Clean Ganga project has a long way to go

'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.' IMAGE: The Ganges in Varanasi. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Two petitions filed in SC over tractor rally violence

Two pleas were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the tractor rally violence on Republic Day, with one seeking the setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to......

Do people ever recover from COVID-19?

'People who have diabetes or heart disease or high blood pressure seem to be more badly affected by the disease.' IMAGE: Medical workers get ready to treat patients suffering from COVID-19 at the......

US imposes sweeping new sanctions on Iran

United States President Donald Trump on Monday restored the United Nations arms embargo on Iran and imposed sweeping new sanctions against Tehran, targeting Iran-related conventional arms......

How the Web lost its innocence

Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It all started in 1989 with an inter-office memo, describing in very humble......

Why education does not interest Delhi's child workers

As many as 82 per cent of child workers in the national capital said that given an opportunity, they would not like to attend school, find out Prachi Salve & Aadya Sharma ' IndiaSpend Rustam,10,......

He left a Rs 90K-job to work with farmers in a Bengal village

Indrani Roy/Rediff.com meets Abhishek Singhania who left a bright career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mumbai, to work in a food security project at Khentia village in Bengal, as a research......

Arvind Panagariya appointed vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Economist Arvind Panagariya was appointed the first vice chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog on Monday. Bibek Debroy, another economist, and former DRDO chief V K Saraswat were appointed as......

Making Hrithik-Aishwarya look gorgeous in Jodhaa Akbar

Did you love Hrithik Roshan's royal look in Ashutosh Gowariker's Jodhaa Akbar? Did you want to see more of Aishwarya Rai's fragile beauty as well? Well, a lot went in to make them look the way......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......

Full text of the Delhi High Court judgment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIWP (C) 1680/200004.10.2004Judgment reserved on:18.08.2004Judgment pronounced on: 04.10.2004RAHUL MEHRA and ANOTHER ...Petitioners- versus -UNION OF INDIA and......