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How you can gift Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding

How you can gift Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding

Rediff.com18 May 2018

Just contribute to one of the seven charities chosen by them.

The miracle of the hand

The miracle of the hand

Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

The hospital that draws patients from all over India giving them hope by saving limbs and wants you to know that skin donation gives life to burn victims.

Animal whisperer! She talks to animals, reads their minds

Animal whisperer! She talks to animals, reads their minds

Rediff.com14 Mar 2019

Mumbai-based animal communicator Akshaya Kawle shares some exciting stories and learnings from her professional journey.

Suffered a heart attack? Expert tips to recover and stay well

Suffered a heart attack? Expert tips to recover and stay well

Rediff.com27 Sep 2015

Here's what to do to improve your heart health.

Why Akshay wore pink panties with sanitary pads

Why Akshay wore pink panties with sanitary pads

Rediff.com10 Jan 2018

'We should celebrate when a girl hits puberty, just the way we celebrate New Year, Holi, Diwali.'

Hospital Horror: 'IVF hospitals have a very low success rate'

Hospital Horror: 'IVF hospitals have a very low success rate'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2015

'IVF hospitals have very low success rates and provide very expensive treatment without having any knowledge of the real problem (it would seem)' says Rediff.com reader Tapasya Karthickeyan

The extraordinary story of an unsung billionaire

The extraordinary story of an unsung billionaire

Rediff.com21 Nov 2014

Qimat Rai Gupta's roots were truly modest. Early in life, he had even sold oil on a cycle in the villages of Punjab.

Pre-paying home loan? Read this first

Pre-paying home loan? Read this first

Rediff.com25 Apr 2017

When does it make sense and when does it not?

FDI can spur innovation, ideas and industries

FDI can spur innovation, ideas and industries

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

Ideas don't have border controls and visas.

Domestic factors also behind rupee's slide: Chidambaram

Domestic factors also behind rupee's slide: Chidambaram

Rediff.com27 Aug 2013

Decisions taken at home to counter impact of 2008 economic meltdown were among the reasons for depreciation of the Indian currency.

Animal whisperer! She talks to animals, reads their minds

Animal whisperer! She talks to animals, reads their minds

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

Mumbai-based animal communicator Akshaya Kawle shares some exciting stories and learnings from her professional journey.

Health insurance proposals: Few hits and misses

Health insurance proposals: Few hits and misses

Rediff.com8 Jun 2015

There are few lapses in the healthy insurance proposals.

40 years ago and now: How Ranbaxy moved out of family control

40 years ago and now: How Ranbaxy moved out of family control

Rediff.com22 Oct 2014

Ranbaxy did its maiden public issue in 1973.

Pics: Miss World beauty queens are talking about periods in India

Pics: Miss World beauty queens are talking about periods in India

Rediff.com9 Feb 2018

Miss World winners are touring India to talk about periods.

Citing murder of Indian-origin cop, Trump seeks border wall funding

Citing murder of Indian-origin cop, Trump seeks border wall funding

Rediff.com9 Jan 2019

"This is a humanitarian crisis. A crisis of the heart, and a crisis of the soul," Trump said in his maiden prime-time address from his Oval Office.

Lessons from my internship: An MBA shares her story

Lessons from my internship: An MBA shares her story

Rediff.com20 Dec 2016

Upasana Modi from WeSchool, Mumbai shares her experience.

Black money is not just wads of notes

Black money is not just wads of notes

Rediff.com11 Nov 2016

'Corruption is the tree.' 'Black money is the fruit from the tree.' 'This scheme will expose the unaccounted fruits of the tree.' 'But since the tree will continue to stand, the story will continue,' say Pramod Kumar Srivastava, Sanghamithra and Kravya.

How the navy is dealing with India's dwindling submarine fleet

How the navy is dealing with India's dwindling submarine fleet

Rediff.com27 Nov 2015

Indian Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan enumerated a three-pronged strategy to counter the country's minified submarine fleet.

Competition panel slaps Rs 2,545 cr fine on top carmakers

Competition panel slaps Rs 2,545 cr fine on top carmakers

Rediff.com26 Aug 2014

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday slapped a penalty of Rs 2,545 crore on 14 top carmakers of the country for violating trade norms in the spare-part andafter-sale service market.

Thappad review

Thappad review

Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

A spectacular Taapsee Pannu brings out the shift of a happy homemaker to a heartbroken woman most strikingly in her deeply affecting performance, applauds Sukanya Verma.

How women and children fared in one year of Modi 2.0

How women and children fared in one year of Modi 2.0

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.

'It is the best time to be an entrepreneur. Think big!'

'It is the best time to be an entrepreneur. Think big!'

Rediff.com2 Sep 2016

'The only way to create more jobs is to make sure that we anticipate the skills that will be required in the future and prepare ourselves for those skills.'

