is an author, movie-maker, travel buff and sports enthusiast. He will be traveling to Brazil for the World Cup and report for Rediff.com from there during the knock-out stages.
Annual premiums do not exceed what you readily shell out for an OTT subscription.
Here are the 11 innovations that changed the face of the Internet and the geek world forever.
Weather is not climate, Astha Sarmah, 18 from Assam corrected the US President in a tweet that has now gone viral.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 will impress multimedia enthusiasts.
"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha.
Not just in the fight against COVID-19, but also in politics, economics and society, observes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Niranjan Upadhye, general manager, fraud risk management, Worldline India, tells you how to quickly spot a scam and save yourself from grief.
Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.
The advent of internet of things, blockchain, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars has also created huge business opportunities for online training platforms such as Udacity and Coursera.
'People have access to the internet and, if they want to see pornography, they will visit other sites and watch it there. Why will they watch it in a film or a web series?'
Challenge yourself to use the new words you have learned while listening and reading, in your conversations, suggests language expert Aditi Mehta.
Proceed with caution!
The photograph/s that we post, the comments and likes that we share on other people's timelines are all important reference points for hiring managers and recruiters, says Aashish Taneja.
ITC Infotech looks to buy 'sub-$50 mn' firms
In the past four months, more than 4 million new accounts have been opened, taking the total to 44.3 million.
E-commerce companies are seeing an increase in demand for products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, flour, rice, and lentils, and personal hygiene items like sanitisers and soaps and household cleaning products. Other products include instant noodles, baby food and Ayurvedic items. "There is even a huge spike in pet food," said a person.
'Valuations were depressed at 8,000 (Nifty 50 index) levels. It was a free ride to 12,000 levels.' 'What went down had to come up. Now fundamentals have to support further gains.'
Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Who says feature phones have become a thing of past?
Zee5 is now the fifth largest streaming app after YouTube, Hotstar, MX Player and Voot, and there is talk of hiving off Zee5 to drive valuation, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
20 occasions she captured our attention.
'I would've been the first butt of Bollywood onscreen.'
Huawei came under a cloud after allegations that the firm's electronic and telecom devices helped China spy on US corporations and agencies.
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