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Baltimore mishap: '1 Indian crew sustained minor injury, rest safe'
Rediff.com27 Mar 2024One of the 22 Indian crew manning a crippled cargo ship which collided against a bridge in Baltimore has suffered a 'minor injury' while the rest are all safe aboard the vessel, owners of the Singapore-flagged ship said on Wednesday.
'You can never write off Arvind Kejriwal'
Rediff.com26 Mar 2024'This is the biggest crisis Kejriwal is facing in his life.' 'If he is able to come out of this, then he will have a great future.'
I was crying but made sure nobody saw me crying: Ashwin
Rediff.com12 Mar 2024Ravichandran Ashwin revealed how he was left in tears after his wife Prithi broke out the news of mother's hospitalisation.
Mom said from hospital bed 'You should go back as Test match is on': Ashwin
Rediff.com6 Mar 2024Lying in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Chennai hospital, Chitra Ravichandran was slipping in and out of consciousness but she had just one query for her son Ravichandran Ashwin when she saw him by her bedside -- "Why did you come?"
'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'
Rediff.com5 Dec 2023'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.' IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated tanks in the famous Battle of Longewala.
Peace accord with Imphal-based insurgent group soon: Manipur CM
Rediff.com26 Nov 2023Speaking to PTI-Video, Singh said the talks were at an advanced stage, even though he stayed away from naming the underground organisation.
Biden to visit Israel, Jordan as US steps up efforts to resolve Gaza crisis
Rediff.com18 Oct 2023In Amman, Biden will meet with King Abdullah of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
'Get us out of this hellhole': SOS messages by UN staff in Gaza
Rediff.com17 Oct 2023The 13,000-strong UNRWA staff in Gaza includes teachers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, warehouse workers, logisticians, technicians and drivers.
'Gaza is running out of water, electricity, even body bags'
Rediff.com16 Oct 2023'Answer to killing civilians cannot be to kill more civilians. Imposing a siege and bombarding civilian infrastructure in a densely populated area will not bring peace and security to the region'
Thank You For Coming Review: Undesirable!
Rediff.com6 Oct 2023Kanika's problem is so ridiculous, it is surprising she did not discover till the age of 32 what every teen knows, sighs Deepa Gahlot.
How Did Sridevi Die? Boney Kapoor Answers
Rediff.com3 Oct 2023'It was not a natural death; it was an accidental death.'
Financial gap persists despite Women's World Cup success
Rediff.com21 Aug 2023Spain's captain Olga Carmona -- the scorer of Sunday's deciding goal -- plays for Real Madrid, where the women's team generated revenues of 1.4 million euros in the 2021/22 season, according to Deloitte. That compared with the Real Madrid men's teams revenues of 713.8 million euros in the same season.
Catch Some Unicorn Action On OTT
Rediff.com23 Jun 2023Along with Salman Khan's Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Keanu Reeves' action blockbuster John Wick: Chapter 4, we have Nawazuddin Siddiqui's rom-com Tiku Weds Sheru releasing on OTT this week and much more.
'Chinese are in the game of ambitions'
Rediff.com19 Jun 2023'China is playing the big global game.' 'Their ambitions lie far beyond the Line of Actual Control.'
Why Telcos Want Airlines To Replace Altimeters
Rediff.com2 May 2023'If the airlines are not given a clear deadline to change the altimeters by the DGCA, why should they do it voluntarily?' 'It means that the aircraft will be grounded for a while and lose money.'
What Shahid Finds 'Really Tough'
Rediff.com13 Apr 2023Shahid Kapoor packs in a lot of blood and gore in his new film, Bloody Daddy, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Tiger Zinda Hai, Gunday).
'Why don't you call Salman Khan a TV actor?'
Rediff.com29 Mar 2023'Salman is on television for the last 15 years.' 'Why don't you call Amitabh Bachchan a TV actor? He's been doing Kaun Banega Crorepati for 20 years.'
London: Kept at bay, Khalistani protestors hurl objects at Indian Mission
Rediff.com22 Mar 2023There is a heightened security presence and barricades have been erected outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday due to a planned demonstration called by some British Sikh groups.
Plane crashes into live power lines in US, triggers blackout
Rediff.com28 Nov 2022The plane crash resulted in an electricity cut-off that affected over 90,000 homes and businesses throughout Montgomery County.
'Something historic is happening'
Rediff.com26 Nov 2022'Through this one step, and more steps that follow, log judte jayenge (more people will come together); I'm sure of that.'
Putin Plans To Destroy Ukraine's Power Plants
Rediff.com19 Oct 2022Vladimir Putin wants to destroy Ukraine's power plants before the onset of winter in the hope that Ukrainians, unable to cope with the bitter cold, end their determined resistance to the Russian invasion, which will enter its eighth month on Monday, October 24, 2022.
11 killed, 15 wounded in 'terrorist attack' at Russian military firing range
Rediff.com16 Oct 2022The attack happened Saturday during a training session at the Western Military District, according to TASS, which cited the Russian defense ministry.
