The disastrous build-up that marred the Delhi Commonwealth Games has been a lesson for next host Glasgow, which plans to keep preparations "athlete-centred and sport-focused" to avoid any glitches.
'He was keen to win the IPL with the team he had, he had no desire to have big names in his team.' 'He just wanted good players, who he knew he could mould into match-winners.'
The cancellation of the project has far-reaching implications for the IAF, for which this was once its high-tech future fighter.
Purushotham Joshi shares an episode that taught him the importance of each moment in life.
Hardik Pandya is currently on road to recovery from the back injury which needed a surgery last year.
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
Undeterred by the pandemic, Deep Narayan Nayak, a school teacher in a village in Bengal, changes countless lives for the better. Payal Singh Mohanka reports on this Extraordinary Indian.
The stalwart coach had passed away at the age of 87 in January this year.
To avert another Uttarakhand-type catastrophe, we must change course. We should stop pandering to the Indian elite's insatiable appetite for electricity, which is driving reckless dam construction, says Praful Bidwai
On the 10th anniversary of the global financial crisis, a multi-part series analyses the lessons learnt and those not learnt.
A secure job is a myth. Follow these tips and future-proof both your life and career.
India is the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic after the United States, Brazil and Russia.
Purushotham Joshi shares an episode that taught him the importance of each moment in life.
'Some of us are overweight, some underweight, some too tall, some too short, some too fair, some too dark, but that's no reason to get bogged down by society's rules about what fits.'
The video purportedly shows pigs roaming freely in the corridors of the hospital, undeterred by people walking nearby.
Rohit Gawli, who co-founded The Lokal Kitchen in the lockdown, shares some interesting career lessons.
CEO and founder of TripHobo.com, Praveen Kumar an avid adventurer lists out his greatest learnings.
Rediff reader Reeba KR, a research scholar from Changanacherry, Kottayam district of Kerala writes about her mother.
India's batting legend Sachin Tendulkar firmly believes that sport only recognises performance on the field and not the background of an athlete.
'Working with him is like deep sea diving.' 'He is an ocean into which you keep diving, discovering something new every time.'
Crediting Test captain Virat Kohli for backing him as a frontline tweaker, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has said that the young cricket leader has always helped his teammates cross barriers.
Rediff reader Stephen J, 50 from Chennai reveals how his life changed after he was fired from his job.
While politicians and pundits speculate a strong possibility of their coming together, the two young leaders, however, told prying journalists their meeting was a result of "family relations" that went back to ties shared by their fathers.
We have a generation of youth in our country with fire in their bellies and the 'tamanna' to emulate the Indian soldier. Such is the image that has been created by our soldiers over time. The proposal for civilians into the Military fray for a short stint must be considered favourably keeping the national interests foremost, says Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
'Mere zehen mein kuch naahi thaa yaar (I had nothing in my mind). I was sitting at home and I normally put out a photograph and it became a news item'
A former employee of a media company revisits the time she was laid off and shares the lessons she has learnt.
'The Chinese can't be trusted hence the need to verify and re-verify.'
The chargesheet in which 15 persons have been named as being part of a 'premeditated conspiracy' in the north east Delhi riots, said the tone and nature of the communication of the members of Jamia Co-ordination Committee (JCC) changed from the evening of February 24 and they started talking about relief, rehabilitation and care of the victims while 'simultaneously unleashing concerted disinformation campaign blaming the state, police and the ruling political party for the loss of lives and property caused by their terrorist and unlawful act'.
Pawan Goenka, tells Shally Seth Mohile the Alturas, by far the most-expensive model wearing an Indian badge.
Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says 250 would have been closer to par given the way Rajasthan Royals' batter were going, in Saturday's IPL match in Abu Dhabi.
A former employee from the IT industry rants about what's wrong with the sector and offers his lessons to cope with layoffs.
'The dark circles under my eyes can't even begin to explain the dark times I endured for four long years.'
'We have learnt lessons from Mamata Banerjee who overcame the BJP's canard by reciting Chandi Path and playing up her Brahmin origins in her campaign. We need to adopt strategies like asking Muslims to lie low and distributing tickets prudently so that we are not accused of favouring one community.' Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Addressing the Sena workers in Mumbai for the second consecutive day, he also said that doors of the state and party are closed for the rebels MLAs.
Atique Ahmed is one of the most feared dons of Uttar Pradesh today. There was another don who preceded Atique and had he survived, Atique wouldn't have been around today, recalls Sudhir Bisht.
The meme contained photographs of Modi, United States President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May engaged in a conversation.
Her look in the latest Hello! mag cover is what dreams are made of.
'In this day and age when love is just a swipe away, Shiddat talks about love in its purest, most honest form.'
With Mitsubishi pulling the plug on it the days of the Pajero maybe over, but nobody who ever owned one will forget it. Some even learnt life-long lessons from it, says Pavan Lall.
'At the end of the day, we are all humans.'
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