I telephoned Chief Minister Darbara Singh and asked him why this carefully thought-out plan had suddenly been aborted. The Chief Minister sounded very agitated and all he said was that this was not his decision, but the orders had come directly from Home Minister Zail Singh. A fascinating excerpt from retired IAS officer Ravi Sawhney's book, Living A Life.
Spielberg was born with a camera in his eye. And this one movie, he'd been recording all his life, observes Sukanya Verma.
Everything you needed to know about Rhea Kapoor's wedding look.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a host of initiatives for the health sector on Independence Day with the highlights being the 'Heal in India' and 'Heal by India' projects and a roadmap to eliminate sickle cell disease by 2047, official sources said.
A few days later, we load up our stuff in the car and leave, as dada-ji stands at the gate. His face is tentative, and he definitely looks sad at the prospect of being alone for the first time in what must feel like a century.
You need eight to 10 hours of healthy sleep every night. Otherwise, your life and heart tend to fall apart, alerts Dr Santosh Kumar Dora.
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If you are not following the right mask hygiene, you could be suffering from 'mask mouth'. Here's how you can avoid this problem.
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One's moral obligation towards animals varied widely as a function of how an animal is perceived or its functional role in society.
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Rediff reader Nitin Dwivedi from Kanpur shares his story.
'The BJP plans to win 10 (Lok Sabha) seats (in Tamil Nadu) and the alliance (with the AIADMK) 20 seats in 2024.'
The couple, who tied the knot in Kapil's hometown Amritsar in December 2019, is expecting their first child.
'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.
Sara Ali Khan is definitely a chip of the old block and Bollywood. The abandon in her dance, the candour in her histrionics, a combination of the ada and attributes of Rekha and Madhuri Dixit all rolled in one, she is like an old soul in a contemporary body, applauds Sukanya Verma.
"The government has cleared seven names out of the 106 judges and one out of the nine for chief justices, so far. I expect that the government will clear the rest of the names very soon. These appointments will take care of pendency to some extent. I seek the cooperation and support of the Government to enable access to justice and to strengthen democracy," CJI N V Ramana said.
'When they completely surrender to the BJP or the BJP has completely taken over the party, what's the point in the AIADMK surviving and doing business in the state?'
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'Imagine taking care of a patient who is infected with Covid. A human nurse is unable to do that due to fear of infection. The robot can do that task, while it is controlled or supervised by the human nurse. So the robot becomes an extension of the nurse.'
'We should have original songs.' 'If we don't, there will not be anything to look back on.'
Mumbai-based BabyChakra is among the four start-ups Google has shortlisted from India for the fifth batch of its mentorship programme
'Ruksana affected me very deeply.' 'It was the circumstances around her that changed her in various ways.' 'Of course, I carry her back home, hoping and praying from the bottom of my heart that nobody ever has to be in this situation.'
Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week.
'You will never be able to do any work for society if you wait to make enough money.'
We have our smartphones, our computers, and what not to ensure we live in a comfortable and easy live. But what if one day all the machines in our lives were taken away? Would we survive? Would we lead happy lives? French Farmer Jean-Bernard Huon, who lives in a corner of southern Brittany on France's west coast, shows us what life would be without machines. When farm machinery revolutionised French agriculture in the years after World War Two, a young Jean-Bernard Huon turned his back on the new technology and continues to do so till date.
A pet's first line of defence is a well-prepared owner.
A parliamentary panel has pitched for 100 percent hike in salary and daily allowances of MPs and 75 percent raise in pension of ex-MPs apart from facilities for their "companions" in place of "spouses".
Accepting that your partner has cheated on you is a powerful symbol of mercy, restraint and goodwill. By moving forward, a person grows larger, moving on positively, highlights Kanchan Rai, mental and emotional wellbeing coach and founder of Let Us Talk.
Deepika Padukone embodies to perfection the Gehraiyaan in the title, applauds Sukanya Verma.
There was no drama, no applause, no tears, no laughter. The 79th Golden Globes had indeed lost its lustre, says Aseem Chhabra.
'By developing a culturally-competent approach to health care, SATHI will significantly improve the quality and delivery of health care and health outcomes for New Jerseyans of South Asian descent,' Upendra Chivukula (Democrat, Somerset) and deputy speaker of the NJ Assembly, said.
For these women, who describe themselves as homemakers, farmworkers and protesters all rolled into one, any suggestion that farmers are about being alpha males because it requires physical labour is met with scorn.
Rajesh Karkera journeys through verdant countryside to the little-explored pristine Lonar lake in eastern Maharashtra.
Mercedes-Benz joins the connected cars revolution with the launch of their app -- 'Mercedes Me'.
'Kashmir is the main issue between the two countries.' 'We have not been able to resolve it bilaterally.' 'As the two major countries in South Asia, we have to go back to the drawing board and start engaging.'
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