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'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

'It's a viral pandemic with a diabetes pandemic'

Rediff.com10 Aug 2021

'COVID-19 and diabetes have a very intricate relationship.' 'People with diabetes tend to get the most severe forms of COVID-19.'

What the NEP can achieve

What the NEP can achieve

Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

'Education will definitely benefit by making the child's first language the medium of instruction, by making examinations less prone to rote-learning, by setting up national research universities, all recommendations of the NEP,' observe Pankaj Jain and Shreekant Sambrani.

Using a mouthwash can increase risk of diabetes?

Using a mouthwash can increase risk of diabetes?

Rediff.com2 Dec 2017

Nearly all popular mouthwash solutions include ingredients that kill bacteria -- both the good and bad.

5 tips to improve your mental health in 2020

5 tips to improve your mental health in 2020

Rediff.com12 Jan 2020

Studies have shown that placing others ' well-being ahead of ourselves without expectations or altruistic behaviour, stimulates brain reward centres.

Corruption in India has become worse: Ratan Tata

Corruption in India has become worse: Ratan Tata

Rediff.com24 Aug 2011

Top industrialists have expressed concern over the impact that worsening corruption has on their businesses and said there is no short-cut to becoming a billion-dollar company other than doing things the right way.

Jayant Sinha challenges Rahul for live debate on Ramgarh lynching row

Jayant Sinha challenges Rahul for live debate on Ramgarh lynching row

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Let him not hide behind his social media handles, Sinha said.

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

'Gita is one of the world's outstanding economists'

Rediff.com19 Oct 2018

Although the first woman to hold the position of chief economist at IMF, it would be wrong to see her appointment through the lens of gender

NBA: 'Linsanity' has the New York Knicks riding high

NBA: 'Linsanity' has the New York Knicks riding high

Rediff.com10 Feb 2012

Jeremy Lin's sudden rise from obscure reserve to the toast of Broadway could not have come at a better time for the New York Knicks.

'White House has heard us'

'White House has heard us'

Rediff.com28 May 2021

'They are starting to move more quickly and we would just like to continue to see bold action being taken.'

The Abhijit Banerjee I know

The Abhijit Banerjee I know

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

Uddalok Bhattacharya looks back at his friendship with 'Jhima', the Nobel Laureate.

2 Indian cos among the world's top innovative firms

2 Indian cos among the world's top innovative firms

Rediff.com22 Jul 2011

The method relies on investors - voting with their wallets - to identify the companies they expect to be innovative today and in the future.

52 yrs on, another Scindia's exit puts govt in crisis

52 yrs on, another Scindia's exit puts govt in crisis

Rediff.com11 Mar 2020

Jyotiraditya Scindia, the grandson of the late Vijaya Raje Scindia, quit the Congress on Tuesday along with 22 MLAs, putting the 14-month-old Kamal Nath-led government in deep crisis. "His grandmother Vijaya Raje, once a close confidant of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the great grandfather of Rahul Gandhi, had started her political innings in 1957 from the Congress. However, she left the party in 1967.

How you can become a great boss

How you can become a great boss

Rediff.com13 Jul 2011

The ambitious ones stretch themselves to understand the challenges and deliver good results.

India's 25 most competitive cities

India's 25 most competitive cities

Rediff.com10 Dec 2010

According to the City Competitiveness report by the Institute for Competitiveness, Delhi is the most competitive.

Have regular sex for a healthy heart

Have regular sex for a healthy heart

Rediff.com23 Mar 2011

So says a new study that has appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The world's top 10 universities

The world's top 10 universities

Rediff.com11 Mar 2011

The Times Higher Education is out with the top 100 universities in the world, and Harvard is number one on the list.

Modi slays it at QUAD with few words

Modi slays it at QUAD with few words

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Interestingly, in his entire remarks, Modi never once mentioned regional security, Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar points out.

Grand nephew turns Netaji's biographer

Grand nephew turns Netaji's biographer

Rediff.com1 Jun 2011

Sugata Bose, author of revolutionary freedom-fighter Subhas Chandra Bose's biography His Majesty's Opponent, talks to Arthur J Pais about his grand uncle, one of the freedom movement's enigmatic figures. The first of a four-part interview.

Grand nephew turns Netaji's biographer

Grand nephew turns Netaji's biographer

Rediff.com31 May 2011

Sugata Bose, author of revolutionary freedom-fighter Subhas Chandra Bose's biography His Majesty's Opponent, talks to Arthur J Pais about his grand uncle, one of the freedom movement's enigmatic figures. The first of a four-part interview.

World's best schools 2014: 4 Indian institutes in the top 100

World's best schools 2014: 4 Indian institutes in the top 100

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

Does your favourite institute feature in the list?

Winklevoss twins taking Facebook case to SC

Winklevoss twins taking Facebook case to SC

Rediff.com17 May 2011

Supreme Court is the final legal option open to Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who allege that Zuckerberg stole their idea for the social networking site.

150,000 entrepreneurs in US have returned to India!

