Special prayers offered in Lucknow for Group Captain Shukla's success

Special prayers were offered in Lucknow on Tuesday for the success of the thrice-postponed lift-off of Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, on board SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket, that would propel him into......

NASA's telescope reveals 1st infrared pic of universe

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Photograph: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Known as Webb’s First Deep......

World's largest radio telescope activated

China on Sunday commissioned the world's largest radio telescope which has a 4,450-panel reflector as large as 30 football pitches, boosting the global hunt for extraterrestrial life. Hundreds of......

NASA's Webb telescope detects water on distant planet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of water, along with evidence for clouds and haze, in the atmosphere of a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star over a thousand......

Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT: The sophisticated SUV

Even with its mammoth size, the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is fleet-footed and has all the trappings of a luxury car. says P Tharyan. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’s most expensive Jeep product,......

Is MG Hector an ideal family SUV? Find out

At Rs 12.18 lakh for the base Style petrol manual and Rs 16.88 lakh for the top-spec Hector Sharp diesel manual, the MG Hector offers fantastic value for money and is indeed a gamble worth taking.......

First drive: Mini Cooper, an awesome hatchback money can buy

The MINI Cooper 5-door offers a blend of performance and practicality with the 1.5-litre diesel engine also being a frugal unit that will allow you to have fun on a daily basis, says Faisal Ali......

Rohan Murty, the master of many trades

Over home-cooked food, Rohan Murty tells Rahul Jacob he is fascinated by history and ancient texts, and about his efforts to measure productivity in software companies, such as Infosys. IMAGE:......

The A to Z of Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan turns 75 on October 11. Rediff.com celebrates the superstar with this special series, looking back at the very things that made him the BIG B. We first published this special in......