Market verdict: Rajan to hold interest rate

Market verdict: Rajan to hold interest rate

Rediff.com26 Nov 2015

RBI has, since January, cut its policy rate four times.

'Fresh start', a big challenge facing the microfinance industry

'Fresh start', a big challenge facing the microfinance industry

Rediff.com1 Jul 2019

The origin of the challenge is the so-called "fresh start" process. Many in the MFI industry apprehend that such a law in India will encourage small unsecured borrowers to default and destroy the credit culture. So, while'Fresh start' is a welcome step as it will free up the debtors from the archaic laws of the colonial era, debtors need handholding and counselling to prevent any misuse, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

Is there a way out of the gloom and doom?

Rediff.com2 Sep 2020

'The government has said it has kept its powder dry to fight the true battle against the debilitating influence of the pandemic.' 'The release of the shocking economic data this week should act as the fuse for using that powder now.' 'Further delays will make the battle that much harder,' notes Shreekant Sambrani.

Imran Khan won't save Pakistan

Imran Khan won't save Pakistan

Rediff.com24 Jul 2018

'What is required is to make Pakistan less war-like and more modest in its ambitions. To normalise with India and to reduce the State's fondness for religion.' 'It is pragmatism and not charisma that it required and it is by being boring and not heroic that this can be achieved.' 'This is the moment of realisation which brings the Pakistani leader into conflict with the army.' 'Imran Khan will learn the lesson in time,' says Aakar Patel.

Cement is the new FMCG on Dalal Street

Cement is the new FMCG on Dalal Street

Rediff.com18 Jun 2014

Players like UltraTech Cement more expensive than ITC and HUL; others catching up fast.

PE investing: Look before you leap

PE investing: Look before you leap

Rediff.com12 Nov 2018

Before committing your precious money in PE funds, investors need to get very choosy, advises Ramesh Bukka, co-founder and director, Entrust Family Office Investment Advisors.

5 companies that survived biggest bankruptcies

5 companies that survived biggest bankruptcies

Rediff.com7 Oct 2014

These companies have survived bankruptcies.

5 reasons why ICICI Bank is a difficult buy

5 reasons why ICICI Bank is a difficult buy

Rediff.com3 May 2016

Consensus continues to be cautious with analysts pointing towards tougher days ahead

'Water is not anybody's private property'

'Water is not anybody's private property'

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

'Water is not an economic resource, but we treat water as an economic resource meant for the benefit of human beings.' 'Water is more of a life source than an economic resource.'

Village Rockstars Review: Too good for the Oscars

Village Rockstars Review: Too good for the Oscars

Rediff.com28 Sep 2018

'This is a movie, which if you allow it to, will wash itself all over you, so that you emerge from it a little drenched but wide awake,' says Sreehari Nair.

The Death That Devastated Indira Gandhi

The Death That Devastated Indira Gandhi

Rediff.com20 Jul 2017

In all the highs and lows that India's most powerful, and only woman, prime minister faced in her life, the death of her younger son Sanjay was probably the most soul-destroying.

Posh homes, ghastly roads. Kolkata's peri-urban nightmare

Posh homes, ghastly roads. Kolkata's peri-urban nightmare

Rediff.com10 Oct 2016

Kolkata need not feel inferior as it has its own "alive only at weekends" Lavasa, says Subir Roy.

Travel no more than three hours for Cancer treatment

Travel no more than three hours for Cancer treatment

Rediff.com8 Oct 2018

Patients from any part of the country will soon need to travel no more than three hours for treatment of the kind available in large metros.

For this IIT grad, even a newspaper was a luxury

For this IIT grad, even a newspaper was a luxury

Rediff.com6 Aug 2015

Shubham Kumar Gautam, son of a farmer and a Super 30 student, recounts how, in a journey laced with perseverance, grit and determination, he achieved what seemed impossible.

Drink the wine, my friends

Drink the wine, my friends

Rediff.com16 Oct 2019

Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.

I Am Bihar: 'Education gives me confidence to survive in an unequal world'

I Am Bihar: 'Education gives me confidence to survive in an unequal world'

Rediff.com12 Oct 2015

Sarmesh Kumar is the first in his family, that comes from the community of rat eaters, to go to college. Archana Masih/Rediff.com met the young man and traveled to his village -- which Bill Gates visited a few years ago -- as Rediff.com looks at Bihar through the stories of its people.

India is still struggling between populism and policy: Arun Jaitley

India is still struggling between populism and policy: Arun Jaitley

Rediff.com2 Jan 2019

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the states were free to announce farm loan waivers if they had the fiscal space and that there would be no shortfall this year in divestment and non-tax revenues.

The (V) Unbeatable team that might win America's Got Talent!

The (V) Unbeatable team that might win America's Got Talent!

Rediff.com27 Aug 2019

Mumbai dancers fuse lyrical hip hop and b-boying with elements of American cheerleading and trapeze-esque bits from the circus.