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Swachh Bharat Not A Game Changer

If we as citizens, do not take ownership of public places, public facilities and public conveniences, Swachh Bharat will remain just a hollow slogan, notes Biswajit Dasgupta. Kindly note the image......

Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths, 2nd highest in Asia

India registered about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh deaths in 2019, becoming the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Asia for that year, according to a new study published......

Thousands join in as Modi leads nation in cleanliness drive ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for blending fitness and well-being with cleanliness as he led a nationwide Swachhata hi Seva campaign that saw thousands participate in an......

Sulabh founder, pioneer in building public toilets, dies

Sulabh International founder and social activist Bindeshwar Pathak, a pioneer in building public toilets, died on Tuesday at AIIMS Delhi due to a cardiac arrest, according to a close aide. The......

'Adani affair overshadowed Budget's stability, prudence'

'That is the one headline the world is reading about India, and it is a potentially damaging story...''I don't think a panic mentality has set in, but this story is one that investors and market......

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Dear Nirmalaji, are you listening?

IMAGE: A medic conducts a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccine in Bengaluru. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for the......

Ravi Shastri turns entrepreneur

23 Yards will include body wash, beard oil, shaving gel, deodorant and sanitizer. IMAGE: Ravi Shastri, the Indian cricket team's head coach, has become a businessman, like India's Captain Virat......

Why cinema halls won't open for now

Companies say that unlike in the US and other countries, in India the high cost of rentals and lower ticket price makes it unviable to run an operation without half the seats available for sale.......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

'Women have always been an easy target'

'How is it okay for a woman to show her private parts to the world just because she wants to go to the toilet?''She can't show her face -- you want her to pull her ghoongat till her navel -- but......

2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi stadium?

IMAGE: The Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Photograph: BCCI The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) on Wednesday invited proposals from consultants to conduct a 'gap analysis' to......

Australian Open ready to launch after pandemic palpitations

Organisers may triumph in staging a 'Safe Slam', if not the 'Happy Slam' IMAGE: Tournament staff wearing full PPE sanitize the court and equipment after a player training session at Melbourne......

2021 will be a year of high hopes

IMAGE: Over 11,000 athletes are expected in Tokyo for the Olympics and thousands more will come for the subsequent Paralympics. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters After a gloomy......

Suresh Raina's birthday pledge

Raina to build sanitation, drinking water facilities at 34 schools Photographs: Kind Courtesy Suresh Raina/Instagram Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has pledged to build sanitation and......

PIX: Check out cricket's new 'normal'

Cricket fans have waited eagerly all summer for some action. The last time the sweet sound of bat meeting ball in international cricket was heard when Australia beat New Zealand in a one-dayer in......

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