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7 Countries Where Indians Can Study MBBS

7 Countries Where Indians Can Study MBBS

Rediff.com5 Sep 2024

rediffGURU Dr Pananjay Tiwari lists the options and cost of pursuing an MBBS education outside of India.

No country should...: Quad's clear message to China

No country should...: Quad's clear message to China

Rediff.com29 Jul 2024

The Quad also vowed to work towards a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific, a region that has seen increasing Chinese military muscle-flexing in the last few years.

Elizabeth Debicki Gets Her First Emmy

Elizabeth Debicki Gets Her First Emmy

Rediff.com16 Sep 2024

The Australian actress took home her first-ever Emmy trophy, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Princess Diana in The Crown.

A Campaign For Change

A Campaign For Change

Rediff.com9 Jun 2024

Unfortunately, the best man does not always win, but I feel enriched by the experience of the campaign and getting to know Rajeev Chandrasekhar, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

NASA will soon train Indian astronauts for joint ISS mission: Garcetti

NASA will soon train Indian astronauts for joint ISS mission: Garcetti

Rediff.com25 May 2024

National Aeronautics and Space Administration will soon provide advanced training to Indian astronauts, with the goal of mounting a joint effort to the International Space Station, a top American diplomat said Friday.

GST Council meet on Friday to discuss cutting tax on Covid medicines

GST Council meet on Friday to discuss cutting tax on Covid medicines

Rediff.com27 May 2021

Ahead of the first meeting of the top decision-making body in nearly eight months, finance ministers of eight states ruled by non-Bharatiya Janata Party and like-minded parties -- Rajasthan, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Kerala and West Bengal -- have devised a joint strategy to press for a zero tax rate on Covid essentials, sources said.

A Breakthrough In Nipah Virus Research

A Breakthrough In Nipah Virus Research

Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

This will also help test the effectiveness of preventing the entry of Nipah in target cells.

An Era Of Secrecy Is Over For Modi

An Era Of Secrecy Is Over For Modi

Rediff.com11 Jun 2024

'The word 'ally' in a coalition is misleading because it suggests someone who is always for you and with you. This is incorrect.' 'They are always for themselves and sometimes with you,' explains Aakar Patel.

What CII wants Modi 3.0 govt to do to boost growth

What CII wants Modi 3.0 govt to do to boost growth

Rediff.com13 Jun 2024

Industry body CII on Thursday made a case for pushing reforms in sectors like land, labour, and agriculture by the Modi 3.0 government to accelerate economic growth, which is estimated to be around 8 per cent in the current financial year. CII president Sanjiv Puri said a lot of policy interventions in the past have put the economy on "a much stronger wicket". "The growth rate is poised to touch 8 per cent during the current year, marking the fourth consecutive year of above 7 per cent + growth.

Russia fumes: 'Unjust' ban from Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Russia fumes: 'Unjust' ban from Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Rediff.com21 Mar 2024

Russia says IOC decision to ban Russian athletes from Olympic parade unjust

The Kerala minister who's fighting for states in GST Council

The Kerala minister who's fighting for states in GST Council

Rediff.com23 Oct 2020

Thomas Isaac has been in and out of the national news in his role as Kerala's finance minister since 2018 for various path-breaking tax initiatives. But it is 2020 that he has become more prominent, principally in the GST council.

Fake news guidelines would have opened door for frivolous complaints: Editors Guild

Fake news guidelines would have opened door for frivolous complaints: Editors Guild

Rediff.com3 Apr 2018

'The Editors Guild of India strongly condemns the arbitrary manner contemplated by the Union Information and Broadcasting (I & B) Ministry ostensibly to penalise any journalist or media organisation publishing fake news,' it said.

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon.

LG orders paid break for workers amid 50 deg C heat, calls Kejri insensitive

LG orders paid break for workers amid 50 deg C heat, calls Kejri insensitive

Rediff.com29 May 2024

It said Delhi is facing an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures hovering around 50 degrees Celsius in some parts for the first time in the city's history.

Pick your Union Council before Modi!

Pick your Union Council before Modi!

Rediff.com2 Sep 2017

Prime Minister will undertake the third expansion of his Union Council of Ministers, the third such exercise since he came to power in May 2014, on Sunday morning.

Muslims should get reservations, but...: Lalu

Muslims should get reservations, but...: Lalu

Rediff.com7 May 2024

Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to Muslims but emphasised that it should be based on social backwardness and 'not on the basis of religion'.

Katju floating around, giving bizarre opinions: BJP

Katju floating around, giving bizarre opinions: BJP

Rediff.com18 Feb 2013

Launching a fresh attack on Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said the former Supreme Court judge was expressing "unsolicited and bizarre" opinions against non-Congress ruled states and demanded that he step down.

UNSC reform most urgent and pressing need: Swaraj

UNSC reform most urgent and pressing need: Swaraj

Rediff.com2 Oct 2015

India on Thursday said that the United Nations Security Council reform is the "most urgent and pressing need" and called for inclusion of more developing nations in the decision making structures of the powerful world body.

PCI to challenge HC order on troop movement report in SC

PCI to challenge HC order on troop movement report in SC

Rediff.com12 Apr 2012

Terming as "not correct" the Allahabad high court order that prohibited all media reports related to troop movements, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday said that the Council would soon challenge it in the Supreme Court. "The Press Council of India will be challenging the order of the Allahabad high court in the Supreme Court of India very shortly," the PCI chief, who is a former Supreme Court judge, said in a statement.

'If I Was Trump, I'd Be Scared Of Kamala'

'If I Was Trump, I'd Be Scared Of Kamala'

Rediff.com30 Jul 2024

'I hope that Macho Man agrees to debate her, because I think she will do spectacularly well in the debate.'

