'Just because of my background and poor academic qualifications, most people disbelieve what I have done.' Pradip Shivaji Mohite, a Class 9 dropout who has built 9 helicopter models, speaks to IAF......
Considered a close confidante and loyalist of former chief minister and one of the tallest Lingayat leaders in Karnataka -- BS Yediyurappa, the outgoing chief minister of the state Basavaraj Bommai......
Noting that he belongs to a family of bureaucrats and that the political opportunity to become a Union minister came as a bolt from the blue in 2019, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on......
'The honourable prime minister virtually handpicked me for the Amritsar East seat.''Amit Shahji announced that if I am elected, the whole of Punjab will be drugs free.' IMAGE: Dr Jagmohan Singh......
'Our network somehow saves 3,000 lives every year, but there's so much more to do, as every death due to shortage of blood is easily avoidable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Vegasjon/Wikimedia......
'Every time a new tech comes in, there are a set of people who will predict that this will be the end of Indian IT and every time the Indian IT industry and overall technology providers have proven......
What do we need more of? Leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a 'Make-in-India' mindset? Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of weeks ago, the news about......
'I am seven months into the job, but it feels like seven years.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There must be a restaurant that Vinod Kannan likes. Maybe so. But lunch with the......
Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, who is considered as the turnaround man of several Indian corporate houses like BHEL, Maruti Udyog, SAIL and Gail (India), passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.......
Tata Sons on Thursday announced the appointment of Campbell Wilson as chief executive officer and managing director of Air India. Wilson is the founding CEO of low-cost airline Scoot. Wilson, 50,......
Rocket Boys offer an overwhelming experience to me and many others who saw Homi Bhabha in action at Trombay, notes Dr K S Parthasarathy, former Secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. IMAGE:......
'If everybody knows your name, that's success. Isn't that what society tells us?''I experienced all that at a very young age.''So how come I wasn't happy?' IMAGE: Lisa Ray's famous photoshoot for......
Mersal is the first Vijay film to make Rs 200 crores.Some say credit for the star's most successful film goes to the BJP and its opponents.T E Narasimhan reports from Chennai. In Tamil politics,......
'Is being successful someone who has made a lot of money?' Or somebody who loves doing what they do?''Or someone who lives a balanced life and is happy with that?''I truly believe that I wake up......
'Movie tickets cost Rs 500, 600 on weekends. Why would someone want to watch Ananth Mahadevan and Saurabh Shukla in Staying Alive instead of Shah Rukh Khan for Rs 300 in Happy New Year?' 'It's a......
IMAGE: Sudhir Naik was an immensely respected figure in the Mumbai cricket circles and a Ranji Trophy-winning captain when he led the team to blue riband glory in the 1970-71 season. Later, he was......
IMAGE: Marathoners, who will run Sunday's Mumbai Marathon, against the backdrop of the city's magnificent Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, January 13, 2023. Photograph: Arun Patil ......
Photograph: Kalyan Chaubey/Twitter Winds of change were blowing over the All India Football Federation on the eve of its polls as the sports body braced up to elect a former player as its......
Photograph: Kind Courtesy Gurusai Dutt/Instagram Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt on Monday announced his retirement from international badminton, bringing down the curtains on......
IMAGE: Touted as the one for the future when he became an International Master at the tender age of 10 years and nine months in 2016, R Praggnanandhaa has made giant strides and on Sunday he......