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#TooHotToHandle: When models ruled the red carpet

#TooHotToHandle: When models ruled the red carpet

Rediff.com25 Nov 2015

Sheer gowns. Plunging necklines. Curve-hugging dresses. Long slits. These red carpet divas know how to look super-hot!

Why India remains critical for Uber and Ola

Why India remains critical for Uber and Ola

Rediff.com18 Mar 2018

Both are focused on the overall transportation business, in which taxi services are only a part; the extended ambit includes autos, motorbikes, cycles, electric vehicles, water transport as well as food delivery services, says Surajeet Das Gupta.

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Rediff.com17 Jun 2021

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V Raman. Jairam Ramesh reveals why he decided to write a book on Edwin Arnold, who wrote The Light of Asia.

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Biswas looks back at a devastated country she continues to love deeply.

I'm fine, wasn't hospitalised, says Maradona after health scare

I'm fine, wasn't hospitalised, says Maradona after health scare

Rediff.com27 Jun 2018

"I want to tell everyone that I am fine, that I am not, neither was I, interned," Maradona said in an Instagram post, responding to a media report that he had been taken to hospital.

PIX: Jennifer Lopez parties with Bollywood stars

PIX: Jennifer Lopez parties with Bollywood stars

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

Inside the opulent Udaipur wedding of UK-based billionaire Sanjay Hinduja and Anu Mahatani.

China, India and the New Asia

China, India and the New Asia

Rediff.com23 Dec 2013

'It was China's rise that caused the New Cold War in Asia as it prompted the United States to rebalance its forces in Asia to experiment with engagement and containment at the same time,' says T P Sreenivasan.

Budget: A genuine opportunity badly missed?

Budget: A genuine opportunity badly missed?

Rediff.com17 Mar 2016

The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.

Despite controversies India sees widespread use of HCQ

Despite controversies India sees widespread use of HCQ

Rediff.com9 Jun 2020

Once touted as a 'wonder drug', HCQ has been battling global controversies around its safety and efficacy as a prophylactic against the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Will Telegram spell doom for WhatsApp?

Will Telegram spell doom for WhatsApp?

Rediff.com16 Dec 2014

Telegram, the new messaging app, is fast catching up on the popularity charts of many Indians. Himanshu Juneja lists top features of the Russian-made Telegram that beats WhatsApp hands down.

Will Beijing's woes be India's gain?

Will Beijing's woes be India's gain?

Rediff.com3 Sep 2015

China's economy is worse than it really is, but then these are emblematic of the baffling self-congratulatory mood that exists in India today.

Leather exports may touch $14 bn by 2017

Leather exports may touch $14 bn by 2017

Rediff.com2 Jul 2013

India's leather exports are expected to touch the $14 billion level by 2017 and may double jobs in the sector to 5 million by that period, Council for Leather Exports (CLE) said on Tuesday.

'Amid global turmoil, India looks very good'

'Amid global turmoil, India looks very good'

Rediff.com17 Mar 2015

Will Citibank gain from India's position among emerging markets?

Ford rides on exports to become 3rd largest car-maker in India

Ford rides on exports to become 3rd largest car-maker in India

Rediff.com10 May 2017

Ford is among several multinational automobile companies in India for whom exports now bring bigger volumes than local sales.

Of India, Snowden and global voyeurism

Of India, Snowden and global voyeurism

Rediff.com8 Jul 2013

India has no compelling reason to grant his request for asylum but was unduly inhibited in raising its voice against the United States' extensive and vulgar intrusion into the privacy of its institutions and citizens, says Shyam Saran

How BRICS bank can affect world economics and politics

How BRICS bank can affect world economics and politics

Rediff.com18 Jul 2014

Borrowing from BRICS bank will help India avoid other kinds of politics emanating from the West. Overall, the BRICS institutions will necessarily adopt alternative ways of doing things based on their own cultural and socio economic needs, says M K Venu.

Sports Shorts: Dutee Chand signs two-year deal with Puma

Sports Shorts: Dutee Chand signs two-year deal with Puma

Rediff.com8 Aug 2019

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.

10 stocks most likely to make investors RICH!

10 stocks most likely to make investors RICH!

Rediff.com11 Feb 2019

From Dabur to HUL, here are 10 stocks with significant rural exposure in the auto, agri-chemical and fast moving consumer goods sectors, which should see an uptick in sales growth.

Breast cancer survivors, stunning showstoppers

Breast cancer survivors, stunning showstoppers

Rediff.com11 Sep 2017

Designer Premal Badiani put the cause in the New York Fashion Week spotlight.

This prize-return tamasha!

This prize-return tamasha!

