Glimpses from around the world that will make you smile and cry. Paws At The Pyramid IMAGE: A tourist's cat walks along the edge of a fountain in front of the glass pyramid at the Louvre museum......
In the short run, the Trump presidency has already ensured one thing: The assumptions of the past can no longer guide the strategies of the future, points out Manish Dabhade. IMAGE: US House of......
India needs to impose a 2 percent tax on net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore and a 33 percent inheritance tax to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country, a new research paper......
Once a "reluctant politician", Jagdeep Dhankhar's reemergence in the political scene in 2019 as West Bengal governor surprised many, so has his rise to the office of the Vice President of India.......
United States President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India. IMAGE: Eric M Garcetti has been the mayor of the City of Los Angeles since 2013,......
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday that it has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt "for having explained......
While other backward classes had a share of 9 per cent, there were no scheduled tribe billionaires. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Caste shows, even in riches. More than 85 per cent......
Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 per cent population rising to 22.6 per cent and 40.1 per cent, respectively, in 2022-23, according......
Wealth, which can broadly be a measure of assets held as opposed to income earned, is unequally distributed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India's richest people now have a larger......
The trio introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty IMAGE: The portraits of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kreme, who......
'After Om's untimely demise, he would call us every Sunday for the next two years to ask, "How are you doing my dear? How's the young fella?"' IMAGE: Shyam Benegal with Om Puri on his son Ishaan's......
'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.'......
'...it didn't make sense to me.''If the character was not adding (to the story), I wasn't interested.''The reason why I chose to act is because of the way it makes me feel when I'm acting, not for......
'Marriage is a practical solution in terms of bureaucracy, but it's not a real validation of whether your relationship is successful or not.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kalki Koechlin/Instagram "My......
Beautiful movies, from across the world. The year 2014 was big when it came to foreign language films, as many film festival award winners played in theatres in New York City. This year 83......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Pranav Soorma/X It's not often that a person paralysed by a life-altering accident would describe that tragedy as a "blessing in disguise" or "an opportunity" to carve an......
IMAGE: Paris Paralympics Silver Medalist Pranav Soorma receives a warm welcome on his return to the country, at IGI Airport in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo Club throw silver medallist at the......
IMAGE: Dharambir is the first Indian to win a gold medal in the men's Club Throw F51 event at the Paralympics. Photograph: All India Radio/X India's Dharambir shattered the Asian record to......
IMAGE: Jyothika Sri Dandi, right, secured 97 per cent in Class X while studying at the Montessori School at her home town. Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFI/X An academically-inclined child is a......
Happy that so many people have discovered chess during pandemic, says Viswanathan Anand IMAGE: India's chess legend Viswanathan Anand. Photograph: Courtesy, Spectrum Studios/Grand Chess Tour......