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Review: Samsung Galaxy S4  is amazing but not a killer

Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 is amazing but not a killer

Rediff.com29 May 2013

The phone has already achieved the 10 million mark within a month, breaking the record of S III which achieved the feat in 50 days. So how extraordinary is the S4 that makes it so successful? Let's find out.

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Rediff.com18 Mar 2022

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride. Like Michael Corleone, he got into it with the best of intentions, and got out of it on top but lost in the heights. Sreehari Nair revisits the film as it turns 50 this month.

India's E-Commerce: Great Leap Forward

India's E-Commerce: Great Leap Forward

Rediff.com8 Jan 2022

Live commerce, quick commerce, group buying, WhatsApp commerce, dukaantech have made their mark.

Start-up Inc urges policy push, focus on smaller towns for sector's growth

Start-up Inc urges policy push, focus on smaller towns for sector's growth

Rediff.com17 Jan 2022

While welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on Saturday to celebrate January 16 as National Start-up Day, six years after the Start-up India Action Plan was launched by the government, stakeholders in the ecosystem say that more needs to be done at the policy level to unleash the next phase of growth in the sector. "The Start-up India programme's launch in 2016 was a turning point - that is when the promoter came to be known as the founder in the country and the word 'entrepreneur' entered the common lexicon. "But now we need a Start-up India 2.0 now for the next phase of growth of the ecosystem", said Siddarth Pai, managing partner of venture capital (VC) firm 3one4 Capital. Pai says that Startup India 2.0 must look at promoting Startups headquartered in tier II,III & IV cities and solving the problems of Bharat.

Kudankulam atomic plant's Unit 5 construction begins

Kudankulam atomic plant's Unit 5 construction begins

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

On June 1 2017, the credit protocol to the Intergovernmental Agreement of December 5 2008 and the GFA for Kudankulam NPP Units 5, 6 were signed.

'Don't Expect US Help In A War With China'

'Don't Expect US Help In A War With China'

Rediff.com20 May 2022

'The US will not want to tangle with China landwards.' 'Nor will the US confront the Chinese navy seawards on India's account.'

'I am in my honeymoon phase again'

'I am in my honeymoon phase again'

Rediff.com24 Sep 2022

'I was told so often by people, "Please leave your brains at home".' 'And I would say, "I only have myself to offer. I can't dance like Madhuri Dixit or Shilpa Shetty. I can only come and act."'

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

Rediff.com12 Aug 2021

Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket, the space agency said on Thursday.

Neeraj Chopra, Sable give India reason to cheer

Neeraj Chopra, Sable give India reason to cheer

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Neeraj Chopra broke his own meet record while Sable set a new national record time of 8 minutes 20.20 seconds to win the 3000m steeplechase

ISRO's PSLV-38 blasts off with 31 satellites

ISRO's PSLV-38 blasts off with 31 satellites

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

Other than the Cartosat-2 series satellite, the PSLV is carrying 29 nano satellites from 14 countries - Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America besides a nano satellite from India.

'India is a space power'

'India is a space power'

Rediff.com5 Oct 2016

'India has got a unique opportunity to get more and more business from outside as India is cost-effective and reliable.'

Who will get the Theri remake, SRK or Akshay Kumar?

Who will get the Theri remake, SRK or Akshay Kumar?

Rediff.com24 Jun 2016

Will Akki, who remade Vijay's Thuppakki in Hindi as Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, thwart SRK?

Shorts: Nuggets seal playoff bid as Nikola Jokic makes history

Shorts: Nuggets seal playoff bid as Nikola Jokic makes history

Rediff.com8 Apr 2022

Tennis: Felix Auger-Aliassime toppled in Morocco

India working on hypersonic aircraft, harnessing helium from moon

India working on hypersonic aircraft, harnessing helium from moon

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

After launching missiles from land and sea, India is in the process of developing suspersonic missile aircraft that would hit long range targets from air.

'In a war there will be kills on either side'

'In a war there will be kills on either side'

Rediff.com26 Apr 2022

'There is no such thing as ultimate survivability.'
'It's all comparative -- who outperforms, who uses tactics, who optimises technology to the best is what makes the difference.'

India launches fifth navigation satellite in textbook style

India launches fifth navigation satellite in textbook style

Rediff.com20 Jan 2016

The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully launched India's fifth navigation satellite IRNSS-1E from Sriharikota.

SC moved over Asthana's appointment as Delhi Police chief

SC moved over Asthana's appointment as Delhi Police chief

Rediff.com24 Aug 2021

The Delhi high court was informed on Tuesday that a petition challenging the appointment of Gujarat-cadre Indian Police Service officer Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner has also been filed before the Supreme Court.

Rajkot boy youngest ever to top Microsoft exam

Rajkot boy youngest ever to top Microsoft exam

Rediff.com19 Mar 2011

A boy from Rajkot has become the youngest student to equal the world record of obtaining full 1,000 marks in an online computer exam conducted by United States-based multinational Microsoft Corp.

