Sprint legend Carl Lewis on Thursday waded through the Tyson Gay doping controversy, saying that the reigning Olympic 100m and 200m champion Usain Bolt has raised a legitimate issue but he should 'clean up his own country first' before talking about others.
Rediff.com has chosen the highlights of Queen Elizabeth reign so far -- from her Coronation right up to the present day.
Former National Chess Champion Anuradha Beniwal has penned her debut book in Hindi Azadi Mera Brand.The book recounts her travel experiences to 10 countries in Europe in an under Rs. 1 lakh budget.
Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford, an OBE and a leading voice on health, social care and community cohesion in the UK, has become the first British Asian to join the England and Wales Cricket Board.
'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their futures.'
Rahul Puri, Executive Director, Whistling Woods International will take questions on how you can pursue a career in the film industry on September 3, between 2 and 3 pm IST.
'Does a thousand-year-old sculpture worshipped in a thriving religion belong to a foreign museum or the temple from which it was extracted?' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked angrily. 'They legitimately belonged to India and people of past, present and future generations are interested in re-possessing them,' a central information commissioner declared last month.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday asked young minds to come out with a fool-proof method to prevent ticketless travel in trains.
There is no substitute for hard work. I think the smartest people in life don't get ahead. It's the hard working people who do, says Rishad.
Alexandr Kogan, the Cambridge University researcher who developed the app used by Cambridge Analytica, claimed he has been made a scapegoat.
British data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a controversy in India, the United States and Britain after two newspapers reported on Sunday that the company harvested personal data about Facebook users beginning in 2014. How does that matter, what does it entail and should you be worried? All these answers and more, explained right here.
An insistence on only one language will inevitably be resented as a form of imperialism and resisted.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
'If this is the India you're talking about, where there is no space for minorities, where you have hate, where people can enter universities and beat students up, let me be anti-national.' 'I'll carry that as a badge of honour.'
Dalhousie square has close to 55 historic landmarks.
People who work long hours may have an increased risk of developing irregular heart rhythm,scientists have warned.
The best message the Prime Minister could bring to London is that he will return to India to focus on economic matters. Britain, on its part, should ensure that it addresses matters that concern India, instead of engaging in pomp during his visit, says Adam Roberts.
Buried in a Kolkata cemetery is an Englishman who served India well during her struggle for freedom. Charles Freer Andrews was a benevolent force that neither the Indians, nor the British could ignore.
Ankit Kawatra will be honoured by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on June 29.
Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare?
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international career for you.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Still, the earliest India will get to experience Apple online will be early 2020 and the company's first fully-owned signature store should be up around 2022 -- almost two decades after it had opened its first store worldwide, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
'The time has come to incorporate Indian sociology into economic policy.' 'The first step in that direction would be to listen to economists trained in India and not just the US and the UK, argues T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
'There were days when there was no rice at home and we ate only jackfruit seeds.' 'They feel I, a lowliest human being, a tribal, have no right to go abroad and study.' 'The humiliation was so bad that I was broken inside.'
IIT Kharagpur set to be a one-stop-shop for all your parents' 'doctor-engineer' dreams! :-)
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
High travel volumes from the disease affected areas in the America, presence of mosquitoes capable of transmitting the virus and limited health resources can lead to Zika virus.
Modi has been relentless in building his brand regardless of banks having a problem of fraudulent and unauthorised transactions with his companies.
The spirit of Christmas is on show in streets across the world, with Christmas lights displays popping up in people's front yards.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said the money was worth it.
'She really doesn't care if she is called heartless.' 'For her, the job needs to be done. That's all that matters.'
David Cameron, who became Britain's youngest prime minister since 1812 when he won elections in 2010, on Friday surprised everyone by securing a majority for the Conservatives against all odds to allow his party to govern alone for the first time in more than two decades.
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