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8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

Rediff.com11 Jul 2019

Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna Prasad.

Swapan Dasgupta: India Shining

Swapan Dasgupta: India Shining

Rediff.com5 Nov 2003

Priyanka Gandhi: From background to forefront

Priyanka Gandhi: From background to forefront

Rediff.com23 Jan 2019

For Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who continues the Gandhi family legacy of active politics that began several generations ago, the formal entry into politics was two decades in the making.

$3.5 mn Citi grant for finance school

$3.5 mn Citi grant for finance school

Rediff.com25 Nov 2004

Citigroup India on Thursday announced a $3.5 million grant to the Indian School of Micro Finance to be set up in Ahmedabad.

Budget: Yoga gets a special status

Budget: Yoga gets a special status

Rediff.com28 Feb 2015

Special status to Yoga by categorising its promotion as charitable.

Malaysia's Lashkar arrest points to its global footprint

Malaysia's Lashkar arrest points to its global footprint

Rediff.com3 Nov 2018

Aveek Sen on how the Lashkar e Tayiba looks at the world while focusing on India and Afghanistan.

Do clouds really affect air strikes as PM Modi said?

Do clouds really affect air strikes as PM Modi said?

Rediff.com15 May 2019

'The impact of merely innocent clouding on radar waves is not expected to be significant on air defence radars of either country to affect operational profiles in modern day context. '

India's Baahubali Captain

India's Baahubali Captain

Rediff.com18 Aug 2020

His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing. He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to overpower the opposition, observes Shreekant Sambrani.

Earn a UK degree in Manipal

Earn a UK degree in Manipal

Rediff.com22 Sep 2004

Alert: Become a member of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners, UK, a post-graduate qualification.

'Martin Crowe was probably the best batsman against reverse swing'

'Martin Crowe was probably the best batsman against reverse swing'

Rediff.com3 Mar 2016

Waqar Younis, one of the greatest practitioners of reverse swing, hailed former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who passed away today, as the "best batsman" when it came to tackling the difficult art.

Girl raped by jawans, magisterial inquiry ordered

Girl raped by jawans, magisterial inquiry ordered

Rediff.com27 Nov 2003

Two jawans reportedly went to the residence of a private medical practitioner in Gossaigaon sub-division and raped a 21-year-old girl who was undergoing treatment for mental problems, in Assam.

'Ayurveda under threat from western exploitation'

'Ayurveda under threat from western exploitation'

Rediff.com8 Jan 2003

India could lose over $130 billion annually, if western countries were allowed to exploit and dilute ayurveda, one of the trusted age-old Indian medicine system, experts say.

'Don't treat nurses as angels, treat them as professionals'

'Don't treat nurses as angels, treat them as professionals'

Rediff.com29 May 2020

'The government lights lamps for nurses but when we demand what's due for us, they don't listen at all.'

Manmohan Singh and the 1944 Bombay Plan

Manmohan Singh and the 1944 Bombay Plan

Rediff.com24 Aug 2004

An economic document, the 'Bombay Plan,' prepared exactly 60 years ago, had a profound impact on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who, later in the early 1990s, was to become the architect of India's financial reforms.

Warning signs your teen is diabetic

Warning signs your teen is diabetic

Rediff.com12 Jul 2019

Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) situation is a severe complication where the sugar level shoots to high levels and acidic particles called ketones form up to unsafe levels in the body, says Dr Atish Ladd.

Nitish's absence at Yoga day celebrations raises eyebrows

Nitish's absence at Yoga day celebrations raises eyebrows

Rediff.com21 Jun 2018

With the matter snowballing into a political controversy, both the Janaat Dal-United and the BJP tried to play down the issue.

Rewari rape: Raids across states to nab accused; ASI suspended for 'delay'

Rewari rape: Raids across states to nab accused; ASI suspended for 'delay'

Rediff.com18 Sep 2018

The victim's family has alleged that police failed to take prompt action on their complaint and delayed action citing jurisdictional issues between Rewari and Mahendragarh district units.

PIL seeks NIA probe into activist Dabholkar murder case

PIL seeks NIA probe into activist Dabholkar murder case

Rediff.com18 Sep 2013

With no headway in the police probe into the killing of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar nearly a month ago, a Public Interest Litigation has sought transfer of the case to the National Investigation Agency.

Why insurers don't want to cover weight-loss surgery

Why insurers don't want to cover weight-loss surgery

Rediff.com11 Sep 2013

While there has been a rise in obesity reduction surgeries, it may still take time before health insurance cover is made available for these.

Are you a nomophobic?

Are you a nomophobic?

