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BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Maths, Physics

BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Maths, Physics

Rediff.com9 Mar 2004

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'Jai Shri Ram is an anti-Mamata slogan'

'Jai Shri Ram is an anti-Mamata slogan'

Rediff.com12 Mar 2021

'It did not start as a Hindutva slogan.' 'It started to tease the TMC and slowly it got internalised and the BJP started countering with Jai Shri Ram slogans because Mamata was getting provoked.'

Economist Rajiv Kumar named as new VC of NITI Aayog

Economist Rajiv Kumar named as new VC of NITI Aayog

Rediff.com6 Aug 2017

The government also appointed Dr Vinod Paul, a pediatrician at the AIIMS, as a member of the NITI Aayog

'What is the difference between CA and CS?'

'What is the difference between CA and CS?'

Rediff.com26 Feb 2013

In an online chat with readers, Dr Jinesh Shah, CA, FCA, Phd, Mphil, Mcom, BCom and Jeetendra Nair, CEO and MD of Edulight Learning Services addressed queries on how to pursue a career in CA, CS and ICWA among others.

JNU student accused of rape sent to 14 days judicial custody

JNU student accused of rape sent to 14 days judicial custody

Rediff.com25 Aug 2016

Jawaharlal Nehru University student Anmol Ratan, accused of raping a 28-year-old fellow student in the university hostel, was on Thursday remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court.

Apply for the Manmohan Singh Scholarship 2013

Apply for the Manmohan Singh Scholarship 2013

Rediff.com4 Dec 2012

Apply for the Manmohan Singh Scholarship and win a chance to study at the Cambridge University or take NIIT's Graduate Employability Test. Read on for details.

'Kiss of Love' protest spreads to Kolkata

'Kiss of Love' protest spreads to Kolkata

Rediff.com6 Nov 2014

After Kochi, the City of Joy witnessed its own 'Kiss of Love' edition by students of two universities to protest moral policing and promote gender sensitisation.

Indian-Australian Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal

Indian-Australian Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel of mathematics' Fields medal

Rediff.com2 Aug 2018

The citation for his medal -- awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro -- highlights his "profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics" and his "strikingly far-reaching conjectures."

India Inc hails Jaitley's reform measures

India Inc hails Jaitley's reform measures

Rediff.com24 Aug 2019

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India has lost one of the finest political leaders and a legal luminary.

Does religion influence our sexual behaviour?

Does religion influence our sexual behaviour?

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

Study reveals fascinating insights about sexual behaviour amongst various religious communities.

Delhi protests: 'Numbers may have thinned, but not spirits'

Delhi protests: 'Numbers may have thinned, but not spirits'

Rediff.com27 Dec 2012

K Akhter reports from ground zero of the protests aimed at securing justice for the bus gang-rape victim and women's rights.

Biden's secretary of state will be...

Biden's secretary of state will be...

Rediff.com16 Nov 2020

'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same old politicians, who are responsible for the 'endless wars' in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, are being brought out of the woodwork after four years,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Professor arrested on blasphemy charge in Pakistan

Professor arrested on blasphemy charge in Pakistan

Rediff.com10 Dec 2012

Police in Pakistani capital Islamabad have arrested a professor on a charge of blasphemy after hundreds of people, including clerics and seminary students, joined a protest and demanded the registration of a case against him.

Sitting long hours at work can kill you: Study

Sitting long hours at work can kill you: Study

Rediff.com31 Mar 2019

A new research has found that a sedentary lifestyle may be a risk factor for early mortality.

Prez confers Bharat Ratna on Pranab, others

Prez confers Bharat Ratna on Pranab, others

Rediff.com8 Aug 2019

Hazarika and Deshmukh were given the Bharat Ratna posthumously.

Jamia clashes spark protests across campuses

Jamia clashes spark protests across campuses

Rediff.com16 Dec 2019

Jamia turned into a battlefield on Sunday as police entered the campus and also used force, following protest against the Act.

India Inc hails scrapping of Article 370

India Inc hails scrapping of Article 370

Rediff.com5 Aug 2019

It would pave the way for Jammu and Kashmir to attract large-scale investments, the industry leaders said.

'An uneducated person has a lot more avenues than a highly qualified person'

'An uneducated person has a lot more avenues than a highly qualified person'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2013

For Dr Sopory, vice chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, education is much beyond employment. If you internalise it well, then it empowers your mind to serve the society in a different way, says he.

Euphoric Bengal proud of Banerjee's Nobel win

Euphoric Bengal proud of Banerjee's Nobel win

Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

From his economist mother to politicians and academia -- all hailed Banerjee's achievement.

Dr Reddy's founder, chairman Anji Reddy is no more

Dr Reddy's founder, chairman Anji Reddy is no more

Rediff.com15 Mar 2013

Dr. K. Anji Reddy, Founder and Chairman of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, died at a hospital in Hyderabad on Friday. He was 72.

COVID-19: Let's prepare for a Second Wave

COVID-19: Let's prepare for a Second Wave

Rediff.com26 Apr 2020

As with the Spanish flu, the world must be ready for a second and third wave as this start-stop-start-stop response plays out, recommends Rahul Jacob.

