Three takeaways for individuals living in a global society today, where misinformation and disinformation are rife.
'Melania Trump asked about the mud-pack treatment and was amazed when she got to know the details of the process'
I do have a dream biopic. It has as its subject Renu Saluja, the cosmically gifted editor, with a special focus on the Vidhu Vinod Chopra-Saluja-Sudhir Mishra love story, says Sreehari Nair.
For Lori Beer, chief information officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co, largest banker in the US, India is a big part of the organisation's global technology footprint and is core to its products and services. This is evident from the fact that in less than two months since JPMorgan & Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon visited India, Beer has come here to see the recently opened centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru. "What is different for me this year are our new centres and to be able to come and see the vibrancy, and connectedness is great.
'Without a poverty line, how are we to know whether poverty is the same, or it has come down or it has gone up?'
The over half-an-hour meeting between the opposition parties and the government, however, remained inconclusive.
rediffGURU Dr Aarti Bakshi, a psychologist and school counsellor helps you understand and improve your relationship with your child.
'Now the political boss decides, and the ED acts.'
Here are some of the striking moments captured by Reuters photographers as United States voters went to the polls and the stories behind the images.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has raised India's long-standing concerns about pro-Khalistan extremism in the United Kingdom during his meetings with the country's leaders, stressing that they should be on guard against the misuse of freedom of expression and speech.
Saira Banu takes us behind the scenes of her 1974 film Sagina, in which she starred opposite her husband, Dilip Kumar.
'The ending Vijay Tendulkar had written was different.' 'According to him, the film ended with Anant Welankar's suicide.' 'I felt such an ending would be too nihilistic.' 'Bahut zyada defeatist ho jaata.'
"Looking at the films come to life on set was a lot of fun. The lensing, the art direction and Prakash Sir's detailed eye. It felt like something special was brewing," says Naina Bhan.
'What's happening in Gaza is another ethnic cleansing, a repeat of what happened in 1948.' 'That is why people do not want to evacuate. Either you evacuate or you die.'
For that to happen, Moitra's much followed speeches should be heard outside Parliament so that the PR spins of the ruling dispensation are countered with informed debate, argues Shyam G Menon.
India's mutual fund (MF) industry had barely any retail footprint when it completed 50 years in 2013. MFs had Rs 7 trillion in assets under management (AUM) in March 2013, of which around Rs 5 trillion was in institution-focused debt funds. By comparison, bank deposits in the country stood at Rs 67.5 trillion around the same time.
Stars. Substance. Style. Sukanya Verma lists them all on OTT this week.
Besides his strategic and tactical acumen, it was his amazing personality, quick wit and ability to remain unflustered under any circumstances that stood him apart from almost any leader one has read about or known, recalls Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan both dated women from the costume department on My Name is Khan.
For the Stalin government to win back the confidence of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, post-flooding restoration works, their speed and efficacy would be closely watched, and not just by the political Opposition, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.'
'If you watch Baazigar even today, after 30 years of its release, you will enjoy it because of its novel story line.'
The promo is already out and has Gauri talking candidly about her husband Shah Rukh Khan and their love story.
Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot.
'Till today, we don't know how many people died of Covid in India.' 'How many migrated from cities to villages during the Covid pandemic?' 'How many corporates contributed to PM Cares?'
"We have built this party (Congress), we have built this house. I am a part of it...A mother will give everything to her child," he said.
Excerpted from Sahara: The Untold Story by Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Despite multiple headwinds at the start of 2023, the Indian markets delivered a strong performance, posting 19-20 per cent growth for the year. Even as new records were set, investor sentiment remains strong going into 2024, given the lower inflation, expectations of steady to lower interest rates, higher economic growth, and strong inflows. However, the overriding concern for most brokerages is valuations.
Bootstrapping has put Nithin Kamath of Zerodha in a position where he can trifle with talk about valuation, points out Suveen Sinha.
Recent disclosures allege large scale corruption, nepotism and kickbacks by Pakistan air chief Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhuin housing land deals in Islamabad and in buying of new aircraft, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.
'Whatever I have directed has been so far from my world.'
March is going to be an exciting month when it comes to Bollywood releases as it would be a good mix of theatrical and OTT arrivals.
We remember some of Nitin Chandrakant Desai most influential works.
Two Israeli Jews take an emotional tour of the Chabad House, which was targetted by terrorists during the Novmeber 26, 2008 carnage, along with rediff.com journalists Prasanna D Zore and Abhishek Mande.
'There is no place in Gaza that has not been bombed and where people have not been killed.'
'How can you shoot somebody raising a white flag, even if he's a fighter, when he's surrendered?'
For Chef Thomas Zacharias, Chef Floyd Cardoz, was a partner, mentor. And family.
'MNCs now recognise India's capacity for innovation and its pivotal role in substantive contributions to global product development.'
'My wife, family members as well as members of the workers will be trustees.' 'The trust will take all decisions -- no family member can individually take any decision.'
Housing launches drop up to 59 per cent in key markets; IT hub Bangalore only exception
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