None of them had anything to do with the violence at Bhima Koregaon, where they were not even present, points out Aakar Patel.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
Musicians from across the world will gather in Goa for the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival.
'You can have a bath in just one bucket of water.' 'When you are brushing your teeth, remember to turn off the tap.' 'You don't have to wash your car every day.'
Life of a professional cricketer isn't easy and the COVID-19 pandemic has made things all the more difficult as movement off the field is strictly monitored, says mental conditioning coach Anand Chulani, who is working with several players in IPL 2021.
This comes ahead of the resumption of the functioning of metro rails across the country from September 7.
'A probable positive patient walking into a centre is not an ideal situation.'
Police have cracked the murder of S P Mahantesh, a whistle-blower in controversial land allotments by cooperative societies, and would identify the accused by Thursday evening, Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said in Bangalore on Wednesday.
A modern census technique used by Guwahati based bio-diversity conservation and research organisation Aaranyak has produced evidence of the presence of tigers in Namdapha reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.
Indian Space Research Organisation's Mars Mission team has won the prestigious 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category in recognition of achieving the rare feat in its very first attempt.
On World Sparrow Day, Rediff readers sent us these beautiful images of sparrows.
Ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour, India's Test captain Virat Kohli went candid with his fans and shared his childhood experiences at an event in New Delhi.
The report states that while the national government sometimes spoke out against incidents of violence, local political leaders often did not, and at times made public remarks that individuals could interpret as condoning violence.
Filmmakers Farhan Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Aditi Rao Hydari were among the prominent faces from the Hindi film industry to join the public protesting against the Citizenship Act at Mumbai's August Kranti Maidan on Thursday. The gathering included workers of political parties, students and also a smattering of Bollywood personalities, who made out a strong case against the Act and the National Register of Citizens.
The IIM Bill, passed by Rajya Sabha, gives B-schools autonomy and power to award full-fledged degrees.
The announcement comes two days ahead of the proposed historic launch of the ISRO's 100th satellite along with 30 others in a single mission from Sriharikota.
While the United Progressive Alliance ties itself up in knots, two out of every three Indians say the prime minister and the higher judiciary should be brought under the purview of the Lokpal, an issue that has seen the UPA government differing with civil society representatives.
We saw the big hits of Tamil cinema. Now it's time to look at the flops.
Justice Santosh Hegde, who has been leading the movement on the Jan Lokpal Bill in Bangalore, says that a wrong notion has been created that the members of the civil society are in no mood to even discuss issues with the government.
'Irrespective of their politics, people feel happy.' 'One of the best compliments I have received is that I have made it from Kashmir to Karnataka.'
Wine is the only beverage that continues to change after bottling, and which after 20 or even 50 years can surprise, amaze and delight, says Alok Chandra.
The Satyam Computer Services scandal, which broke out on January 7 when the company's promoter, B Ramalinga Raju, announced that there was a Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78-billion) hole in its deposits, is certain to have made it worse. According to the 2009 Edelman Trust Barometer, as much as 49 per cent of the respondents (all drawn from the top ten per cent income bracket) expressed growing concerns about business in India.
'The only idea -- the only idea -- of the shutdown was to buy time.'
The issue is neglected to such an extent that even the Indian Legal System does not recognise the fact that even males can be harassed.
Interestingly, the survey found that 70 per cent of the founders had experience working at multinational companies before starting on their own.
From Sania Mirza to Virat Kohli, even the likes of Virender Sehwag has shown that swagger on the runway.
Rediff reader Tauseef Quasim from Abu Dhabi (UAE) writes about her sister.
The Society for Technical Communication is organising an employment fair for aspiring technical writers and seasoned professionals.
'It is absolutely important for us to continue to message to people that they must wear masks, keep physical distancing, as much as is practically possible, at work or at home.'
'Once the deal is through, the US would leverage it to see that India toes Washington's foreign policy and will make New Delhi its strategic ally.'
The IT community to devise a Braille keyboard with necessary software to convert Braille inputs into text and speech in Indian languages.
We salute the Mi-8 today on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of Operation Cactus. Through its glorious service career, the Mi-8 left an indelible mark on the future by providing the IAF with a lineage of professional helicopter aircrew, says Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd).
Alert: Post-Graduate Diploma in Fashion Technology from the Army Institute of Fashion and Design.
'We have integrated start-up space created in almost all the 14 district headquarters of the state.'
'They have incubation facilities providing entrepreneurs common facilities like shared software, legal support, fab labs, hardware, manufacturing facilities and services like chartered accounting facilities, etc, enabling the start-ups to concentrate on technology R&D and product development.'
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