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Herd immunity difficult to achieve: AIIMS Director

Herd immunity is "very difficult" to achieve and one should not think of it in "practical terms" in India, especially in the times of "variant strains" of COVID-19 and "waning immunity", claimed......

My take aways from the Jaipur LitFest

'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised......

WATCH: Soulful music from Kutch

Songs from the Rann.Videos: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com IMAGE: Sufi singer Mooralala Marwada outdoes himself in Mumbai. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com The organisers of the Zee......

An 'unapologetic' author, who didn't write to 'please an audience'

Celebrated for his extensive commentary on both, colonisers and colonised, in fiction and non-fiction, V S Naipaul walked the controversy tightrope, admired for his prose but scorned by those who......

Padmaavat row: Prasoon Joshi won't attend Jaipur Lit Fest

Censor board chief Prasoon Joshi has pulled out of the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival in the wake of the Padmaavat controversy, saying he wished to avoid any discomfort to the organisers and......

The 5 wise men who will decide corporate loan recast

Under the watchful eyes of five wise men, who know the industry well, banks will not find it easy to hoodwink the system, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Kundapur Vaman Kamath, former ICICI CEO......

NPAs: New RBI circular scraps 1-day default rule

The new circular provides for a framework for early recognition, reporting and time-bound resolution of bad loans. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Reserve Bank on Friday issued a new......

RBI revises framework to resolve stressed bank accounts

Banks given 180-day time for NPA resolution, matter to be referred to Insolvency Board within 15 days. The Reserve Bank of India on Monday precluded chances of banks reporting divergent......

RCom's cup of woes spills over

China Development Bank takes Reliance Communications to NCLT over loan default China Development Bank, which lent close to $1.78 billion to Reliance Communications (RCom), has filed an insolvency......

The NPA problem: 'There is no silver bullet'

Resolution to the bad loans problem has to be incremental, and the RBI has to ensure NPAs are not swept under the carpet, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh tells Joydeep Ghosh. Illustration: Dominic......

Prasoon Joshi: Not necessary to use vulgar word in item songs

The presence of National Award winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi at the Jaipur Literature Festival drew a packed house at the sessions he attended. He composed the lyrics for Hawan Karenge from the......

Shruti Haasan changes her Luck

Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti gave a lively song and dance performance at a surbuban hotel on July 1 to promote her debut film, Luck. Shruti sang the title song Aazma Luck, which she has lent her......

Varnam, a film to look out for

Varnam is the latest film to join the likes of Tamil films like Veyil, Subramaniapuram, Paruthiveeran, Pasanga etc that are taking an offbeat path. S M Raju, one of the producers of Santhosh......

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