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As El Nino returns with hotter summer, India braces for impact on monsoon

Several global models are predicting El Niño to appear around the second half of the year, which are the crucial rain-bearing months. IMAGE: Just another hot summer day at Rajpath, New......

Hardik Now Needs A Head For Strategy

With time on his side, that Hardik Patel will one day occupy the top spot in Gujarat is a no-brainer. But the BJP doesn't like rabble-rousers. IMAGE: Hardik Patel joins the Bharatiya Janata Party......

Don't write off Ashok Gehlot just yet

Whatever the outcome of the assembly election in Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot is firmly ensconced in the Congress inner circle.Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Ashok Gehlot, second from left, with Rahul......

Prohibition will fail in Bihar as it has in Gujarat

'Its three primary effects are to send the alcohol economy underground (depriving the state of revenue), to criminalise the casual drinker and to criminalise the police.' In America in the 1920s......

Time for better sense to prevail

'The BJP should avoid escalating every local issue and minor provocation into a national crisis and claiming a 'holier than thou' monopoly on patriotism.''And the Opposition should avoid paying......

'Money lending has become prudent and conservative'

'We need to be far more careful given the fact that while this is group lending, it's essentially unsecured.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have become......

'We want to be No. 1 in affordable housing by FY26'

'This segment has performed very well for us and this is reflected in our bounce rate which is about three to four per cent.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Shriram Housing Finance......

'ESG means doing business the right way'

'ESG is actually a concept which cannot be applied effectively in the very short run.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Financial Stability Report (June 2023) highlighted two challenges......

'Mallya is a phenomenal character'

'The three tycoons I deal with in the first chapter -- Ambani, Mallya and Adani -- in their own way represent the change that has come over India.''Of the three of them, Mallya is the most fun. He......

'Jobs are not a problem in India'

'If we chose to do the right things, it is possible to avoid job losses at a mass scale,' ABB MD Sanjeev Sharma tells Raghu Krishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The ISKCON temple in......

The Birthday Emraan Hashmi Wants To Forget

'I remember how my grandmother was scared for me when I joined the industry because she was aware of the hurdles and pitfalls.''It's a harsh place.''When the going is good, it's great, but you......

PIX: Shooting Manmarziyaan with Abhishek

We turn the pages of Abhishek Bachchan's journal as he takes us inside the sets of Manmarziyaan. Movie-making is certainly not as easy as it seems. One look at Abhishek Bachchan's Instagram page......

Watch out for Zoya Hussain, folks!

'During casting calls, people want you to a copy-paste version of who they think is good enough to be in Bollywood, especially if you are a girl. I didn't fit into that at all.' Zoya Hussain in......

How the best Hindi movie of 2015 achieved true greatness

'Badlapur,' says Sreehari Nair, 'proves that sometimes there are more personal truths to be discovered in our trash cans than in our neatly arranged book-shelves.' IMAGE: Varun Dhawan in Badlapur.......

Dev Patel: I have always felt like an outsider

'When I first came to Toronto, I came in my school shoes and had a blazer. I remember I was with Freida and someone said you can't put this guy next to her. He looks terrible.' How things have......

India Nets: Fit-again Jadeja goes full tilt; focus on Mukesh

IMAGE: Ravindra Jadeja looked completely fit during the training session. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters It was an optional session at the Supersport Park but for India skipper Rohit Sharma,......

Dravid to mentor Rajasthan Royals for another IPL season

Former Indian batsmen Rahul Dravid will continue to mentor Rajasthan Royals for another IPL season, said team CEO Raghu Iyer on Wednesday. "He continues being a mentor for another season. He has......

'Unfair to Sachin'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead - Part 2: It was a very good article but I fail to understand why you missed bad umpiring I am sure the bad decisions played a very crucial role in the......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

'Can Schumacher come back?'

Formula One is in shock.Michael Schumacher's retirement decision has resulted in heartbreak across the globe, and rediff readers too felt let down by the legend's decision. Tributes to the great......

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