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Is AI Really Boosting India's Economy?

Is AI Really Boosting India's Economy?

Rediff.com12 Feb 2026

'The real risk is not that AI will fail to transform India's economy.'
'The risk is that it already is -- while our measurement systems continue to look the other way,' observes Nishant Sahdev, a theoretical physicist at the University of North Carolina.

Strain of coronavirus in pigs can jump to humans: Study

Strain of coronavirus in pigs can jump to humans: Study

Rediff.com14 Oct 2020

Researchers said outbreaks of such an illness have the potential to wreak economic havoc in many countries across the globe that rely on the pork industry.

India should make it easy to hire, fire workers

India should make it easy to hire, fire workers

Rediff.com5 Oct 2012

Foreign investors don't like policy uncertainty and reversibility, says Anusha Chari.

Scientists identify new antibody that limits severity of coronavirus

Scientists identify new antibody that limits severity of coronavirus

Rediff.com3 Nov 2021

Scientists have identified and tested an antibody that limits the severity of infections from a variety of coronaviruses, including those that cause COVID-19 as well as the SARS illness.

It's Dim All the Lights for Anoop Desai

It's Dim All the Lights for Anoop Desai

Rediff.com23 Apr 2009

The 24-year-old was eliminated from American Idol.

'India must realise danger of nuclear Iran'

'India must realise danger of nuclear Iran'

Rediff.com30 Nov 2005

India is one of the most important partnerships the US has, says the man tipped to be the Democrat presidential candidate.

Coming Soon, New Ways To Vaccinate

Coming Soon, New Ways To Vaccinate

Rediff.com3 Sep 2022

'Just put a patch on your arm and the vaccine can be absorbed by the body.'

Selling India to foreign funds

Selling India to foreign funds

Rediff.com23 May 2006

U.S. footballers may be too fat, study finds

U.S. footballers may be too fat, study finds

Rediff.com2 Mar 2005

America's professional football players may be bigger than life on the field but one in four is also so fat they risk weight-related health problems, a doctor said on Tuesday.

Pakistan improving sanitation faster than India: study

Pakistan improving sanitation faster than India: study

Rediff.com9 May 2015

Pakistan is far ahead of India in improving access to water, sanitation and in eroding inequalities for its citizens, according to a US university study.

PHOTOS: Violence rocks Washington as Trump takes over; over 200 arrested

PHOTOS: Violence rocks Washington as Trump takes over; over 200 arrested

Rediff.com21 Jan 2017

As Americans welcomed Donald Trump as their 45th President, police arrested nearly 100 protesters involved in "vandalism," blocks away from the venue for his inauguration celebrations, marred by sporadic violence and clashes between masked protesters and police.

'We should get our hospitals ready for the second wave'

'We should get our hospitals ready for the second wave'

Rediff.com14 May 2020

'Strengthen hospital capacity, look after patients who need care, primarily ICU care...' 'Train doctors, get PPE, get ventilators, have treatment protocols in place.'

PHOTO: Obama weeps as he unveils gun control measures

PHOTO: Obama weeps as he unveils gun control measures

Rediff.com6 Jan 2016

"Every time I think about those kids, it gets me mad," Obama said as tears streamed down his cheeks in the East Room of the White House in the presence of a large number of victims of mass shootings.