Here's your weekly digest of the craziest and funniest stories from around the world.
If your goal is to earn quick bucks, start-ups are not for you!
In 2012 Rediff.com had published a feature on the rare aspects of Hawking's life and work, based on a feature by popular edutainment website HowStuffWorks, which we reproduce.
Two organisations tracking tax violations and money laundering worldwide identify totally different sets of countries for lack of financial transparency.
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.
12 lies you must tell your better half without feeling guilty.
Jules Bianchi had a bright future in Formula One.
Though the Mumbai and Delhi airports still rule the domestic aviation market, the share of the two in overall traffic is falling. In 2006-07, the two airports collectively handled 40.6 per cent of all domestic passengers; in 2012-13, their share fell to 37 per cent.
Garm Hava is a product of like-minded artistry and resourceful acumen that hasn't spared any effort to reserve its special place in movie history, says Sukanya Verma.
There is also an interesting name OLX gave the idle stuff lying in our homes: brown money. Over lunch, OLX CEO Amarjit Singh Batra tells Uttran Das Gupta how the company is weaning Indians away from their "irrational emotional attachment to things."
The usage of PET bottles by a handful of wine makers is set to take the drink to the masses, thanks to a packaging solution offered by Manjushree Technopack Ltd, a Bengaluru-based manufacturer of PET bottles and performs.
From a shy bride to a passionate campaigner, the story of Diana, 'the People's Princess', was more often than not told through photographs.
Multiplex chains are rushing to smaller towns
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Indians are the biggest non-Arab investors in Dubai's real estate market.
The charming town of Pelling can strike a balance between commerce and conservation
'Just imagine, in 2015-16, we're shamelessly talking about women empowerment! What is more shameful than this? I decided to make a film where a woman's character would be strong and see where it goes.' Shoojit Sircar prepares us for PINK.
If India was able to provide additional and new information about people and entities that figure on stolen lists, they may consider it to exchange information
Son Of God is an epic fail, rants Paloma Sharma.
Prominent print advertisements on Monday pitched Amazon's discount strategy against Flipkart's.
Pompeii is one of those rare films for which I am glad that a 3D format was used. If cheesy, overdone, masala flicks are your kind of fare, this is your kind of film. For the rest of us, Pompeii just blows, rants Paloma Sharma.
Consent isn't a privilege; it is a basic human right.
'It's like your own private Boeing 747 which you can fly yourself. This concept brings the aeroplane closer to passengers and opens the cockpit to everyone.'
'Doing a biopic on Irom Sharmila is too big a responsibility. I have to analyse a lot of other things before I take that up. I don't want to face the backlash it will get if I do that role. This is the best time to be an actor.' Taapsee Pannu up, close and personal.
Purani Jeans lacks vision, originality and the spunk one expects from a college romance film, says Paloma Sharma.
In the matter pertaining to acquisition of AgustaWestland helicopters, the undisputed central issue that stands out is corruption, especially bribery, the statement said.
Your vote now is going to decide whether India fixes itself and becomes a vibrant democracy, or a failed State like the ones in our neighbourhood, says Dasarathi G V.
Okay, so we love our Goan filmi characters. Do you love these movies set in Goa? Have a look!
USL is already contesting a Karnataka High Court order.
Over Lebanese delicacies, the daughter of billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla talks money, relationships, her passions and how she outpaced her peers.
Godrej and Big Bazaar have stood out in the consumer goods and service spaces by acing the challenge of aligning innovation with outcome.
Renowned chefs reinvent traditional age old recipes for your palate
Ram Sumiran Pal arrested in Delhi; hunt for two others on.
Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's Bareilly Ki Barfi had the critics reaching for the stars. But that is just the tip of the iceberg discovers Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar.
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
Government on Monday formed a multi-agency group to monitor exposes in this regard and vowed to take action against all "unlawful" accounts held abroad.
Chef-turned-author Rakhee Vaswani's simple tricks to cook healthy, restaurant-style food at home.
In an online chat with readers every Thursday, Love Guru offers relationship advice.
India's indigenous paper manufacturers are forced to use a variety of raw materials.
US indicts Rajya Sabha MP K V P Ramachandra Rao, a close associate of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and his son Jaganmohan Reddy, in bribery and corruption case.