Putin warns of more after deadly missile strikes on Kyiv
Rediff.com10 Oct 2022In a television appearance Monday, Putin said Russia had struck military and infrastructure targets across Ukraine following the Crimea bridge blast.
'If the government doesn't help, our dreams will collapse'
Rediff.com7 Oct 2022'Our future is in limbo. The government saved us with Operation Ganga; now, they must save our careers.'
With comfortable coal stocks, no power crisis this festive season
Rediff.com25 Sep 2022India is unlikely to see a repeat of the 2021 energy crisis this festive season as coal-fired power stations across the country have comfortable levels of the fuel stock to meet electricity demand of the world's fastest expanding major economy.
No end in sight to price India pays for imported coal
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022India always faces a Hobson's choice as far as feeding coal-fired generators goes - even if the government is reluctant to admit it. The country cannot do without shipping in the world's most polluting fuel from overseas. And it will continue to do so unless it decides to reduce demand by forcing citizens, farmers and businesses to live without electricity for part of the day, or use diesel generators to fire facilities.
Lankan PM Wickremesinghe appointed as Finance Minister
Rediff.com25 May 2022The five-time prime minister was re-appointed to the job on May 12 following the political circus precipitated by the unprecedented economic crisis in the island's history.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency after 2 weeks
Rediff.com21 May 2022Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of emergency with effect from May 6 midnight, the second time in just over a month amidst growing countrywide anti-government protests over the economic crisis.
Power crisis: Gencos may not switch on idle units soon
Rediff.com9 May 2022Power generating companies (gencos) that use imported coal to produce electricity, may find it difficult to switch on their idle units immediately in the wake of high fuel costs, several players have told Business Standard. Recently, the Union power ministry had invoked Section 11 of the Electricity Act mandating all imported coal-based plants to generate power at full capacity. However, some generating companies that use imported coal, argue that it is simply unviable for them to produce power when the price of coal in the international market is high, while the per-unit price of power has been capped at Rs 12 per unit on the domestic power exchange.
Torrid summer, acute coal shortage trigger blackouts in many states
Rediff.com28 Apr 2022From Jammu and Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh, consumers are facing power cuts ranging from 2 hours to 8 hours.
IAF chief spells out the 4 horsemen of future wars
Rediff.com12 Apr 2022Economic strangulation, information blackout, computer virus and hypersonic missiles will be the weapons of the future, says Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari.
Ukraine Returned Students Seek Secure Future
Rediff.com14 Mar 2022National Medical Commission regulations prohibit Indian medical students overseas to transfer programmes from one university to another mid-way.
Blackout in Chandigarh as electricity employees go on strike
Rediff.com23 Feb 2022Employees of the electricity department has launched a three-day strike in protest against privatisation.
Dhankhar's latest salvo: People in Bengal lack freedom to vote
Rediff.com25 Jan 2022Calling the political condition prevailing in West Bengal "horrible and frightening", Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar alleged on Tuesday that the people of the state do not have the freedom to exercise their franchise fearlessly.
J-K admin seeks Army's help to restore power
Rediff.com19 Dec 2021In a communication addressed to the army, Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer said that due to the strike by electricity department personnel, essential services have been severely affected in Jammu region.
How India Won The 1971 War
Rediff.com3 Dec 2021December 3, 2021 marks 50 years since the beginning of the 1971 War which ended in a decisive military victory for India and the liberation of Bangladesh. Most analysts of the 1971 War agree that the IV Corps dash across the mighty Meghna river led by the brilliant General Sagat Singh was the turning point in the war, recalls military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
PMO gets involved, seeks to defuse power crisis
Rediff.com12 Oct 2021The Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday reviewed the coal supply and power generation scenario as the government looks at ways to defuse the energy crisis being faced by several states.
Blackout looms as coal crisis deepens
Rediff.com12 Oct 2021Coal shortage crisis at thermal power projects does not seem to abate very soon as the number of non-pit head plants with less than four days of dry fuel stock (supercritical stock) has increased to 70 this Sunday compared to 64 a week ago on October 3, as per government data. According to the latest coal stock data of the 135 plants with over 165 GW of installed generation capacity monitored by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), as many 70 plants are categorised as supercritical stock or having less than four days of fuel on October 10, 2021, compared to 64 a week ago on October 3, 2021. The data also showed that the number of non-pit head plants having less than seven days of fuel (critical stock) has also increased to 26 on Sunday from 25 such projects a week ago on October 3, 2021.
India staring at power crisis ahead of festive season
Rediff.com9 Oct 2021In a year when the country produced record coal, rains hit movement of the fuel from mines to power generation units, impacting power generation in many states, including Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Tamil Nadu.
Taliban tighten grip on Panjshir with killings, blockade: Report
Rediff.com13 Sep 2021Taliban have imposed a blockade in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, denying residents food and carrying out some extrajudicial killings, The Washington Post reported.