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Kerala doctor wins top UK award

Nipah virus claims 1 more life in Kerala, toll rises to 11

There are totally 14 Nipah confirmed cases, of whom 11 have so far lost their lives.

Bird flu: Centre deploys teams in Kerala, Haryana

The Centre on Wednesday deployed multi-disciplinary teams in bird flu-affected areas of Kerala and Haryana, while Madhya Pradesh, where crows have died due to the influenza, banned the entry of chicken consignments from southern states for 10 days as a precautionary measure.

'India is likely to succeed in this war'

'At the same time, if we are a little careless, we will run into trouble. No doubt about that.'

'Don't want more Akhilas to become Hadiyas'

'I served the Indian Army and I am an ex-serviceman.' 'I look at this as a battle I am fighting after I left the army.' 'I will not leave till I get her back as my daughter Akhila, and I believe it will happen one day.'

'Cases will be around for 6 to 9 months'

'The only idea -- the only idea -- of the shutdown was to buy time.'

How real men celebrate the year end

'When I woke up on New Year's morning last week, it occurred to me that nobody had bothered to investigate how Christmas and the year end were different in my adopted home town of Bournemouth -- a charming place on the south coast of England -- from what played out on the streets of Pala in Kerala. This was clearly an important omission,' says Chindu Sreedharan, and sets out to correct it.

'Absolutely brilliant response from the government to free our sailors'

The last seven Indian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates were released October 30. Chirag Bahri, Indian coordinator for the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme that aids piracy survivors and their families, speaks to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com on how the near-impossible was achieved.