From February to mid-March, oil prices receded rapidly.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
Against the backdrop of the West Indies team's withdrawal from its tour of India, Rediff.com takes a look at instances when cricket tours have been called off midway through a series.
PINK, Penaz Masani and a precious picture of Nirupa Roy in and as Superman, a low-down of Sukanya Verma's fully filmi week!
Mesut Ozil helped Arsenal shake off the hangover of a midweek pounding in Germany with a starring role in a 3-0 win at Aston Villa while sloppy Liverpool lost 3-1 at West Ham United in the Premier League on Saturday.
Can a film and the voice of its actor really influence us, and change our lives? I like to believe so, says Aseem Chhabra.
Modi and Rahul's Gandhi's case cannot be dismissed casually. Both are high visibility persons, subject to intense scrutiny, and above all, under heavy protection. So anyone meeting them is properly vetted, says Mahesh Vijapurkar
Before you take the leap, get your financial house in order
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
Asia's oldest and largest cattle fair may soon lose its star attraction.
"We have diplomatic ties with both nations. Any discourteous reference can impact our relations with them," says External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Describing the Narendra Modi-led BJP's electoral victory as a "breathtaking landslide", eminent American think tanks and experts have said the win has given him an opportunity to "redefine" Indian politics.
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But no general trade, because that is a completely different channel of distribution.
Stunning images from the Underwater Photography competition
London has become the world's most expensive city to live and work, overtaking Asian hotspot Hong Kong, according to study by real estate adviser, Savills.
The prime minister's visit to Washington should focus more on shopping for energy security and stopping the US from snooping on us, reigning in its popular and innocuously operated instruments to gather intelligence like Google, says Tarun Vijay.
The National Geographic Traveler magazine has released its go-now destinations for 2015. And apna Hyderabad is on it!
India's foremost architect and town planner was renowned as much for his 'breathing' spaces as for his irascible personality
Your humble kitchen is not just a treasure trove for great skincare remedies but also the 'Room of Requirement' for long beautiful hair! Read on!
'Brown Girl In The Ring was a very simple song that children can sing but we gave it a beat that even the grown-ups thought they could sing and it was no longer a child's song. It became a dance song for everybody.' Boney M's Liz Mitchell talks about her music, and India.
India has been ranked at 142 among 189 countries in the latest World Bank's "Ease of Doing Business" report, a drop by two places from the last year's ranking.
Taking control of manufacturing will help boost profits for the food business, but it could leave the group saddled with huge debt.
Rintu Rathod's chocolate Ganpati may not meet with everyone's approval. But that does not deter her.
Meet Sabriye Tenberken, a German woman who is changing lives in India.
Does your favourite city feature in the list? Find out.
Cash-&-carry chains claim of the products they sell 85-90% is local.
Satyajit Ray. Films from Italy, Iceland and Albania feature on Aseem Chhabra's list.
We bring you this excerpt from Shaili Chopra's book, When I was 25.
Here are some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of October.
For his 60th birthday in December, which he called his third 20th birthday, Mallya flew in Enrique Iglesias to perform at his villa overlooking the beach in Goa.
Chef and author Rakhee Vaswani talks about her passion for cooking, her daily struggles as a mompreneur and how she's spreading smiles through her recipes.
Drysdale wins close single sculls gold Also, check out late gold medal winners from Day 7...
Men and women from mofussil India are buying designerwear either on their laptops or their cellphones.
