News for 'Dr P K Warrier'

'This is not a fight against the Gandhis'

'I am requesting Sonia Gandhi to listen to her inner voice again.' 'Then, she will know this is the time for the family to step aside.'

'PFI crackdown doesn't mean all Muslims are terrorists'

'Now that an extremist organisation like the PFI has been banned, it is time for the leaders to reach out to the minority community.' 'You need to have co-ordination between the State and the social fabric to send out the message that it is not directed at the community, and they should not feel vulnerable.'

'They don't see sunlight for years'

'Is it not deplorable that even after 75 years of independence, there are people in our society who have been denied freedom?'

'These vaccines are safe. That you can be sure about'

'Since we have to stop the pandemic, we have to use the vaccines now and that is why the emergency-use approval is justifiable.'

Remembering Dingko Singh

'He was not the hit and run kind of a boxer, but a very intelligent boxer.' 'His presence of mind in the ring brought him glory in many international tournaments.'

How Lives Can Be Saved In Road Accidents

India tops the world with 11% of global deaths in road accidents while we have only 1% of the world's vehicles.

Parents, will you do this for your children on Nov 20?

'We hope to make parents aware that it takes only a few minutes in a day to be with your children so that they feel they are the most important person at that time.'

'India is not for sale'

'This plan is basically to allow some of the government assets for rent, and surely not for sale.' 'There is a difference between selling a house and renting out a house.'

'Jackfruit flour may control diabetes'

'The group having rice flour and wheat flour showed an increase in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and the group that took the jackfruit flour had a significant decrease in HbA1c.' 'Our results showed a decrease in fasting blood glucose (FBG) and postprandial glucose (PPG) after the green jackfruit flour meal.'

An interview with social scientist P Radhakrishnan

'We cannot overlook the crucial importance of cultural capital in intellectual achievements; and virtually all the Nobel Prize winners possessed cultural capital,' says social scientist Dr P Radhakrishnan.

Cyclones are going to be a regular feature

'Each cyclone has its own identity and its own behaviour based on the environmental conditions in the ocean and in the atmosphere.'

'No need to panic about COVID-19'

'If the government does its job of vaccinating all the population with the booster dose, and also monitoring the virus, and we do our job of wearing a mask and avoiding crowded places, we will be free of this virus in a few months.' time.'

'Cyclones will affect coastal regions more'

'We will have to face the effects of climate change for generations to come!'

'Every life lost is a loss to the country'

'India was fortunate to have a late entry into the pandemic; even the first wave entered India 2-3 months after many other countries experienced it.' 'Similarly, the second wave reached here after other countries went through it.' 'Despite having seen what other countries faced, we didn't ramp up our infrastructure sufficiently enough.' 'We remained highly under prepared.'

Extraordinary Indian: The doctor who makes a difference!

'Even if there is only one day left for a person, I find it very satisfying to have made a difference. That is because I believe life matters. If I can bring a smile to the face of a person who has seen only pain and suffering, I feel satisfied.' Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier meets Dr M R Rajagopal who has made such a difference to the lives of the terminally ill.

'The pandemic has made us more hateful'

'The reason why we have reached such depths is because of the breakdown of the rule of law, and not the political atmosphere.' 'Yes, the political atmosphere has aggravated the situation.'

'We may have 5 lakh-10 lakh infections per day and around 5,000 deaths a day by mid-May'

'Even with 3 lakh cases a day, we have saturated our resources.' 'It is scary to even think what will happen when the number doubles.'

Prithviraj to romance Vedhika in James & Alice

The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.

'Modi can be defeated'

'This kind of poisonous and anti-national activities happening in the country and the economic failure of the Modi government may boomerang in the form of a Congress revival.'

'It will take more than 30 years for the BJP to come to power in Kerala'

'If you want to really grow, it has to be geometric progression like it happened at the Centre or Haryana or Tripura, where you made a quantum jump.' 'This is possible in Kerala provided we present a better alternative with a great leadership, but the current leadership is busy fixing each other.'

'To oppose the BJP does not mean one is unpatriotic'

'The propagation of an absolutist narrative that shuts down any dissent is dangerous, irresponsible, and unbecoming of India's proud democracy.' 'The government must do better.'

'Govt hospital staff still think HIV is contagious'

26 years after the first HIV+ case in Tamil Nadu, patients continue to be shunned and discriminated against. Shobha Warrier brings you the plight of such women from across the state.

'PM has gone for good administrators'

'Whether it will create an impact or not, only time will tell.'

'I'll be a proud uncle when she becomes president also, the feeling doesn't change'

Gopalan Balachandran recalls his eldest sister Dr Sushila Gopalan and her daughter Kamala who is now the US vice-president-elect.

'Koodankulam is safer, more modern than Kalpakkam'

Dr Suresh Moses Lee, who was one of the members of the panel of experts constituted by the Centre to examine the reactors of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project, talks to rediff.com's Shobha Warrier about the safety aspects of the controversial plant.

SPECIAL: An AIDS orphan in love

Everybody falls in love in his or her teens. So has Ravi, a 19-year-old AIDS patient. On the eve of World AIDS Day on December 1, Ravi shares his feelings with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.

'Human lives are not important in India'

In an interview with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, consumer rights activist S Pushpavanam talks about the spate of rail accidents in the last few days and what the civil society can do about this.

'Human lives are not important in India'

In an interview with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, consumer rights activist S Pushpavanam talks about the spate of rail accidents in the last few days and what the civil society can do about this.

'Climate change is used as an excuse for calamities'

'It is high time that we act instead of just talking about how and why the climate is changing.'

Al Gore in India

Former US vice president and Nobel Peace prize winner Al Gore compares the importance of the heart in the human body to that of the Earth in the ecosystem. Shobha Warrier listens in

'Today, job famine causes food famine'

'Pandemic could potentially set us back a few decades'

'The future looks quite bleak unless we ramp up testing and start vaccinating on a war footing.'

'Virus has shown us the inequalities of society'

'Inequality has been growing in the world. The virus has only amplified it.'

The Heroes Who Vaccinate You!

Mrigank Warrier reports on life -- beyond masks and PPE suits -- of frontline medical personnel at vaccination centres.

'Next year, when it appears, we won't even talk about it'

'What is happening now is the virus is trying to survive inside us, and we are also trying to survive.' 'It is actually a fight. And the advantage the virus has is it multiplies very, very fast.' 'Within a second it can make 100 copies. Our cells are not like that.'

What I learnt from fighting COVID-19

'Social distancing, wearing masks and hygiene should be practised more strictly.'' 'People should not assemble in close spaces as the micro droplets may hang in the air and can last for a longer time.'

Lessons from Cyclone Tauktae

'Storms push a lot of water into land, then there is heavy rainfall due to the cyclone.' 'Along with this, we see the gradual rising of the sea level.' 'We see this during and after the latest Cyclone Tauktae.' 'This kind of overlapping events are increasing and we do not know much about how to tackle them.'

'Cases will keep increasing in the next few weeks'

'And that means all of us have to be very careful.'

'BCG vaccine can be a game-changer against coronavirus'

'There is indeed a link between BCG vaccination and resistance to COVID-19.'

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.'