10 recipes our readers savoured this year.
Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more.
According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground. There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'We are calling companies to set up assembly plants for mobile phones while all the components are imported.' 'Only the last turn of the screwdriver is done here. And you call it self-reliance, Atmanirbharta, etc.' 'Unless you invest in research, you will not climb up the ladder. But this government is happy getting sub-contract work.'
This was the first-ever World Cup goal for the 28-year-old right back, who plays for Costa Rican club Herediano.
The couple took the sacred pheras in the presence of family and close friends in Jaisalmer on February 7.
...current industry models will soon fade out, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Strict legal action must be taken against those posting hate remarks against him, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh said.
In the ancient world there is a great deal of give and take and reciprocal learning. India was an integral and important constituent of such interchanges of goods and ideas.
Cultivate a thirst for knowledge, explore online courses, attend workshops and network with peers. Embrace opportunities to learn new skills and stay updated about industry trends to remain relevant and future-proof your career, advises Manu Saigal, director-general, staffing, Adecco India.
'In Raktobeej, I had a lot of physical action to do, so that was a new challenge.' 'We didn't want the action scenes to be over-the-top.' 'We wanted to make the action raw and real.'
Three Nepalese Sherpa guides went missing on Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on the most dangerous section of Mt Everest amidst an avalanche, in the season's first accident at the world's tallest peak.
Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something pretty elementary: Cricket is a team sport!, notes Sreehari Nair.
What the INDIA alliance needs is neither a counter to Modi's tall personality and undiminished charisma nor a counter-narrative to his Hindutva agenda, now centred on the Ayodhya temple consecration on January 22, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
'So sad to hear the news of David English passing away. One of life's great characters, so fun to spend time with and producer of some of the best English cricketers through his wonderful Bunbury Festivals.'
Or has the world seen things like this before, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Three days after he was shot while delivering a speech in the western Japanese city of Nara, Abe Shinzo, Japan's longest serving prime minister, began his final journey in Tokyo.
Ahead of Gudi Padwa on Saturday, April 2, an installation of the Goddess Mumba Devi is in full swing in the city named after her.
'Our research shows that 60 per cent of the growth and interest in anime will come from India for the next few years.'
Miss World 2024 will be crowned in India soon. Long before Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra, Yukta Mukhey and Diana Hayden, a beautiful woman from Bombay was crowned Miss World. In 1966. Reita Faria was India's first Miss World. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/ Rediff.com met the 80 year old in Dublin recently, still as elegant, still as attractive as she was all those years ago.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church. for the first time. Although the meeting was scheduled for only 20 minutes, it went on for nearly an hour.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on a revolutionary wedding in Tamil Nadu at which guests were exhorted to gift only school books -- and got 1500 of them!
'Bharat is a name that is 7000 years old.' 'We are not saying the name of the country should be changed from India to Bharat; we only recommended that the stress should be on Bharat.'
The Bengal Tiger, the Asiatic Lion and the more widespread leopard have had to swallow their pride. Rarely has the prime minister turned up in person, sun hat and camera at the ready, to welcome a member of the big cat family, notes Shyam G Menon.
The Spaniard became the most successful foreign manager in the history of English football, after clinching his fourth Premier League crown.
'It was heartbreaking. We couldn't see him like that.'
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will be the chief guest at this year's Republic Day celebrations.
Karnataka Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi, who is in the eye of a political storm for his statement on the origins of the word 'Hindu' and its "dirty meaning", on Wednesday withdrew the remark and expressed "regret" if it has hurt anyone's sentiments.
T Rama Rao directed almost 70 movies between 1966, when he was a young man of 28, to 2000 when he turned 62.
There seems to be no respite for Adani Group companies from the market carnage. All 10 stocks belonging to the conglomerate came under a fresh bout of intense selling pressure on Wednesday as the group's debt levels and repayment capabilities continued to plague investors. Analysts said investors are also concerned about whether the group will be able to maintain its pace of growth, given the current turmoil that has wiped out over Rs 12 trillion in market capitalisation (m-cap) since the start of the year.
'It will be important strategically and geographically because there is no port in India which is as close to the international shipping route as Vizhinjam.'
Major General Abdulla Shamaal, chief of the Maldives National Defence Force, called on General Manoj Chandrashekar Pande, chief of the army staff, in New Delhi on Thursday, July 28, 2022.
...or just a Covid-era practice, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.' Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian sailor, Abhilash Tomy.
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Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha on Monday tendered an unconditional apology to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy for calling him a Central Intelligence Agency agent in a tweet and said that he had no wilful intention to defame him.
Against the backdrop of Kerala's appetite for commonsense, it was assumed that this controversy would pass. Respect for rationalism and scientific outlook is strong in the state despite political forces gnawing at it for their own goals, observes Shyam G Menon.
Sachin Tendulkar backed Arshdeep Singh and urged the fans to keep cricket "free from personal attacks" after the young pacer faced vitriolic online abuse in the aftermath of India's five-wicket loss to Pakistan in the Asia Cup on Sunday.
The day before her 56th birthday on Monday, Janet Jackson made a rare appearance at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas to present an award to singer Mary Jane Blige.
