Whenever you think of Microsoft, the only name that crosses one's mind is Bill Gates. But the tech behemoth was co-founded in 1975 by Gates and Paul Allen.
Designer shoes carrying pictures of Hindu deities were withdrawn from sales in the United States after an outcry by the Indian community.
Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana, who is set to perform in India for the first time, talks music.
Overall, this is a pretty neat album by Prayag, a Hindi indie rock band, that throws in the odd surprise.
In global financial markets, the signals have changed from green to red. But rather than a simple traffic jam, a full-scale credit crash may be ahead.
Here's saying goodbye to the musical talent who passed away last weekend.
Max Clifford is one of the greatest manipulators of tabloid media.
Smells like teen spirit again!
Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation in London on Tuesday.
As Sachin turns 50, Rediff brings you 50 fascinating facts about the God of Cricket.
This is by now means a complete list of rock n rollers who died young. Death and popular music have an unhealthy fascination for each other.
Pop icon Prince -- one of the most influential but elusive figures in music -- has died at his compound in Minnesota.
Fans and fellow musicians have paid glowing tributes to legendary musician Prince, who passed away on Thursday in his Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis.
Former minister Milind Deora who in his free time more than strums a guitar and belts out a few songs, pays tribute to Prince.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The 89th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history for this.
More than the leads, it's the supporting cast that stay true to the milieu and brace Banjo's banality and triviality with refreshing zing and idiosyncrasy, says Sukanya Verma.
Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the prize worth worth 60,000 (Rs 59 lakh).
I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better. Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate pieces, identifying specifics and working on them for improved results, mulls Shyam G Menon.
The market for vinyl collapsed with the advent of CDs in 1982. But LPs, as they were fondly called, have made a comeback in the past ten years, with certain editions costing quite a packet
Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.
'China is where the action is, and from where new ideas ('String of Pearls', 'One Belt, One Road') emanate.' 'The Belt-and-Road initiative alone is unmatched in its sweeping dimensions,' says B S Raghavan.
The Biju Janata Dal MP from Dhenkanal says crime will come down if cannabis is legalised.
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