Eugenie Bouchard will spend Monday 'cramming' for one of the toughest exams of her fledgling career when she faces second seed Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Should candidates for particular positions in the government be permitted to agitate for changing the recruitment process itself? The candidates have to meet the requirements of the jobs rather than ask for their own standards to be accepted as the requirement of the jobs. Those who cannot meet those criteria should seek other jobs that match their skills, says T P Sreenivasan.
In the results that were declared today, girls did marginally better in class X examination with a pass percentage of 98.95 per cent as opposed to 98.12 per cent in case of boys.
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Saturday in parts of Kashmir, including Srinagar city, and Amarnath yatra suspended as authorities apprehended protests in the Valley, where tension prevailed following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani by security forces.
Shubham Kumar Gautam, son of a farmer and a Super 30 student, recounts how, in a journey laced with perseverance, grit and determination, he achieved what seemed impossible.
Sunil Paliwal is managing director of Aavin, the highly successful milk cooperative of the Tamil Nadu government. He has worked with J Jayalalithaa for 12 years. He pays tribute to the departed leader.
Sarmesh Kumar is the first in his family, that comes from the community of rat eaters, to go to college. Archana Masih/Rediff.com met the young man and traveled to his village -- which Bill Gates visited a few years ago -- as Rediff.com looks at Bihar through the stories of its people.
"Here is an opportunity to look at it from a different perspective. It is an out of the box situation. It maybe a first of its kind situation.
Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, a one-of-a-kind cricket fan, who worships Sachin Tendulkar and follows the Indian team wherever it goes. For the upcoming India-Sri Lanka series, he has bought three litres of saffron, white, green and blue paint and is looking for the cheapest ticket to Colombo!
Success is subjective. It isn't an exam that one can relax after.
Suchandra Deb Roy writes about her father Nirmalendu Kumar Deb Roy.
In a significant order, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected pleas of state governments and minority institutions to allow them to hold separate entrance exams for MBBS and BDS courses.
'Just because someone ruined your face doesn't mean you stop being beautiful.' 'Life goes on.'
Srikanth Bolla, CEO of Bollant Industries, has set his sights on changing lives
'This government wants to keep control of everything in its hands.' 'If they have their stooges sitting on the National Medical Commission, they will do only the government's bidding.' 'Imagine a scary situation where people who have no knowledge about medicine sit on a commission that will take decisions on matters related to medical education, doctors and medical ethics.'
'My collection for LFW is all about Indianness.' Fashion designer Soumodeep Datta quit computer science to pursue his dream.
'The feeling is that Rajinikanth is pro-Modi than anti-Modi.'
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday night said she is 'scared' by the number of deaths associated with the Vyapam scam.
'The beef fest is about an individual's freedom to wear what he wants and eat what he wants. The students were protesting against the state interfering with their personal liberties.' 'Everybody has the right to air his or her opinion and lead a life they want. Nobody has any right to put restrictions on others. What we need is tolerance but what we see is intolerance.' Deepa Nisanth, a lecturer who backed Kerala's beef fest, on why she supported the students in their protest.
'I lived the life of a rockstar for a couple of months.'
Neither emotions nor a structured approach to addressing critical issues came out in Kamal Hassan's inaugural speech on Wednesday, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'Children are always under some kind of pressure. Pressure to perform in examinations, peer pressure of all kinds, pressure to look good; their hormones are going crazy. And there's nobody to help them.
Indore's Ranjeet Singh moonwalks to control the traffic with his iron will and dance moves!
Even though HMT has survived for over 50 years, it failed to find a new peg to sell itself even as later entrants captured market share.
He didn't let cerebral palsy come in the way of his boxing dreams.
'Why can't we make it mandatory for all IAS and IPS officers to serve in the armed forces for a year before joining service? What stops us from making it compulsory for every Member of Parliament to spend three months, immediately after taking oath, in military barracks/maybe a few nights in the bunkers on the borders, to learn and understand the life of a fauji?' wonders Tarun Vijay, MP.
From 17 pre-school centres to 285 in less than five years - Hippocampus has brought the joy of learning to kids.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Rajinikanth fans throng Chennai theatres to catch his latest film Lingaa.
"But we are concerned about human rights and we make sure rights of people are not violated," he said.
After the court exonerated him in the case, a happy Prof Joseph told Rediff.com over the phone, "I am very happy. I had no intentions of hurting anyone. When the protests happened I had given an unconditional apology to both the public and the college but it was not accepted. Today they know that I was innocent."
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Even if the BJP wins Maharashtra because of a division of votes, I want to be counted as one of those who voted against Modi.'
Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir says he's being wrongly indicted by his successor CJI P Sathasivam and demands an apology. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, the former CJI also denies any leak of the National Eligibilty cum Entrance Test judgment.
Ronit Roy talks about the second season of Adaalat and his upcoming Hollywood and Bollywood projects.
'I have learnt what I shouldn't do with my children -- like, not check their phone.' 'I have really wanted to check my kid's phone, but I have controlled myself.' 'It would mean going over the line.' 'So I make best friends with her friends, and in this matter, I use my stardom to the fullest.'
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
Payal Taori, Mumbai University's MA topper this year, shares her journey.
What matters is that you live the moment and remain strong. It doesn't matter which form of music you love. Irrespective, one must spread music because music has the power to spread love and peace, says sensational pianist Stephen Devassy
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