'The artist in me does get dissatisfied'

'The artist in me does get dissatisfied'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2021

'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'

'Mid and small-caps are likely to outperform in FY22'

'Mid and small-caps are likely to outperform in FY22'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

'It is critical that the Covid curve does not have a fat tail and the chain is broken quickly.'

The incredibly bizarre world we live in

The incredibly bizarre world we live in

Rediff.com18 Nov 2016

Here are eight images that prove we live in a mad, mad world.

Want to be an IAS officer?

Want to be an IAS officer?

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

All you need to know about preparing for the Civil Services examination

Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23

Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23

Rediff.com15 Mar 2015

Govt to issue ownership rights of 15 coal mines on Mar 23.

Ryder Cup: US sizzle in sunshine to lead Europe 5-3

Ryder Cup: US sizzle in sunshine to lead Europe 5-3

Rediff.com29 Sep 2012

The United States, led by Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley, snatched a 5-3 lead over Europe on a gripping first day of the 39th Ryder Cup on Friday.

Will caste and NEET become poll issues again in TN?

Will caste and NEET become poll issues again in TN?

Rediff.com14 Jul 2020

Once the Covid crisis subsides in the state, the NEET exam this year, whether conducted or cancelled, could become an electoral issue next year, along with the BC-MBC reservations issue, especially the 'creamy layer' aspect, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

'We don't need the Indians as much as they think we do'

'We don't need the Indians as much as they think we do'

Rediff.com20 Apr 2012

Leading think tanks put a question mark on the India-US strategic partnership. Aziz Haniffa reports

'If Prabhakaran thinks somebody has to go, he goes'

'If Prabhakaran thinks somebody has to go, he goes'

Rediff.com22 May 2021

'That it was the LTTE was known in three weeks's time.'

'Women are more successful in films than men'

'Women are more successful in films than men'

Rediff.com17 Oct 2021

'Women use acting as a way to protect themselves.'

Concern over MF industry's debt exposure getting worse

Concern over MF industry's debt exposure getting worse

Rediff.com26 Jul 2019

Mutual fund houses hold Rs 3,400 crore of Yes Bank's 'riskier' bonds. Reliance MF, Franklin Templeton MF and UTI MF account for bulk of these exposures.

Time to return to localised lockdowns!

Time to return to localised lockdowns!

Rediff.com3 Apr 2021

'The Union government has discouraged state and local governments from imposing restrictions on their own.' 'That advice should be withdrawn,' asserts Mihir S Sharma.

This 12-yr-old Indian-origin girl has IQ higher than Einstein

This 12-yr-old Indian-origin girl has IQ higher than Einstein

Rediff.com6 Sep 2015

A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the United Kingdom has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, outwitting physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.

'My greatest strength were prison inmates'

'My greatest strength were prison inmates'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2022

'You are with each other 24x7, so how can you ignore someone crying next to you?' 'How can you not share a piece of chicken with someone who is sitting next to you and watching you eat it?' 'Of course, you will share.' 'And you become friends with the kind of people you never thought you'd even know.'

What Boeing wants to supply IAF, navy

What Boeing wants to supply IAF, navy

Rediff.com31 Aug 2020

Boeing is pressing hard to win the Indian Navy contract for 57 aircraft carrier-borne fighters. It could offer the Super Hornet in the ongoing IAF procurement of 114 medium fighters; its upgraded F-15EX fighter also on the list.

'We're in a very difficult spot'

'We're in a very difficult spot'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2021

'We've never really been in the situation of having a difficult time with the Chinese and an increasingly difficult time with the Russians along with a relationship with the Americans which is important.'

They started companies with Rs 1-5 lakh!

They started companies with Rs 1-5 lakh!

Rediff.com22 Jun 2010

Check out how these young companies are making a mark in the start-up world.

Delhi cops bust human trafficking racket, 2 arrested

Delhi cops bust human trafficking racket, 2 arrested

Rediff.com18 Apr 2015

Delhi cops claimed to have busted a 'Kabootar Baazi' (human trafficking) racket of providing fake supportive documents to obtain US visa in lieu of Rs 10 lakh from each passenger

What the new OTT/social/digital media policy says

What the new OTT/social/digital media policy says

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

The salient features of the new OTT/social media policy announced by the Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on February 25, 2021.

'It is my love for the people of this country'

'It is my love for the people of this country'

Rediff.com4 Feb 2022

'I can't help it if people don't love the minorities, the Dalits and Adivasis; they are as much of this country as any other Indian.' 'If I love them, it does not mean I do not love my country.' 'It is ironic and funny that they have laid such severe anti-national charges against me.'

IPL 3: The successes and failures thus far

IPL 3: The successes and failures thus far

Rediff.com1 Apr 2010

We're approximately at the halfway mark of IPL3 and it is a good time to ask which players are doing well and which players aren't.

'Health is not purely matter of facilities'

'Health is not purely matter of facilities'

Rediff.com10 Jul 2007

A revolution in the country's health system is firmly under way, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss tells Sreelatha Menon.