150,000 entrepreneurs in US have returned to India!

Rediff.com28 Apr 2011

More and more skilled people from countries like India and China are increasingly returning home from the US, which has led to an 'entrepreneurship boom' in the two Asian countries, a new report said on Thursday.

Hinduja squabble: Lessons for business khandaans

Hinduja squabble: Lessons for business khandaans

Rediff.com27 Jul 2020

'India is home to the third-largest number of family-owned businesses in the world.' 'While everyone pays lip service to succession planning being entrenched in the functional DNA of family-owned business enterprises, it's still not an area of focus for a lot of family businesses', points out Shyamal Majumdar.

Mukherjee, the 4th Indian-origin Pulitzer winner

Mukherjee, the 4th Indian-origin Pulitzer winner

Rediff.com20 Apr 2011

Siddhartha Mukherjee has become the fourth person of Indian origin to bag the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, the first being Gobind Behari Lal way back in 1937.

Tibetan movement inspired by India's WC win: PM candidate

Tibetan movement inspired by India's WC win: PM candidate

Rediff.com12 Apr 2011

On March 20, Tibetans voted to elect a new prime minister of the government-in-exile headquartered at Dharamshala. This contest assumed significance as the Dalai Lama stuck to his decision of quitting as the political head of the community. Awaiting Tibet's verdict, Harvard law scholar Dr Lobsang Sangay, the frontrunner in contest speaks about the Dalai Lama, the threat from China and how India's World Cup victory has given hope to the Tibetan cause.

Resurrecting the brain for a better afterlife

Resurrecting the brain for a better afterlife

Rediff.com12 Apr 2011

A cognitive neuroscientist wants to put a specific mind into a robot.

Why this trauma survivor wants to win Miss World

Why this trauma survivor wants to win Miss World

Rediff.com7 Oct 2020

Miss World Washington Shree Saini tells us how she overcame multiple traumas and carved her niche to compete for Miss World this year.

Indian professor in US plans $300 house for the poor

Indian professor in US plans $300 house for the poor

Rediff.com7 Oct 2011

Indian cities need more than 20 million homes.

Facebook cancels student's internship who pointed out flaws

Facebook cancels student's internship who pointed out flaws

Rediff.com13 Aug 2015

An Indian-origin Harvard student's internship at Facebook was cancelled after he developed an app that pointed out the privacy flaws in the popular social media's messenger service, a media report has said.

These youngsters taught their way up to land in dream jobs

These youngsters taught their way up to land in dream jobs

Rediff.com14 Sep 2011

A lot of youngsters these days are willing to take a break from studies and work to teach underprivileged kids. Fellows of Teach for India share their experience on how the activity helped them bag their dream jobs.

What Modi needs to do

What Modi needs to do

Rediff.com31 May 2019

'The time has come to ask the extent of coercive power the State must arrogate to itself to achieve economic ends,' points out T C A Srinivasa Raghavan.

10 countries with least population density

10 countries with least population density

Rediff.com18 Aug 2011

There are some countries that have more animals than humans.

The 100 best universities in the world

The 100 best universities in the world

Rediff.com16 Apr 2015

Only four institutes from India make it to the list.

Did Pakistan President pledge his support to Taliban?

Did Pakistan President pledge his support to Taliban?

Rediff.com18 Jan 2011

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari had a secret meeting with a group of senior Taliban operatives in April last year during which he expressed the Pakistan government's "support for their mission", a researcher studying developments in Afghanistan has alleged.

IIT entrepreneurs have built 12 Unicorns, fourth-most globally

IIT entrepreneurs have built 12 Unicorns, fourth-most globally

Rediff.com7 Apr 2017

A 2014 study had ranked IITs as fourth among the top 50 universities globally, whose graduates were entrepreneurial.

Why India must create its own Bostons and Oxfords

Why India must create its own Bostons and Oxfords

Rediff.com12 May 2010

Why Indian cities must leverage their universities.

This start-up brings Ivy League education to India

This start-up brings Ivy League education to India

Rediff.com17 Apr 2017

Over 50 Indians in Forbes' under 30 list of super achievers.

India can avoid 72% COVID-19 cases by closing red light areas

India can avoid 72% COVID-19 cases by closing red light areas

Rediff.com16 May 2020

Researchers including those from Yale School of Medicine in the United States, said closing down these places of sex work may reduce projected COVID-19 death toll increase in India by 63 per cent post the easing of lockdown measures.

PM, Sachin, Sen on Time's most influential list

PM, Sachin, Sen on Time's most influential list

Rediff.com30 Apr 2010

Nine Indians, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and economist Amartya Sen have been named in Time magazine's annual list of 100 most influential people.

Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay is Tibetan Obama

Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay is Tibetan Obama

Rediff.com3 Jun 2011

Claude Arpi travelled to Dharamsala to record the newly elected Tibetan prime minister's views on the election campaign, his objectives, his government's relation with China and the changes he would like to bring about in Tibetan society. Dr Lobsang Sangay candidly answered all the questions put forth to him