India overtakes China, becomes world's most populous nation

India has surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation with 142.86 crore people, shows the latest United Nations data, even as UN projections estimate that the country's population is......

Tiger count rises in Shivalik-Gangetic region, dips in Western Ghats: Report

The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra......

Classical ragas, mega drone show at Beating Retreat ceremony

Tunes based on Indian classical music will be the flavour of the Beating Retreat ceremony which will also include the country's "biggest drone show" comprising 3,500 indigenous drones, officials......

Strolling down the street

… and I learn more about economic trends than from books, observes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Last Friday, tired of a week of a dozen online video......

PV or CV at TN plant? TaMo to decide based on trends

Tata Motors will soon submit a detailed report on the upcoming manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu’s Ranipet district and a decision, on whether the facility will churn out passenger or......

India to tap 12% of global iPhone production in FY24, up from 9% earlier

Apple Inc is expected to produce iPhones worth $12 billion (freight on board value) in India during 2023-24, according to discussions between the company’s vendors and the government.......

How GenAI Startup Ecosystem Is Unfolding

'In India, the GenAI startup ecosystem is unfolding with remarkable speed, signalling a new era of technological advancement and investment opportunities.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been......

M&A Sees Sharp Decline in 2023

Bankers said the outlook of M&As in India in 2024, especially in the second half after the Lok Sabha election, seems relatively better. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   Merger and......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

'I don't want to be a hero'

'I play a suicide bomber and while doing this job if my character suddenly breaks into song and dance, it won't look good.'   IMAGE: Akshay Kumar joins Karan Kapadia for a song in Blank.......

10 Bollywood biopics, coming up

Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik Roshan and Ajay Devgn get ready to live real lives. The Accidental Prime Minister -- based on Sanjaya Baru's account of his four year stint as Dr Manmohan Singh's media......

Taapsee, Shraddha earn more than Saif!

Some surprises here! The Forbes Celebrity India 2018 list of the highest earning celebrities was released last week. While Salman Khan retained the top spot for the third consecutive time, there......

IPL Auction: GT's Hardik replacement quest and more...

Photographs: Kind Courtesy IPL/X The mini auctions of IPL have always been intriguing because of high demand-short supply ratio of players, especially, quality Indian talent. There could be some......

Cricket going football's way; ODIs will suffer: Shastri

IMAGE: Former India coach Ravi Shastri with Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Umran Malik. Photograph: BCCI Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes the mushrooming T20 leagues around the world will......

Women's cricket set to turn new corner with WPL but IPL is a different entity

Photograph: Kind Courtesy WPL/Twitter India women's cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana becoming ecstatic after being picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 3.4 crore during the......

The reason behind India's below-par showing in World Cups...

IMAGE: Former India player Robin Uthappa said decisions like dropping Kuldeep Yadav for the second Test against Bangladesh despite picking eight wickets in the first match does not send the right......

Why 'Boycott CSK' is trending

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings fans are angry that CSK bought Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana. Photograph: BCCI   Twitter has been abuzz about a hashtag that calls for boycotting four-time......