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How T20 will change!

How T20 will change!

Rediff.com17 Feb 2021

Fascinating predictions for the years ahead. A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution.

Russia running out of time for Rio, says Pound

Russia running out of time for Rio, says Pound

Rediff.com10 Mar 2016

Athletics superpower Russia is running out of time to eradicate doping and may not be able to send a track and field team to this year's Rio Olympics, Dick Pound, chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent commission, said on Wednesday.

Has government got its human rights lessons, right?

Has government got its human rights lessons, right?

Rediff.com6 Mar 2020

'Today, if the international community is seeking space, if not place, here, then the message is not unclear in any which way. 'It does not reflect well on the nation's standing in the international arena, where human rights issues go a long way in building bilateral relations and benefiting from international cooperation, more than any aspect of politics and diplomacy,' N Sathiya Moorthy.

'CM for all': Kejriwal begins 3rd stint as Delhi CM

'CM for all': Kejriwal begins 3rd stint as Delhi CM

Rediff.com16 Feb 2020

Kejriwal was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

Dust storms kill 15 in UP; Delhi, NCR remain covered in haze

Dust storms kill 15 in UP; Delhi, NCR remain covered in haze

Rediff.com15 Jun 2018

Authorities alerted people to avoid staying outdoors and L-G ordered to halt all civil construction activities across the city till Sunday.

PHOTOS: India vs South Africa, Mohali Test, Day Three

PHOTOS: India vs South Africa, Mohali Test, Day Three

Rediff.com7 Nov 2015

Images from Day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Mohali, on Saturday.

Will the defence ministry shift gears?

Will the defence ministry shift gears?

Rediff.com22 Mar 2017

Jaitley can make his innings -- notwithstanding its likely length -- to be a watershed tenure, or just add to the image of the MoD drifting rudderless, says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).

The NPA problem: 'There is no silver bullet'

The NPA problem: 'There is no silver bullet'

Rediff.com24 May 2017

Resolution to the bad loans problem has to be incremental, and the RBI has to ensure NPAs are not swept under the carpet, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh tells Joydeep Ghosh.

Ghoul makes it terrifying to be a Muslim

Ghoul makes it terrifying to be a Muslim

Rediff.com28 Aug 2018

'Any Muslim who shows even the slightest hint of revolutionary thought is marked as 'infected'.' 'At that point, he is taken to the nearest Detention Centre where a procedure called Reconditioning awaits him.' 'Areas with a high Muslim population have been designated as Scheduled Religion Zones.' 'To be an active participant in this social cleansing ritual, there is only one prerequisite: You have to be an undying patriot whose friend and family is his country.'

Dulat's memoir does not do justice to Kashmir, its leaders

Dulat's memoir does not do justice to Kashmir, its leaders

Rediff.com20 Jul 2015

'Dulat's professional successors in the game would now find it that much harder to access/create meaningful sources/assets needed for effective functioning in a place like Kashmir. By blowing their cover the former top spy has undone whatever he might have been able to add to his organisation's resource kitty.'

US spied on Indian embassy, space and nuclear progrmmes

US spied on Indian embassy, space and nuclear progrmmes

Rediff.com26 Sep 2013

A secret document provided by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals that only 1 billion of the 1.35 intercepts that the US snooped on are terror related, the rest a breach of privacy. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Beijing puts Tibet card on table before Manmohan sits to talk

Beijing puts Tibet card on table before Manmohan sits to talk

Rediff.com23 Oct 2013

There is speculation that China released the White Paper on Tibet in a hurry after a Spanish court agreed to hear charges of genocide against former Chinese president Hu Jintao. Ajai Shukla reports

Economic mantras Modi must learn to be successful

Economic mantras Modi must learn to be successful

Rediff.com16 Oct 2014

Amartya Sen and Jagadish Bhagwati publicly sparred last year on the direction of India's economic policy.

Sony Xperia X @49k: Baffling price this!

Sony Xperia X @49k: Baffling price this!

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

For a phone which is marred with heating issues, does not provide a Quad HD display, is incapable of recording 4K videos, and whose camera performance in general is not in the league of flagships, Himanshu Juneja wonders if Sony has once again got is pricing all wrong.

The men enforcing election raids and cash seizures

The men enforcing election raids and cash seizures

Rediff.com14 May 2016

'Initially, we had 48 teams, now it has been enhanced to 133 teams: that is for every 10 to 12 villages, there is a team that is working round the clock.' '133 x 3, that is, given the 8-hour shifts.' 'They are monitored every hour, they are equipped with GPS -- everything is tracked live, real time, from the control room.'

The child bride who is now the CEO of a $112 million company

The child bride who is now the CEO of a $112 million company

Rediff.com26 Feb 2015

Born in poverty and subjected to inhuman abuse, Kalpana Saroj overcame all hurdles to emerge a success story.

'My job is not to represent the world; my job is to represent the United States of America'

'My job is not to represent the world; my job is to represent the United States of America'

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

The following is the full text of US President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of the Congress on February 28, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office.

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