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Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals.Now that......

'Congress has shifted from general ward to ICU'

It is likely that the party’s allies in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, two of the five states going to the polls in April-May, might insist on allocating fewer seats than they did in 2016,......

Modi-Trump meet: Why the lack of euphoria is good news

The fantastic notions regarding the 'defining partnership' that accrued during the Obama years are withering away.We see none of the euphoric build-up customary to India's encounter with US......

When I met the Queen of England

Dancer-choreographer Astad Deboo met Queen Elizabeth, William and Kate at Buckingham Palace on Monday at the launch of India-UK year of Culture. He tells Archana Masih/Rediff.com that the Queen......

The world in the era of Donald Trump

The US foreign and security policy establishment, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, apprehends that Trump may compel them to exorcise the 'unipolar predicament', and bring foreign and security......

Indian import shift stirs sugar market

Sugar prices reached a four-month high on Tuesday after India, the world's largest consumer, lifted duties on the import of raw sugar to bridge a shortfall in domestic production. The move was also......

Warning on price volatility of oil

Oil consumers and producers united yesterday to warn that extreme price volatility was dangerous for the world economy, but disagreed on what an appropriate price should be. The disagreement in a......

Global demand for oil to plummet

Global oil demand will collapse next year and commodities will not return to the highs they reached this summer in the foreseeable future, two authoritative reports said on Tuesday as they forecast......

Oil consumption forecasts slashed

The world economy will consume in the next five years far less oil than previously assumed, the western countries' energy watchdog said on Friday in a further sign of the impact of the global......

Merrill warns oil prices could fall to $25

Merrill Lynch warned that oil prices could fall as low as $25 a barrel next year if the recession affecting the US, Europe and Japan extended to China, the main driver of demand growth in commodity......

Review: Talvar is haunting

Well done, Team Talvar. Savera R Someshwar applauds the film. As you leave the cool, dark, impersonal innards of the theatre and step into the bright, welcoming, noisy foyer, a sigh. And......

Review: Fantastic Four is substandard fare

Fantastic Four is a disappointing reboot of a disappointing superhero franchise, says Nishi Tiwari. Their massive box office collections notwithstanding, the Fantastic Four films have consistently......

Review: I Love NY, a great disservice to New Year's Eve and New York

I Love NY is criminally unremarkable, says Nishi Tiwari. I Love NY opens with Sunny Deol’s (protagonist Randhir Singh) voiceover over snapshots of Chicago, who describes the city he resides......

Review: Cocktail is let down by its inane plot

Cocktail has a handful of moments and a few genuine sparks, but finally crashes and burns so spectacularly that it's hard to focus on the positives, writes Raja Sen.Why, Bollywood, why? Why this......

Yahaan looks starkly different

War films are tough nuts to crack. Either you have to be bursting at the seams with gritty realism, a la Schindler's List, or you can trip gaily into jingoistic escapism, like Rambo or Mission:......

PIX: Liverpool rally to beat LASK; West Ham win

Images from the Europa League matches played on Thursday.Liverpool fight back to beat LASK IMAGE: Liverpool's players celebrate after Luis Diaz scored the second goal against Austria's LASK Linz in......

PICS: Mbappe breaks PSG record; Bayern go top

Mbappe becomes PSG’s all-time highest goal-scorer as French champions extend lead IMAGE: Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe celebrates with a trophy during the ceremony after becoming Paris St......

PIX: Real Madrid thrash Alaves to widen lead; PSG lose

IMAGE: Real Madrid's players celebrate after Karim Benzema scored the third goal against Deportivo Alaves at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Saturday. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images......

Soccer: Barca play first game without Messi; Zizou's son sees red

IMAGE: FC Barcelona's Martin Braithwaite celebrates with teammates after scoring their side's second goal against Real Sociedad in their La Liga match at Camp Nou in Barcelona on Sunday.......

Khawaja tells how to deal with coronavirus

'More seriously we take, quicker we can get through COVID-19 pandemic' IMAGE: Usman Khawaja was among the many cricketers to have expressed their concerns over the current crisis. Photograph:......

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