Rediff.com26 Sep 2015

Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact.

FIR filed against Snapdeal CEO, directors

FIR filed against Snapdeal CEO, directors

Rediff.com1 May 2015

In April, Snapdeal had said it was delisting the drugs from its portal and was assisting the regulator in the investigation.

3 steps to address the Kashmir problem

3 steps to address the Kashmir problem

Rediff.com14 Jun 2019

Giving economic aid to Kashmir is like giving TB medicine to a patient suffering from cancer and expecting it to work, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).

Jayaram to tickle your funny bone with Sir CP

Jayaram to tickle your funny bone with Sir CP

Rediff.com27 Apr 2015

Get your lowdown of what's happening in Malayalam cinema right here!

Maharashtra asks Snapdeal to stop selling prescription drugs

Maharashtra asks Snapdeal to stop selling prescription drugs

Rediff.com18 Apr 2015

Flipkart, Amazon, too, under radar

Six govts. Four CMs in five years

Six govts. Four CMs in five years

Rediff.com13 Feb 2003

'Modi sees himself as a man of destiny'

'Modi sees himself as a man of destiny'

Rediff.com11 Dec 2019

'Modi wants to go down in history not necessarily as India's first overtly Hindu RSS pracharak prime minister, but as a world statesman who built the idea of India as a great nation.'

Kejriwal is a true follower of BJP ideology

Kejriwal is a true follower of BJP ideology

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

Kejriwal believes in good governance and takes pride in his Hindu identity, points out Sudhir Bisht.

CBI conducts nationwide search against 'fake' docs

CBI conducts nationwide search against 'fake' docs

Rediff.com20 Mar 2014

In a nationwide swoop, CBI on Thursday arrested six people possessing medical degrees from Russia and China and obtained recognition from Medical Council of India through allegedly fraudulent means.

How Mumbai has taken on the COVID-19 challenge

How Mumbai has taken on the COVID-19 challenge

Rediff.com17 Apr 2020

'Mumbai is testing a lot compared to a lot of other places in the country.' 'Now that we exactly know where the hotspots are, and they've been converted into containment zones, there is a lot of testing, going on, from door to door and symptom screening.' 'In the last 10 to 15 days we have definitely done a good job.'

4 things the Dalai Lama told Mumbai

4 things the Dalai Lama told Mumbai

Rediff.com19 Sep 2014

The Dalai Lama is a huge charmer, knowing how to say things that will please an audience in his gentle avuncular manner.

Tight security at stadium, hotels in Rajkot

Tight security at stadium, hotels in Rajkot

Rediff.com5 Nov 2016

The two hotels have been turned into virtual fortresses with policemen and other security personnel outside and inside.

Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury facing 6 sexual assault charges in US

Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury facing 6 sexual assault charges in US

Rediff.com25 Feb 2015

He is accused of assaulting several of his young female acolytes

Will former Pakistan captain Afridi tell all in his autobiography?

Will former Pakistan captain Afridi tell all in his autobiography?

Rediff.com17 Oct 2016

Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi will come out next year with his autobiography in which he opens up about his "rivalries and alliances", particularly those with India, as well as his infatuation with the military and his take on politics. "Shahid Afridi: An Autobiography", written with journalist Wajahat S Khan, is an account of one of modern-day cricket's most controversial and high-achieving practitioners, who in 1996, as a 16-year-old, hammered a record-breaking 37-ball century. Afridi also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket and most wickets (97) and most player-of-the match awards in T20 Internationals.

Ambedkar's wife passes away

Ambedkar's wife passes away

Rediff.com29 May 2003

Mai is survived by her grandson and Republican Party of India leader Prakash Ambedkar.

Billionaires have always called the shots in India

Billionaires have always called the shots in India

Rediff.com12 Sep 2018

'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going back to the 1920s and talks of it as a new child of 21st century India,' says Shivanand Kanavi.

Twitter clarifies rules on banned content, abusive behaviour

Twitter clarifies rules on banned content, abusive behaviour

Rediff.com30 Dec 2015

The new rules do not mention Islamic State or any other group by name

Modi is a leader with 'plan of action': Tulsi Gabbard

Modi is a leader with 'plan of action': Tulsi Gabbard

Rediff.com21 Dec 2014

Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to America, United States Congress member Tulsi Gabbard on Sunday described him as 'man on a mission' and as leader with 'plan of action' for India.

Yoga fever grips China ahead of UN International Yoga Day

Yoga fever grips China ahead of UN International Yoga Day

Rediff.com18 Jun 2017

The celebrations in China will be second biggest in the world after India.