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Why US Revoked 10-Year-Old Child's Visa!

When Brazil's Health Minister Alexandre Padilha was a young boy, his father Anivaldo, a Methodist minister, sought refuge in the United States from Brazil's brutal two-decade dictatorship. Kindly......

MeitY Probes Indian Data Leak In Global Breach

'Given the proportion of the global leak, it is very likely that the data of Indian citizens might be on the dataset.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff Taking cognisance of an alleged global......

Trump-Putin Bonhomie: Checkmate Xi?

The US move to align with Russia is prompted by fear of a Sino-Russian joint threat. Russia, fully aware of its military vulnerability vis a vis China, may cautiously welcome the American move,......

Ex-Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay joins BJP

Two days after resigning as a judge in the Calcutta high court, Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier, on Tuesday, after resigning as the high court judge, he......

Tunnel rescue: Vertical boring underway, here's what happens now

Rescuers began drilling into the hill above the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel on Sunday, boring nearly 20 metres on the first day of adopting the new approach to reach 41 workers trapped inside for 14......

What acquisition of Citi's retail biz means for Axis Bank

The quality of customers it acquires holds the key to success but the benefits of the buyout could kick in only from FY25. Manojit Saha and Subrata Panda report. Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters......

RBI readies plan to check health of banks

The central bank has not set a deadline for banks to conclude the stress-test exercise, but senior bankers opine that some were already looking at this, and will now fast-track it by September-end,......

India's BIG BREAKOUT Moment

After years of disappointing growth, the economy and the markets are poised for a breakout, notes Akash Prakash. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com When Prime Minister Narendra Modi......

Will this Budget be a 'Game Changer'?

That is what you will hear again after Nirmala Sitharaman presents a speech that will prove to be meaningless and numbers that will show themselves to be wildly off the mark, observes Aakar Patel.......

Banks now have 3 options to tackle loan defaulters

The three options are - a one-time settlement, restructuring of loans and of course go to IBC. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Lenders to companies which are under stress could now have three......

Pravinkoodu Shappu Review: Funny Suspense

Pravinkoodu Shappuis a quirky whodunnit with its fair share of laughs, observes Arjun Menon. The Agatha Christie who dunnit template offers a goldmine of opportunities for storytellers, and......

'Jayendra has given me a 180 in my career'

Priya Anand is comfortable in both Tamil and Telugu and therefore her filmography includes films in both languages. She made her Tamil debut withVamanan, though she signed Pugaippadam first. As......

The Lady Behind Alia's Mesmerising Dholida

'The pressure was very high because I am not a Saroj Khan or a Vaibhavi Merchant.''I am someone from a reality show.''I was a nobody who was given an opportunity to express myself in the best way I......

Warner Bros eyes India, and Rajnikant!

To a casual eye, Warner Bros' foray into film production in Indiamay look like a small step. After all, this is the studio that makes the Harry Potter movies -- each of those blockbusters......

Windies draw with New Zealand after epic Greaves double ton

IMAGE: Justin Greaves scored an unbeaten 202 off 388 balls, studded with 19 fours, in West Indies' second innings on the last day of the first Test against New Zealand at Hagley Oval,......

Dhoni's CSK suite: 24x7 open, food and shisha!

'Dhoni got this beautiful way of just being able to take the pressure off.' IMAGE: Michael Hussey revealed that incredibly, in his 16 years with CSK, he has never seen Dhoni practise his......

Mandhana, Deepti, Jemimah in World Cup Dream XI

IMAGE: Deepti Sharma, the World Cup's leading wicket-taker who took a magnificent 5/39 in the final, is joined by teammates Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues in World Cup's Team of the......

Rohit, Harshit in elite company after Sydney show

IMAGE: Rohit Sharma joined Virat Kohli, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina and Sourav Ganguly in the 100 catches club with two fine efforts in the third One-Day......

Women's WC: McGrath hails 'world-class' Sutherland, Gardner

'So good to watch them. It was clinical and I feel for Bells a bit, not getting a hundred. She thoroughly deserved it.' IMAGE: With a comfortable win over England, Australia reclaimed the top spot......