'10 million Indians are currently living with dementia, and the number is expected to double by 2036.'
'...then preparing oneself for the long haul is also essential.' 'Identifying and holding onto values gives you strength to withstand the difficulties enroute.' 'Taking care of your physical, mental, and intellectual well-being gives you the strength to stay the path.'
IndiGo promoter Rakesh Gangwal's family trust on Thursday sold a 1.3 per cent stake in the country's largest airline for Rs 2,933 crore through open market transactions, cumulatively offloading shares worth Rs 14,497 crore so far this year. With the latest sale, the cumulative divestment by Rakesh Gangwal, along with his wife Shobha Gangwal and their family trust -- the Chinkerpoo Family Trust -- stood at Rs 39,532.79 crore, translating to around $4.51 billion.
'Sometimes I wonder whether the meeting really happened. Everything seems like a dream from which I do not want to wake up.'
Supreme Court judge Surya Kant expressed his reluctance to order urgent listing of cases on the same day, except in extreme circumstances, highlighting the workload and sleep deprivation of judges.
In a bizarre incident in Jharkhand's Latehar district, police had to persuade relatives of a lightning strike victim to hand over the body for post-mortem after they kept it in a mound of cow dung, hoping he would come back to life.
'They are totally disconnected with farm activities which their families have been involved in for years.'
'When you attend an RSS function, the nation is your first priority.'
'She is a nice girl, simple, patient and affectionate. Because she is so empathetic, because she has the ability to feel for people, I am sure she will be able to solve the problems ordinary citizens face in this country.'
'It was from him I learnt that if you gave the student the freedom to find his own path, he would be more courageous to experiment.'
It's been an emotional night for many film folk across India, as they were honoured at the National Awards.
'Professor Kitagawa is an exceptional researcher, a good teacher and above all a great person.'
'What is worrying other parties is those 10-11 year olds who come for his meetings will cross 18 in the next election. And they will vote for him, and then his vote bank will double.' 'In that case, he will be a very serious player! This is the real scare for other political parties.'
'He was able to push the AIADMK to the background.'
'The current Election Commission functions more like a government department than an autonomous body.'
Television actors were honoured at the Indian Telly Awards 2025, on July 23 in Mumbai.
The cheeky young man who once gave me one-word answers grew into a philosophical, detached star yet remained simple and humble, never letting stardom steal his heart, notes Rediff's Shobha Warrier who first interviewed the Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner in 1987.
'New announcements are made every day which brings tremendous amount of instability and uncertainty.' 'Relying on America has become a big problem.'
'...are young Indians with aspiration to go to the US.' 'The dream has to be more about working in India...'
'VS was a man who devoted every moment of his life, from the beginning till his death at the age of 100, to the struggle against the injustices inflicted upon land, nature and the common man.'
Ten women died and 30 others were injured after a pick-up van carrying them to a temple fell into a gorge in Pune district. The accident occurred due to the vehicle's failure to climb an incline, possibly due to overloading. PM Modi and CM Fadnavis announced compensation for the victims' families.
'After tobacco, the next most common cause for oral cancer is alcohol.'
InterGlobe Aviation promoter Rakesh Gangwal and his family trust on Tuesday sold a 5.7 per cent stake in the airline for about Rs 11,385 crore ($1.33 billion) through a block deal, according to sources. Apart from Gangwal, the Chinkerpoo Family Trust, whose trustees are Shobha Gangwal and JP Morgan Trust Company of Delaware, has also participated in the transaction for divesting its stake in IndiGo, the country's largest airline, the sources said.
'The fiscal situation is extremely vulnerable. It has never been so bad in Kerala's history.'
'They have to prove the credibility of their talk; whether they want to focus on the secular face of India, whether they want to focus on democracy and above all freedom of an individual to practice his or her religion.'
'We can't afford to fight each other.' 'We have to win the 2026 election.'
'They should be given a strong message that they are not the ones who decide the rule of the land, and they are not the ones who decide what justice is.'
'There will be not less than 31 lakh people working in the census process.'
'What India has done will surely embolden more countries to stand up to Trump.'
'India did not surrender. That was why he wanted to pressurise India by this 25% tariffs.'
'It is for the first time in Independent India that collection of information on caste is being done.'
'After playing strong women like Kavita and Tulsi on television, it would be very difficult for audiences to accept me as a routine running-around-trees heroine.'
'All governments are scared of a negative image.' 'Somehow, this government has a tendency to create a narrative that things are improving.' 'When the real data gives a different picture, they are upset.'
'Today, the State looks at everyone with suspicion.'
'What we need is the cultural encouragement to take risks, to fail occasionally, and to keep questioning.'
'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.'
'The Railways is today running train services with 30% less number of loco pilots.'
'The nuns were subjected to abusive language and all types of mental torture.'
'At Keeladi, we have not come across any evidence for organised religion.'
'Look at the number of flights the aircraft has done. Look at the number of airlines which are using it.'
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