Sons Of Fruit-Seller, Tailor, Farmer Top Agniveers

On the parade ground are sons of jawans, farmers, LIC agents, daily wage farm labourers, shopkeepers... all living their moment of triumph; their faces bright with the possibilities that lie ahead.......

How Pullampara Became India's 1st Digital Literate Village

Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com travels to Pullampara to discover how it became India's first digital literate village. IMAGE: Panchayat Digi-Pullampara team Vice President Aswathy, President P V......

With BMC Polls In Sight, Modi's Gifts To Mumbai....

Modi knows that the BMC elections are critical for his party which has never won a majority in the city's 227 wards. IMAGE: A cut-out of Prime Minister N D Modi at the Bandra Kurla Complex, north......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

Why is India's cotton dream turning sour?

A few days back, Atul Ganatra, presid­ent of the Cotton Association of India, presented a grim scenario of the crop’s prospects in the 2024-25 season that starts in October. Photograph:......

Economy to grow 13-fold to $40 trillion by 2047: Mukesh Ambani

India is likely to become a $40 trillion economy by 2047 -- a 13-fold jump from its current size -- driven primarily by a clean energy revolution and digitalisation, billionaire Mukesh Ambani said......

Passenger vehicle retail sales rise 4% in Nov: FADA

Automobile dealers' body FADA on Tuesday said passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales in November witnessed a year-on-year increase of 4.17 per cent to 2,91,001 units as Diwali-Dhanteras period led to......

Securing the Future of India's Internet Economy

'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya. Part 1: The Sale and Leaseback of India's Digital Future......

'There are so many songs where they just wear a bra!'

'Who will cast me?''It's all about how many Instagram followers you have, which ramp you're walking on,' the actress who is sensational in Sacred Games tells Rediff.com's Ronjita Kulkarni. IMAGE:......

Review: Noor is a mix of fluffy romance and flimsy drama

When Noor engages in shallow activism for the heck of it, it rambles and drags, feels Sukanya Verma. The manic pixie dream girl has a whiny sister. I like to call her the uppity scatterbrained......

Coming up this Friday: The Train, Janapriyan

This week's new Malayalam release, The Train, directed by the National award winning director, Jayaraj, is based on the Mumbai train bombings. Mammootty plays the lead. Jayasurya, who is a part of......

Chasing Lukaku inspired by Ronaldo

‘Oh, I need competition. When someone says he's better than me, I want to transcend him. Ronaldo wants to be the best at everything, (France striker Kylian) Mbappe also wants to win......

1st Test: India's old hands warm to Boxing Day task

Australia's callow bowling attack has tantalised with the promise of a brave new era, but faces its stiffest examination against India's veteran batsmen in the first Test in Melbourne starting on......

U.S. mine gold in Daegu, Britain get off mark

The United States flexed their muscles at the world athletics championships on Thursday, harvesting three of the six titles on offer, while Britain finally won an elusive gold medal in Daegu.......

No regrets, says retiring McGrath

Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath said there were no regrets or second thoughts about his decision to retire despite his triumphant performance at the World Cup. The lanky paceman ended his......

McGrath's success a victory for hard work

Australia's Glenn McGrath made fast bowling look so simple it was easy forget how hard he worked to get to the top. McGrath, who is retiring after the 2007 World Cup, was not the quickest pace......