'This government has made it compulsory to teach some languages that have died.' 'You can't keep languages alive by making them compulsory.'
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
Mumbai-based CA Prince Tiwari is educating and empowering the underprivileged since 2011. This is his heart-warming story.
Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the Berlinale.
Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, who released the manifesto along with senior party leaders, including Union ministers Harsh Vardhan and Vijay Goel, said, "The sankalp patra embodies Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies and the views of party president Amit Shah.
After months of anticipation (and 31,000 submissions from the British public), the Britain's Duchess of Cambridge's final selection of images for Hold Still is available to view on the National Portrait Gallery's website. Designed to "capture and document the spirit, the mood, the hopes, the fears and the feelings of the nation" during lockdown, the project brings together 100 moving amateur shots of everything from at-home haircuts to make-shift classrooms; exhausted NHS staffers on duty to dedicated postmen in superhero costumes; pensioners FaceTiming with their grandchildren to mothers cradling their newborn babies. Below, see 22 remarkable images from Hold Still - then head to the The National Portrait Gallery website for the full exhibition.
Sunder Navalkar devoted her whole life to the cause of workers' rights, remembers Sanober Keashwaar.
Endearing moments of family time, impromptu singing sessions, ping-pong games on dinner tables and a constant stream of online humour provide a much-needed salve of hope and sanity in this time of distress.
Mumbai-based dancing troupe V Unbeatable received a standing ovation from the audience and judges at America's Got Talent, a leading talent reality show.
As India's turns 70, a 70 year old -- one of India's finest poets -- decodes his relationship with her.
Villagers attribute Adarsh Nangla's 'fall' to a combination of government apathy and decline of the collective spirit
The message is loud and clear. The writing is on the wall. Wake up before it is too late... says Prasanna D Zore.
Officials of the Transport Department, bus drivers and conductors were contacted on Friday night to help the people who were stranded in Noida, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar and Aligarh, among other places, he said.
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Scattered incidents of violence, including torching of buses and clashes, occurred and 1,600 people were arrested during the 12-hour bandh.
'Mumbai is very different from the rest of India. It can be ruthless if you don't have work or friends. The struggle time and times of disappointment are horrific and can break you.'
The three years at the Reserve Bank have mostly been a string of success stories for Rajan, gaining him common man's adulation even as the free-thinker in him made a few foes who matter more in the corridors of power
'The Indian and Israeli rabbis were singing a small departure song for brave little Moshe, who had spent many, likely, heartbreaking but bittersweet hours at this home of his babyhood, looking at the drawings his mother had made for him, that were still up in his room.'
10 things you must know about the Girls Who Code founder.
This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
Caught in the devastating floods in Srinagar, a social worker refuses to leave his autistic students behind and swim to safety.
'Free India turns 70 this year.' But 'freedom from whom and freedom for what?' asks Rajendran Narayanan.
The ruling AIADMK is leaving no stone unturned to win the Vellore Lok Sabha poll and push its tally to two in the state, with its candidate even donning the skull cap to woo minority votes. But the DMK's stars are clearly on the ascendant in the lone constituency that goes to the polls on August 5. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
The president also said that there should be no room in the country for the "intolerant Indian" as this nation has been a bastion of free though, speech and expression since ancient times.
'There is a degree of civility, efficiency, cleanliness and cultural ease here that has all but vanished in the squalid, chaotic and rootless Hindi heartland,' says Sunil Sethi.
Additional Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Munir Khan said restrictions in Jammu have been completely lifted.
The Travel Photographer of The Year Awards winners have been chosen and they're a stunning selection celebrating the beauty of our planet and all its inhabitants. Photographers from 142 countries submitted over 20,000 jaw-dropping pictures that were shot on everything from high-end professional cameras to mobile phones, in categories including 'faces, people, cultures'; the natural world and the beauty of light. The winning images can be seen at the TPOTY exhibition, which is free, and will be on show at LondonBridgeCity next Spring. Rediff.com was kindly granted permission to publish 25 of the 150 winning and shortlisted images. Scroll down to see our picks of the bunch.
For Microsoft so far, Nadella has proved a Santa
'The notion of a single unarmed town challenging the might of the People's Republic is a little absurd,' says Mihir Sharma.
But this project is changing that -- one public artwork at a time.
Two of Triumph's most iconic motorcycles, the Thruxton and the Bonneville T100, represent a blend of style and practicality. Arup Das takes them for a spin in the national capital
While Raju and Brijesh Saroj have found help from the Uttar Pradesh government as well as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Zahid Qureshi is struggling to make ends meet.
Harvey is the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States mainland in 12 years on Saturday made landfall in central Texas coast with winds of 195 kmph.
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Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
The US president's four-day tour will feature talks with British PM Theresa May, tea with the Queen, and mass protests including a giant Trump baby blimp being flown over Westminster.
Kashmiris hope that India and Pakistan can find a lasting solution to what many call the Kashmir 'problem'.
'If you go by the essence of the Constitution of India, I don't see any problem in having a separate PM for J-K.'
Kailash Satyarthi, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, in front of packed crowd made a rousing speech asking every person to come together and set our children free. He honoured those who came before him and also said that he accepted this honour on behalf of all the martyrs and activists in India. Here's the transcript of his moving acceptance speech.
'#metoo has put front and centre an issue that society has suppressed for far too long,' says Kanika Datta.
