'A pandemic like this will leave behind a trail of political, economic, social and psychological scars.' Coronavirus is going to impact every being on earth even if they do not contract it.' 'Everyone will pay a price,' cautions Ramesh Menon.
On Christmas Day, Indian Ocean's singer Asheem Chakravarty died. He was just 52. A few weeks earlier, the band sat down with Aseem Chhabra for what would be their last interview together.
Her husband Liam Neeson and mother Vanessa Redgrave were left grief-stricken, when she was declared dead after she failed to recover from a fall following a skiing accident.
Most people don't realize a relationship is effortful and not static.
The attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is merely one in a long list of attacks on the media by extremist groups that would like to mandate what and how of free press. So, for the uninitiated, we take a stroll down recent times to see how the media and media persons have seen fearful responses to perceived transgressions.
An elderly Indian-origin woman and her daughter were killed while her granddaughter was seriously injured during a suspected "break-in" attempt by their Canadian neighbour at their home in Toronto. Sixty-five-year-old Saramma Varughese and her daughter Susan John (43), hailing from Kerala, were killed in the incident, which took place on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Momoi, the former high school principal and father of five children, died at a Tokyo hospital on Sunday where he had lived for many years.
"I want to thank god for giving me the opportunity to travel this distance, for only the second trip of my life to India."
The number of swine flu cases across the country climbed upto 17 on Saturday with a toddler testing positive for the disease in Hyderabad. The one-and-a-half-year old boy was tested positive, a day after his six-year-old sister was tested the same for Swine flu.
The app was created in a medical hackathon where it was programmed for medical purposes.
'Whether we like it or not, coronavirus is knocking on the door. We only have two weeks, a month if we are lucky, to prepare for its spread.' 'The US wasted this opportunity and is facing spreading virus and economic meltdown,' notes Sonalde Desai.
Other London properties, aircraft & offshore accounts are yet to catch the attention of regulators.
Several of the injured are said to be critical and rescue workers are searching for more casualties in the scorched area.
Is it sustainable?' 'Or is it like an overdose of a medicine that saves your life in the short run but kills you through long-lasting side-effects?' asks Shekhar Gupta.
History shows us that even effective vaccines could have unknown side effects that could develop over time, warns former Cabinet Secetary K M Chandrasekhar.
'When a woman gets married, she leaves her village, her friends and family.' 'In her new home, she will make friends, but they can never replace those she left behind.'
In her book, Make Love Not Scars, anti-acid attack champ Ria Sharma shares stories of the unbreakable spirit of acid attack survivors.
Shekhar Kapur, who last directed Elizabeth: The Golden Age, will direct the last piece of the writings of the late filmmaker Anthony Minghella, New York, I Love You. Minghella, the Oscar winning director of The English Patient, had asked Kapur to carry out his vision shortly before going in cancer surgery two weeks ago, Kapur was quoted as saying by Hollywood Reporter.
Former welterweight champion Emile Griffith, best known for the brutal 1962 world title fight that claimed the life of bitter rival Benny Paret, died Tuesday. He was 75.
'WHO has been under a lot of attack, so when they saw the Lancet study, they stopped the clinical trials of HCQ.' 'They should not have stopped the clinical trials.'
The liquidator said the properties are being sold under two distinct phases over a period of two days
New York-based Berggruen Holdings' Indian hospitality venture Berggruen Hotels on Monday announced plans to set up 38 budget hotels over the next five years at an investment of $100 million.
Dr Sharma, director of the cardiac catheterisation laboratories, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, is the national leader in installing stents, a controversial procedure that has attracted much attention and criticism.
Manohar Parrikar, the chief minister of Goa and former defence minister, died at his son's home in Panaji on Sunday after a long illness. He was 63. Since February 2018, Parrikar had been in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York after he was diagnosed with a pancreatic condition. Following his demise, tributes poured in from all over with political lines being forgotten.
With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation. However, it is among the only two major economies, which will register a positive growth rate in 2020. The other being China, for which the IMF has projected a growth rate of 1.2 per cent.
Sant Chatwal announced his plans of bringing Hampshire Hotels and Resorts to India. Keen on opening hotels in Punjab, he plans on a pan Indian presence.
Triple World Cup soccer winner Pele is putting some 2,000 items up for auction, including his three World Cup medals and a one of a kind Jules Rimet trophy that could fetch up to one million dollars, auctioneers said on Thursday.
"No problem is insurmountable," Shaheen Mistri tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Fifteen acid attack survivors walked the ramp in Bangladesh to send out a strong message of courage and empowerment.
The answer cannot be that we will beat the disease at the end of the 21 days. And the answer cannot be that it is to halt the spread because the spread is going to happen anyway, notes Aakar Patel.
The best in international photojournalism was recently announced by World Press Photo's Annual Photo Contest. Despite fierce competition, the jury was forced to select just a handful of images from more than 73,044 photos by 4,548 photographers across 125 different countries. This year's grand prize was awarded to Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt, earning him the title of Press Photographer of the Year. Here are some of the winners.
An outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness that started in the city of Wuhan in China has put health authorities on high alert around the world. The new coronavirus-named 2019-nCoV-is thought to have originated in the food market of the central China metropolis and has since infected more than 4,000 people worldwide.
The study draws attention to the contribution of the Indian industry
Doctors, academicians and accredited journalists would be the main beneficiaries.
'Medha had been so alive, smiling in the pictures she posted on Facebook and the comments she left on my profile page. I did not think she would leave us so soon.'
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.