Can Stalin Repeat 2019 Lok Sabha Result In 2024?

Stalin still enjoys a lot of sympathy and empathy as someone wishing well for the state, but not full-throated support as in 2019 and 2021, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

TN allows liquor only at IPL, investors' summit, bans in marriage halls

The Tamil Nadu government late on Monday amended the gazette notification to remove marriage halls from the purview of granting special licence to possess and serve liquor. Image used for......

Who Is Propping Up Amritpal Singh?

The Akali Dal is convinced that Waris Punjab De and Amritpal Singh are part of a bigger plan to create a law and order problem in the state, leading to the imposition of central rule and even the......

IMA puts out names of 382 doctors martyred in war against Covid

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list......

Consumer product companies likely to pause price hikes

Indian consumers are likely to get respite from rising prices ju­st before the festival season. So­me consumer companies, in­cl­uding automakers, have indicated that they are......

Ola, Uber score 0 in gig worker rankings

Fairwork focuses on five principles of fair gig work: Fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation. Photograph: PTI Photo   Cab hailing companies Ola......

Space tech start-up Agnikul raises $11 mn funding

It is the largest funding round for a private Indian space technology company in the country. Billionaire and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra along with top Silicon Valley investors Naval......

Robots to the rescue in times of coronavirus

From scanning hospital entrants to disinfecting hospital areas and floors, robots are being roped in for tasks considered high-risk, says Peerzada Abrar. IMAGE: A robot checking a man before......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

Netflix, Amazon Prime grab large chunk of India's OTT space

Netflix, Amazon Prime gain market share at the cost of Indian platforms Hotstar, VOOT, Jio Cinema.Yuvraj Malik reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just like the smartphone segment, the......

The race for Hindi blockbusters digital rights

Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.Surajeet Das Gupta reports. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters......

Ekta Kapoor: The drama queen

Harvard, age and experience have changed Ekta Kapoor in ways that will stand her in good stead as she attempts the biggest transformation Balaji Telefilms has seen.Vanita Kohli Khandekar meets the......

Will T20 World Cup be sacrificed for IPL?

IMAGE: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, right, with Secretary Jay Shah. Photograph: BCCI   With IPL 2021 suspended indefinitely on Tuesday, May 4, due to multiple COVID-19 cases in the teams'......

'Australian cricketers still want to fulfil their IPL commitments'

'They do want to see the tournament finished, but they also clearly want to come home at the end, and that's where the concern comes, because there's just not a definitive plan on how that's going......

Sports Shorts: Twelve-toed Swapna gets customised shoes

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday IMAGE: 'The journey from here should get easier. I would like to thank the Adidas team in India and at the Athlete Services Lab for......

Djokovic turns back the clock with slam double in 2018

Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose up the rankings chart to become India's No 1 player   IMAGE: Novak Djokovic with the World Number one trophy. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Young German......