India honours its most talented and bravest kids

With a medal, a commemoration letter and a pat of encouragement on their shoulders, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday handed the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement to 20 talented......

Is Rs 36,000 a night austere?

Despite claims of an 'austerity drive' by the United Progressive Alliance government and the Congress party, some Union ministers appeared to prefer upmarket accommodation during their official......

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'Do 81 crore Indians deserve highly subsidised food grains?'

'The decision to supply free food grains is not an economically sound decision because the government will find it very difficult in future to charge anything for food grains.' Kindly note the......

The Real Hero of the Economic Reforms

It is time for the three finance ministers of the 1990s to reveal the real hero, says T C A Srinavasa-Raghavan. IMAGE: Dr Chakravarthi Rangarajan, the 19th governor of the RBI, announced what has......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Economists tell Sitharaman to focus on reviving growth

At a pre-Budget meeting, the FM was asked to ensure that NBFCs come out of the liquidity crisis they are facing with the help of RBI. They also spoke about the futility of trying to achieve a 3 per......

Ghoomer Review: Winner With A Lot Of Heart

Ghoomer is an efficient crowd-pleaser that puts a lump in the throat, a tear in the eyes, and a smile on the face, all at the same time, applauds Mayur Sanap. The down-and-out player, the crusty......

'You're not becoming a critic to tear cinema down'

'You become a critic because the job entails watching a 100 films a year, out of which there will be five or six good films.''It's really a glutton for punishment, but you're also optimistic and......

Chup: Revenge of the Artist Review

Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to......

Amitabh Turns Composer!

Amitabh Bachchan has turned music composer for R Balki's new film, Chup. Explaining how it happened, Balki tells Subhash K Jha, "It happened very impromptu. I had asked Amitji to see Chup. After......

Sports Shorts: Shiva, Manoj strike gold at Czech boxing tourney

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching five gold medals, two silver and......

Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds Tomashevsky in FIDE Moscow GP

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pentala Harikrishna. Photograph: Saimedia/Twitter Putting behind the disappointment of a loss in the last game,......

India 'A' boys, China girls win Reliance India Jr and Cadet Open TT

Third seeds China won the junior girls’ title with an upset victory over India ‘A’, while top seeds India ‘A’ won the junior boys’ crown, in the US $8000......