All About Vanuatu, Which Rejected Lalit Modi

Where on Earth is Vanuatu? IMAGE: Lalit Modi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lalit Modi/X This question has been bothering many since former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi announced that he......

Love, Longing & Healing In Ma's Rasam

14 years after losing her family in the tsunami, Meghana Rajsekhar finally tasted her mother's rasam when her childhood cook invited her for a meal.'All my life I had looked for it.''Life came full......

China quietly developing military bases in Pacific islands

China, which wishes to expand its maritime and economic profile has started to court the Pacific island nations. IMAGE: Chinese Navy's Jiangkai-class frigate No.573 sails on the sea near Japan.......

How Meghana Found The Man Who Rescued Her

Meghana Rajsekhar survived the tsunami and was rescued by an unknown tribal man. 14 years later she tracked him down to say thank you. IMAGE: Meghana with Basil and his wife in his village of......

Strait of Hormuz closure: How it will impact India

US strikes on Iran's three main nuclear facilities have once again raised concerns that Tehran might shut down the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's most critical chokepoints, through which a......

Pipeline tariffs: CNG, piped gas to be charged lowest rate

In a significant change to regulations, oil and gas regulator PNGRB has proposed a new policy of how tariffs for pipelines carrying gas to users will be determined, and proposed charging city gas......

Modi announces visa-on-arrival for Pacific Island nations

Reaching out to 14 Pacific Island nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced setting up of a $1 million fund and Visa on arrival facility for them, besides several measures to......

Cooking up a feast

It was a king-sized banquet that made it to the Guinness Book of Records. The giant cooking pots were filled with 1,250 kg of basmati rice, 550 litres of oil and the meat from 100 sheep.The result......

Paradise Review: Riveting!

Prasanna Vithanage's Paradise leaves the audience to read between the lines and draw their own conclusions about the frailty of human nature, and how easily violence seizes the most unexpected......

The Archies Review: Return To Innocence

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too. Long before there was cable TV,......

Into the Wild review

More emotions, less action!Ajay Devgn shows his vulnerable side while trying to survive on an uninhibited Island with Bear Grylls, observes Namrata Thakker. Survival expert Bear Grylls is back......

'I knew my film would not have a hero or villain'

'Rakesh's life is hard, but he knows how to find joy.''He doesn't think his life's value comes from money. He sees no shame in his poverty.' IMAGE: A scene from Against The Tide. In what seems......

Taylor answers Samoa's call for T20 WC push

IMAGE: Ross Taylor made 450 appearances for New Zealand before hanging up his boots in 2022. Photograph: Shashank Parade/PTI from the Rediff Archives Former New Zealand run machine Ross Taylor......

India No. 1 in ODIs, T20Is; Australia top Test rankings

IMAGE: India may have lost the ODI World Cup final to Australia but have increased their lead over them from three to six points, leading the table with 122 points. Photograph: BCCI Australia, who......

Travel woes and halal food hunt plague Afghan cricketers

Afghanistan players turn chefs to overcome a ‘beefy' issue Photograph: Kind courtesy ACB/X For the Afghanistan cricketers, it was a meatball-sized problem to fork through! The......

Bula Choudhury to swim Cook Straits

Ace Indian swimmer Bula Choudhurywill attempt to cross thewindy and rough waters of theCook Straits in New Zealand later this month."This is by far my toughest challenge. I have been trying for the......

CWG Medals Tally: India finish 3rd with 26 golds; Australia top

Medals table of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast: RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal 1 Australia 80 59 59 198 2 England 45 45 46 136 3 India 26 20 20 66 4 Canada 15 40 27 82 5 New......