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Delhi orders 50% WFH for govt, private offices as air quality worsens

Delhi government offices and all private establishments in the city will function with 50 percent staff strength, and the rest will work from home under stage three of the Graded Response Action......

Where The Victims Of The Kanishka Terror Attack Are Not Forgotten

Names and names and names and names...329 in all.Some Indian. Some Canadian. Some British.Berry. Gupta. Jain. James. Bhatt. Beauchesne. Chatlani. Enayati. Lougheed....Vaihayasi Pande Daniel visits......

'Israel Is Weaponising Hunger'

'Famine in Gaza is not a failure of logistics or aid. What is to blame is deliberate starvation caused by a brutal war.''Any child dying in a war zone is a vote of no confidence against humanity.'......

SC stray dog order: Animal lovers clash with cops in Delhi during protest

Animal lovers and caregivers from across the capital staged a protest at Connaught Place on Tuesday against the Supreme Court's directive to relocate all stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to shelter homes,......

Clear off Mumbai streets, follow HC directives: Jarange to protesters

Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange on Monday asked protesters to follow the directives of the Bombay high court and not inconvenience the people of Mumbai by roaming on the streets. IMAGE:......

Green shoots are mechanical rebound, don't read much into it: Subbarao

Subbarao said, short-term as well as medium-term prospects or Indian economy continue to be grim. Fiscal deficit is going to be much higher, the debt burden much larger and the financial sector......

Why job prospects are grim today

The inability of the economy to create new jobs faster than jobs are lost to automation leads to unemployment, says Shyamal Majumdar. At an informal meeting of some wise men of Mumbai's financial......

Slowdown gets serious: A grim future for India

As each month's economic numbers roll in, the slowdown gets more serious; and each month it gets clearer than before that government spokesmen who keep predicting an upturn are whistling in the......

Drought: Food prices to hit record highs, grim outlook

Food prices around the world are rising to historic highs following extreme weather conditions.Food price volatility creates unpredictability in the market and poses fundamental food security risks......

Run-up to Budget 2018-19: India's medium-term fiscal outlook looks grim

Lower revenue collection puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it deviates from the glided path of debt reduction Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com It is now increasingly......

Narivetta Review: Tovino Thomas Is Exceptional

Narivetta takes its cue from real-life incidents and fictionalises the ordeal through the experiences of a young cop caught in the crossfire between the police and tribals up in arms, notes Arjun......

'I've Been A Puppet In Shoojitda's Hands'

'Shoojitda's prep was unique and a nice, refreshing change for me.''In the three to four months of preparation that we did, I think we only read two scenes.' 'We spent two, three months where he......

Have You Watched These OTT Films Yet?

There may not have been anything as remarkable as 2022's Darlings or Qala on OTT in 2023, but the advantage of the medium is the variety of genres that can be found, and there are always surprises.......

Oppenheimer: Film-Making At Its Exhilarating Best

The narrative is faithful to the source, American Prometheus, but what makes it absolutely spell-binding is Christopher Nolan's technique, notes Shreekant Sambrani. IMAGE: Cillian Murphy as J......

'Vidya can elevate any script'

'You write stories about the world you live in.''The day I try to write a film with agendas in mind, I will be a fake.' IMAGE: Rohini Hattangady and Vidya Balan in Jalsa. Suresh Triveni's......

Fans Rage as Pakistan Suffer Humiliating Defeat

IMAGE: West Indies end 34-year wait with 202-run rout of Pakistan. Photograph: Windies Cricket/X Pakistan’s ODI campaign ended in embarrassment as they collapsed to 92 all out in the series......

What Gill and Pant told Chris Woakes...

Shubman said something like- ‘That was incredibly brave’ ‘I saw Rishabh (Pant) had put an image of me on Instagram with a salute emoji. He then sent me a voice note’ IMAGE: Shubman Gill......

What Went WRONG with LSG?

The script for Rishabh Pant's IPL 2025 return was meant to be a triumphant one, a powerful narrative of resilience and renewed dominance. Instead, it reads like a cautionary tale of a Rs 27 crore......

Footballer's assist helps COVID-struck Manipur breathe

Photograph: Kind courtesy Renedy Singh/Instagram Former India mid-field maestro Renedy Singh is working relentlessly to arrange oxygen cylinders and help his home state of Manipur win the battle......

How Mumbai Lost The Plot

IMAGE: Abhinav Manohar showed his range of shots during his 42 off 21 balls. Photograph: BCCI It was a mid-table clash that was expected to bring out the best from both teams. However, what was......