'When innocent children die...': Modi to Putin on Ukraine war

'When innocent children die...': Modi to Putin on Ukraine war

Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that a solution to the Ukraine conflict is not possible on the battlefield and peace efforts do not succeed in the midst of bombs and bullets even as he flagged concerns over a missile strike on a children's hospital in Kyiv.

Pakistan loses UN human rights council election

Pakistan loses UN human rights council election

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

Pakistan on Wednesday failed to win a re-election to the United Nations' human rights body. The 193-member General Assembly voted here to elect 18 new members of the UN Human Rights Council.

'Possible terror attack': Israel on blast near embassy in Delhi

'Possible terror attack': Israel on blast near embassy in Delhi

Rediff.com27 Dec 2023

The Israeli National Security Council has issued a travel advisory for its citizens in India, suspecting that an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday was "a possible terror attack".

Don't conduct parallel trial in Sushant case: PCI to media outlets

Don't conduct parallel trial in Sushant case: PCI to media outlets

Rediff.com28 Aug 2020

The media should not narrate the story in a manner so as to induce the general public to believe in the complicity of the person indicted, the Press Council of India (PCI) said in its advisory.

K'taka polls: EC warns parties against uncertified ads during silence period

K'taka polls: EC warns parties against uncertified ads during silence period

Rediff.com7 May 2023

In the advisory to political parties, the poll authority also emphasised on "clean and serious" campaign as electioneering reached feverish pitch in the southern state.

SC calls govt complaint against Editors Guild as counter-narrative

SC calls govt complaint against Editors Guild as counter-narrative

Rediff.com15 Sep 2023

The Supreme Court on Friday extended by two weeks the protection from coercive action it has granted to four members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) in connection with two first information reports (FIRs) lodged against them in Manipur for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups.

ICC, CWI delegates inspect T20 WC 2024 venues

ICC, CWI delegates inspect T20 WC 2024 venues

Rediff.com6 Dec 2023

Delegates of International Cricket Council (ICC) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have started a second inspection of the venues in the Caribbean and in the USA ahead of next year's T20 World Cup.

Britain to impose new press regulations

Britain to impose new press regulations

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

Britain will unveil new rules regulating press in the country after politicians rejected a proposal for self-regulation by the media industry.

Modi to attend IPL governing council meeting

Modi to attend IPL governing council meeting

Rediff.com25 Apr 2010

Ending the suspense over his attendance, IPL Chairman Lalit Modi on Sunday said he would be present at Monday's Governing Council meeting.

Self-regulation is no regulation, Katju tells media

Self-regulation is no regulation, Katju tells media

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

Dismissive about the self-regulatory mechanism proposed by the broadcast media, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Wednesday insisted they must come under some regulatory authority that could be of its choice.

Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump

Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump

Rediff.com29 Jun 2024

Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled in his first televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the incumbent President can stay atop in the gruelling months ahead of the elections.

Modiji Census Kab Hoga?

Modiji Census Kab Hoga?

Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

Given the reality of the disparity and the enormous shift over the last 50 years, this can be done without an open and frank conversation with the people, something that has not begun and, knowing the style of our leader, is not expected to begin, asserts Aakar Patel.

Journalist-turned-terrorist among 2 killed in JK encounter

Journalist-turned-terrorist among 2 killed in JK encounter

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

Kumar said one of the slain men, who have been identified from the press ID card as Rayees Bhat, was a journalist before joining the militant ranks in 2021.

Introspection, self-regulation important for media: PM

Introspection, self-regulation important for media: PM

Rediff.com16 Nov 2016

PM said said there should be no government interference in the functioning of media.

2nd FIR filed against Editors Guild in Manipur for defamation

2nd FIR filed against Editors Guild in Manipur for defamation

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that a police case has been filed on the basis of a complaint against the president and three members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI) for a report critiquing media coverage out of Manipur, and accused them of trying to "provoke clashes" in the state.

When Vladimir Putin visited Ukraine

When Vladimir Putin visited Ukraine

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

After flying in by helicopter, Putin drove himself through the streets of Crimea and Mariupol according to reports and video footage.

Centre in a huddle to understand impact of the Iran-Israel tensions

Centre in a huddle to understand impact of the Iran-Israel tensions

Rediff.com16 Apr 2024

Top government officials in New Delhi have started discussions with stakeholders ranging from shipping and container companies to export promotion councils to understand the impact of the Iran-Israel tensions and plan ahead. Inter-ministerial talks are also being lined up amid the crisis situation in West Asia, sources confirmed. While the crude flows are not directly under any threat, elevated oil prices remain a concern, according to officials.

Modi's outreach helped avert 'potential nuclear attack' on Ukraine: Report

Modi's outreach helped avert 'potential nuclear attack' on Ukraine: Report

Rediff.com11 Mar 2024

US officials say that outreach and public statements from Modi and others helped avert a crisis.

When Ashok Chavan was quizzed about paid news

When Ashok Chavan was quizzed about paid news

Rediff.com10 Nov 2010

'During the conversation there were occasions when he appeared distinctly uncomfortable.'

Future of IT industry: 60K more jobs & revenue of $254 bn

Future of IT industry: 60K more jobs & revenue of $254 bn

Rediff.com16 Feb 2024

The domestic technology industry's revenue is projected to grow 3.8 per cent to $254 billion this fiscal, industry body Nasscom said on Friday and highlighted creation of 60,000 more jobs during this period. The industry had clocked a revenue of $244.6 billion in the same period last year, according to Nasscom's annual strategic review report. Excluding hardware, the revenue is expected to touch $199 billion, a growth of 3.3 per cent over FY23, as per the report.