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A heart-wrenching tale of forgotten athletes

A heart-wrenching tale of forgotten athletes

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

What lies ahead for Korea's forgotten athletes? Take a look.

Aadhaar Act contravenes right to life and personal liberty

Aadhaar Act contravenes right to life and personal liberty

Rediff.com17 Oct 2017

Aadhaar-related schemes and the Aadhaar Act exist on the assumption that Right to Privacy is not a Fundamental Right.

PM Modi inks 5 deals with 'crucial partner' Tanzania

PM Modi inks 5 deals with 'crucial partner' Tanzania

Rediff.com10 Jul 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Tanzania where he held talks with Tanzanian President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli.

The top 100 universities in the world

The top 100 universities in the world

Rediff.com7 Mar 2016

Harvard tops the list this year.

Kerry leaves for India to attend annual strategic dialogue

Kerry leaves for India to attend annual strategic dialogue

Rediff.com21 Jun 2013

United States Secretary of State John Kerry, heading a high-powered delegation of his cabinet colleagues and top military commanders, today left for India as part of his 10-day seven nation Asia trip.

'Modi sets his own rules -- that is if he has any at all'

'Modi sets his own rules -- that is if he has any at all'

Rediff.com22 Jun 2016

'Modi's idea of India is to make it less liberal, less tolerant and a less accommodative of diversity.' 'We are headed, if Modi continues, to become an ill liberal democracy.' 'Modi is not Vajpayee. Vajpayee was fundamentally decent, tolerant and fair. He played by the rules of the game. Modi is a different story.'

What's behind Bharat Biotech's Zika 'hype'?

What's behind Bharat Biotech's Zika 'hype'?

Rediff.com16 Feb 2016

Bharat Biotech started work on developing a vaccine against Zika way back in 2014.

Column: Giving by force

Column: Giving by force

Rediff.com23 Aug 2013

Corporate Social Responsibility can become a serious tool for improving the lives of millions in any structural and long term way, writes Rajni Bakshi.

'Sevak Project is a health care plan for the villagers and by the villagers'

'Sevak Project is a health care plan for the villagers and by the villagers'

Rediff.com8 Jan 2014

My goal is to implement the Sevak project all over India and make the villages true Gandhian villages -- self sustainable in every way, including health, says Dr Thakor Patel, head of the American Association of Physician of Indian Origin's Public Health Committee. Aziz Haniffa reports

What exactly happened in Murthal, Haryana?

What exactly happened in Murthal, Haryana?

Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

'Some men and women did seek shelter in our dhaba but not one of them disclosed that they had been raped. They were in our dhaba for over two hours till such time as the cops arrived. If they had been stripped and raped, or had been lying the fields for a long period of time, they or the male members of their families should have spoken about it.'

Rising Bathinda takes on Udta Punjab

Rising Bathinda takes on Udta Punjab

Rediff.com6 Jun 2016

Bathinda is the only district in Punjab to start a movement to find out what the actual drug situation on the ground is and aims to address it.

Vote: India's newsmakers of 2014

Vote: India's newsmakers of 2014

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

The year 2014 has been an eventful one for India. The country got a new government and a new state, broke new frontiers in various fields and of course its share of controversies.

Best ways to motivate employees to perform well

Best ways to motivate employees to perform well

Rediff.com11 Jan 2016

The assumption that money drives performance is dated.

Sheela Says: Modi's Varanasi blues

Sheela Says: Modi's Varanasi blues

Rediff.com14 Mar 2014

Is Modi trampling upon senior BJP colleagues while taking decisions? How come Team Modi underestimated the political action-reaction when they were upsetting and uprooting the BJP's founding fathers L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi in the ticket distribution process?

Lessons from the rout the DMK refuses to learn

Lessons from the rout the DMK refuses to learn

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

The DMK still wants to look elsewhere for excuses to its electoral debacle, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Exclusive: 'The age of indecision has come to an end'

Exclusive: 'The age of indecision has come to an end'

Rediff.com28 Aug 2014

Prakash Javadekar enjoys being information and broadcasting and parliamentary affairs minister, but heading the green ministry is turning out to be thornier than he had expected.

Modi is the only equal among the unequal

Modi is the only equal among the unequal

Rediff.com5 Sep 2014

'His politics is pure power politics. It's defined by the struggle that he has gone through.' 'Like Indira Gandhi, he is always suspicious about the people who surround him, he is lonely as he does not trust anyone. And he will not allow anyone to challenge his superiority, be it individual or institutions,' says Ashutosh.

GMOs - from war to dialog?

GMOs - from war to dialog?

Rediff.com28 Nov 2013

Indian scientists who wrote to the PM last week are not entirely rejecting GMOs but instead asking for caution and further testing to establish their safety.

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