Amazing, Awesome, Stunning Photographs!

The 2025 Sony World Photography Awards has announced its National and Regional Award winners, celebrating talent from 56 countries. These awards highlight exceptional single images from the Open......

Kochi's Jews Pass Into History

Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi Jews in Fort Kochi.Her son Dr David Hallegua reflects on his mother's death and of his life growing up in......

Rau's IAS Study Circle: What You Must Know

Rau's felt the need to be where the action was.The institute that once drew largely elite students also decided to expand its base and cater to a wider pool. IMAGE: Rapid Action Force personnel......

Signboard war: Pro-Kannada outfit goes on a rampage in Bengaluru

The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike on Wednesday targeted business establishments in Bengaluru and damaged their signboards and name plates that did not display the information in Kannada. IMAGE:......

How music label Snafu uses AI to decode if a song will be a hit

With a team of 20-odd people, Snafu tries to unearth the rough diamonds from millions of songs. Can AI help look for a needle in a haystack? Ritwik Sharma finds out. *IMAGE: The music label......

Illegal 'hub' a problem for entertainment, IT

Shalini loves to watch a just-premiered Hollywood movie, listens to the latest English music and sifts through volumes of restricted data, and even copies and distributes them to her friends from......

Hindujas turn London's World War II era war office into a luxury hotel

The Old War Office (OWO) of Britain's World War II era prime minister Winston Churchill opened its doors as a brand-new luxury hotel in London with a glittering launch event, complete with surprise......

'Amazon In India For Next 100 Years'

'For all of us at Amazon, it is 'Bharat first'.''We are keeping the Indian customer at the centre of what we are doing.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   In an office at the World......

Shah Rukh, Rajinikanth, Alia Make WAVES With Modi

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone's look for WAVES 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take......

'We Sometimes Underestimate Our Parents'

'But when we actually express ourselves, sometimes our parents can surprise us, because they just love their children.''Sometimes it's just that simple. That is what I wanted to show in this film.'......

The People Mumbai Forgot

'When the mill strike started, there was crisis in every mill worker household.''One entire generation went without education.''Hunger forced them to take to crime.' IMAGE: Scenes from Todi Mill......

Mani Ratnam is back!

Dulquer Salman and Nithya Menen feature in the legendary director's musical love story.   After the disastrous Kadal, Mani Ratnam is making a musical love story, Oh Kadhal Kanmani. The film......

Should India Have Batted First Against UAE?

Some felt India should not have been so ruthless with the UAE and could have opted to bat first, as they hadn't played a T20 match for a while. IMAGE: Kuldeep Yadav did the star turn for India......

Vroom! Vroom! Vroom! 0 To Supercharged!

Have you ever seen the adrenaline-pumping action of a real-life dirt track race? Until last weekend, neither had I, especially not in Maharashtra. But that all changed when the Indian Supercross......

Sports events, concerts in UAE canceled, postponed as coronavirus spreads

IMAGE: A woman wears a protective face mask, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as she walks at Dragon Mart, a Chinese themed discount shopping centre, in Dubai. Photograph:......

PIX: Drama-free Super Bowl halftime show

IMAGE: Adam Levine of Maroon 5 performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show. Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Maroon 5 threw just about everything at the Super Bowl halftime show:......

Singapore in the driving seat as it negotiates new F1 deal

'This is one of the top ranked Grand Prix ... and one of the markets that the key sponsors of F1 are most interested in.' Singapore race is one of the most popular, taking place at night on a......