'Lok Sabha is becoming less and less important for voters'

'Lok Sabha is becoming less and less important for voters'

Rediff.com17 May 2019

'...vis-a-vis state or local elections,' Prannoy Roy and Dorab Sopariwala tell Uttaran Das Gupta.

'Which parent would want to cremate their child?'

'Which parent would want to cremate their child?'

Rediff.com10 Oct 2012

Four years, one trial, an irreparable tragedy and several tribulations later, Bedabrata Pain is ready with his first film Chittagong.

Beware of opportunist China!

Beware of opportunist China!

Rediff.com27 May 2020

'It is time we Indians stop our internal bickering and present a united front to Chinese machinations,' advises Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

'PDS is broken, alternative methods needed'

'PDS is broken, alternative methods needed'

Rediff.com14 Sep 2012

Direct cash transfers or food coupons should be used to provide services to the poor, says Farzana Afridi.

Making money isn't supposed to be easy

Making money isn't supposed to be easy

Rediff.com24 Aug 2012

Every economy has a natural "frequency" that is determined by a range of factors, including size, population and its age distribution, type of government, dynamism (as measured by things like ease of doing business), importance of religion, culture and so on. Technology, of course, is a key factor, both in terms of assessing the frequency and in terms of changing it.

Does Siddha medicine have a Covid cure?

Does Siddha medicine have a Covid cure?

Rediff.com8 Aug 2020

'Not one single, but multiple trials are there to quote. However, these will be published as scientific manuscripts.' 'This includes integrative as well as standalone approaches in Covid mitigation.'

Help pours in for those hit by lockdown

Help pours in for those hit by lockdown

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people across India led by the civil society, who have stepped up to help migrant labourers, domestic helps, construction workers, and small scale workers who were left jobless because of the nationwide lockdown.

'The SIMI I founded was completely different'

'The SIMI I founded was completely different'

Rediff.com2 Sep 2003

'SIMI has been hijacked by elements in other countries and other Muslim societies, and some of them at least have become misguided and radical in their beliefs.'

What RBI governor needs to do

What RBI governor needs to do

Rediff.com12 Jan 2019

'Trust your new governor,' Omkar Goswami advises RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya. 'Just because he is from the IAS and doesn't carry a PhD from a US university does not make him unsuitable for the task.' 'If anything, Das will pour oil on troubled waters, and save the RBI's reputation.'

13 steps to make 2013 your best year yet

13 steps to make 2013 your best year yet

Rediff.com24 Dec 2012

Based on decades of study, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have offered 13 notable, no-holds-barred, what-are-you-waiting-for tips to make 2013 your best year yet.

God particle: 'Religion begins where science ends'

God particle: 'Religion begins where science ends'

Rediff.com24 Jul 2012

Archana Sharma, the permanent staff physicist at CERN, details the magnitude of the biggest breakthrough in recent times.

Industry houses pitch for bank rate cut

Industry houses pitch for bank rate cut

Rediff.com28 Oct 2003

Leading industry and export chambers like PHDCCI and Federation of Indian Export Organisation on Tuesday demanded 1.0 per cent cut in bank rate and cheaper export finance in Reserve Bank of India's' forthcoming busy season credit policy.

This college trains students to find jobs in Japan

This college trains students to find jobs in Japan

Rediff.com21 Feb 2020

Sona College of Technology's integrated Japanese course has helped seven engineering graduates find jobs with six-figure salaries in Japan.

Not yet five, and she studies in Class 9

Not yet five, and she studies in Class 9

Rediff.com2 Sep 2016

Virendra Singh Rawat discovers that this child prodigy has never been to school.

Prez Pranab: Rumblings inside CPI-M; young leader QUITS

Prez Pranab: Rumblings inside CPI-M; young leader QUITS

Rediff.com22 Jun 2012

Prasenjit Bose, a PhD in Ecnomics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and a familiar face in television channel debates, announced his resignation through an "open letter" arguing that the party Polit Bureau's decision to support Mukherjee was "against" the line taken by the party congress held in Kerala earlier this year.

India's outreach in the time of coronavirus

India's outreach in the time of coronavirus

Rediff.com26 Mar 2020

India's soft power diplomacy came into play during this cataclysm affecting the world as the pandemic defies barriers and borders, notes Rup Narayan Das.

Chem students, dream big: Margaret Thatcher was one!

Chem students, dream big: Margaret Thatcher was one!

Rediff.com16 Mar 2012

Most international students struggle with basic mathematics, says Prof Mike Green, Head of School, Newcastle University, UK.

110 local youths joined terror groups in Kashmir this year: Officials

110 local youths joined terror groups in Kashmir this year: Officials

Rediff.com29 Jul 2018

If this trend continues, 2018 may end up as the worst year in terms of number of youths joining various terror groups, according to the officials.

4 Indian-Americans win state, local elections in US

4 Indian-Americans win state, local elections in US

Rediff.com7 Nov 2019

Indian-American Ghazala Hashmi, a former community college professor, created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Virginia State Senate.