Rediff.com16 Oct 2015

'This has absolutely nothing to do with Kalburgi or anybody else, it only has to do with two words: Bihar elections. It's electioneering by other means, let's save the fig leaf of morality,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.

Fidel, the eternal revolutionary

Fidel, the eternal revolutionary

Rediff.com27 Nov 2016

'No other Communist leader after Lenin had such an internationalist vision as Fidel,' says Prakash Karat, the CPI-M leader in this eloquent tribute to Fidel Castro who passed into the ages on Friday.

The secret behind building brands

The secret behind building brands

Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

Faces are important in India, because people connect with people, not concepts.

More bad news for India, IMF pegs 2020 growth rate at 1.9%

More bad news for India, IMF pegs 2020 growth rate at 1.9%

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation. However, it is among the only two major economies, which will register a positive growth rate in 2020. The other being China, for which the IMF has projected a growth rate of 1.2 per cent.

Raghuram Rajan: 'We Indians treat our economy and cricketers alike'

Raghuram Rajan: 'We Indians treat our economy and cricketers alike'

Rediff.com11 Oct 2013

'We are by no means anywhere nearing having external financing difficulties or internal financing difficulties. The government's credit is solid, there is absolutely no difficulty for the government in borrowing and it is borrowing effectively from the public today in a fairly free public debt market,' the RBI governor tells a meeting in Washington, DC

Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'

Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

News that transpired on and off the football field.

How fatherhood has changed Force India's Perez

How fatherhood has changed Force India's Perez

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

Fatherhood has changed Sergio Perez's life since the end of last season and the Mexican hopes the coming year in Formula One could be just as transformative on the track.

'In 11 months, India has been pushed back by several decades'

'In 11 months, India has been pushed back by several decades'

Rediff.com28 Apr 2015

'Tell me, what is more important to Modi -- his position as prime minister or as an RSS pracharak?' 'We feel he gives priority to his position as an RSS pracharak. Otherwise, why did he not agree to go to Parliament as the prime minister of the country and air his opinion on ghar wapsi as demanded by the Opposition?'

Dollar to be the best performing currency of 2015?

Dollar to be the best performing currency of 2015?

Rediff.com27 Mar 2015

A stable dollar will at minimum reduce incremental cross-currency pain for Indian cos.

Sports Shorts: Dortmund's Bartra returns to training after bus attack

Sports Shorts: Dortmund's Bartra returns to training after bus attack

Rediff.com11 May 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.

Lego's Indian CEO!

Lego's Indian CEO!

Rediff.com12 Dec 2016

Bali Padda will head the second-largest toymaker in the world.

Why students unions at universities must not be curbed

Why students unions at universities must not be curbed

Rediff.com4 Jul 2016

The State is trying to curb the students movements, therefore, there are suspicions against some of the Subramanian report on education's recommendations, says Mohammad Sajjad.

Football Extras: Bayern cruise past Nuremberg to continue rise

Football Extras: Bayern cruise past Nuremberg to continue rise

Rediff.com9 Dec 2018

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Former US President George H W Bush passes away at 94

Former US President George H W Bush passes away at 94

Rediff.com1 Dec 2018

The 41st US president held his post from 1989 and 1993.

Football Extras: Another 'biting' incident

Football Extras: Another 'biting' incident

Rediff.com30 Nov 2018

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

India ranks fourth in clean energy investment

India ranks fourth in clean energy investment

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

The country received $ 6bn in clean energy investment in 2013, out of a total of USD 62bn from 2006 to 2013.

In IPO papers Uber highlights competition from desi rivals in India

In IPO papers Uber highlights competition from desi rivals in India

Rediff.com13 Apr 2019

Uber's draft prospectus for the biggest IPO in the world since Alibaba's in 2014 has projected a major cash burn for Uber in trying to get a significant market share in India, reports Karan Choudhury.

Football Extras: Beckham backs Solskjaer extension at United

Football Extras: Beckham backs Solskjaer extension at United

Rediff.com17 Mar 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Two titans of diplomacy leave a rich legacy

Two titans of diplomacy leave a rich legacy

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Formula One faces BIG shake-up after Liberty deal

Formula One faces BIG shake-up after Liberty deal

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

Formula One faces its biggest shake-up in decades with the announcement on Wednesday that US cable TV mogul John Malone's Liberty Media has agreed to take control of the cash-generating glamour sport.

Hero MotoCorp picks 49.2% stake in EBR

Hero MotoCorp picks 49.2% stake in EBR

Rediff.com1 Jul 2013

In its first overseas acquisition after parting ways with Honda, country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp (HMC) on Monday said it has picked up 49.2 per cent stake in US-based high-end motorcycle maker Erik Buell Racing (EBR) for $ 25 million (about Rs 148 crore).