Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks this week.
The minimum temperature plunged to 4.2 degrees Celsius in New Delhi on Monday, the coldest December 22 in the last five years and also the lowest this season, even as a thick blanket of fog disrupted normal life in the city and hit flight and train operations.
Indians who live away from home tells us how they are celebrating the winter harvest festival.
'It is important for women to be fearless in their choices.'
Photographers across continents have asked youngsters to depict what they wanted as gifts this festive season and here's what they said.
A look at models who wowed the Cannes red carpet.
'The Chinese -- up to the highest leadership -- will avoid a conflict because they know they will be badly licked.' 'The reputation they have painstakingly built over the last two-three decades of being a global power will be destroyed.'
India was fooled into believing that Communist China wanted a 'negotiated' settlement with the Tibetans; it was never the case, says Claude Arpi.
The spurt in pollutants was caused by a combination of meteorological factors including a drop in temperature, wind speed and mixing height, a layer where air and particulates float, the Central Pollution Control Board said.
Reshma Aslam tells you how to make Chicken Yakhni, Chicken Corn Soup and Paya Soup.
As pollution reaching alarming levels in Delhi, Veer Arjun Singh guides you how to protect yourself.
Patrick Ward is nothing but appreciative of the warm hospitality of his Nepalese hosts, who are slowly, but surely on the recovery path after the massive earthquake that jolted the country in April 2015.
'Four times in Indian history, in 1992, 2000, 2007 and now, markets are at 25 times price-earnings.'
Here's your weekly digest of odd photos from around the world.
Nagaland-born Carol Humtsoe talks about about her journey as a model.
On Day One of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2017, Rediff.com met these beautiful girls to know about their looks and style mantras. Do watch this space for more.
In the concluding article of a six-part series, Business Standard visits Ludhiana, one of the largest industrial towns in Punjab, to assess the effect of demonetisation.
With Parliament virtually paralysed due to disruption by the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked it saying it was using the National Herald case to "harm" national interest and holding the country's development "hostage" to its "selfish" political goal.
Karnal-born model Lakshya Lathar, 20 speaks about his early struggles.
Designer Ritu Kumar draws attention to the urgent needs of the handloom industry.
Etiquette classes today cater to a wide audience of job seekers, front-desk execs, business heirs, romantics, students and even those with low self-esteem
Ronjita Kulkarni shares her mom Swati Das' recipe for a Christmas Raan Roast
It's a $2 million, 20 carat diamond ring!
Meet Meghana Ramakrishnan, the 5'7" dusky skin model who made her debut at LFW.
This curvalicious American TV personality, all set to stir the Bigg Boss 8 pot this Friday, is a bit of a phenomenon in the United States.
'Zahida Amin and her group of village women have gained a better understanding of India.'
An autopsy was conducted yesterday, but test results could take weeks.
The prayer, Sarvejana Sukhinobhavantu, or let the whole universe of living beings be well, helps. So do profound and relevant Ancient Wise Words and aphorisms: Vasudaiva Kutumbakam, or the whole world is one big family, interconnected, interdependent. And a sense of humour, jokes, pranks, writing, conversations. And, last but definitely not least, the rippling waves of inner realisation on the background mind-track -- about the insignificance of ego, the importance of humility, the wasted opportunities in life, the wrong moves, the strokes of luck, the past 'sins', the what-ifs.
The new rail and road cargo service launched on Friday, linking Guangdong, Tibet and Nepal, aims to boost trade with the South Asian neighbour as China pushes forward its Belt and Road (Silk Road) initiative, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
These images from across the globe tell that it is a crazy world out there!
'The majority of transmission will be via people who are within two metres of one another.' 'The closer you are, the more likely that you'll be infected.'
Italian model Mariana Falasachi gets candid.
The Uttar Pradesh government is yet to respond to the Centre's call seeking details concerning the deaths of children at relief camps for the victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots despite four requests for the same.
The word 'superstition' doesn't exist in her dictionaries.
Intense cold wave continued unabated in north India on Saturday as fog-related incidents claimed eight lives in Uttar Pradesh and disrupting traffic movement in several parts of the region.
Because no other leader cared for Indians as selflessly as he did -- and it all started from a remote corner at the edge of this vast country, 100 years ago.
It's that time of the year again and we're helping you clean up!
Tibetan refugees in India face a bleak future, says Greg C Bruno.
Here's capturing the car's 80-year-old legacy, and popularity, in photographs.
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