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It's A Chai Chai World!

It's A Chai Chai World!

Rediff.com24 May 2023

International Tea Day is a good occasion to brew a special pot of chai.

Leave Them Kids Alone!

Leave Them Kids Alone!

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

The future belongs to the young; not the old, asserts Shyam G Menon.

Is The Congress Doomed?

Is The Congress Doomed?

Rediff.com7 Dec 2023

The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground. Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore. Leadership matters, asserts Ramesh Menon.

China goes gaga over Nirmala's video teaching namaste to its troops

China goes gaga over Nirmala's video teaching namaste to its troops

Rediff.com10 Oct 2017

The Global Times, in an editorial, titled 'Sitharaman greeting sends warm signal', said that the Indian defence minister's traditional 'namaste' greetings to the Chinese soldiers conveyed her hope for peace along the border and "unwillingness to see a new stand-off," adding that this was an attitude of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government at the Centre.

'Men are very insecure of my success'

'Men are very insecure of my success'

Rediff.com19 Apr 2023

PeeCee has been making startling revelations while promoting Citadel recently.

DU to drop Pak poet Mohammed Iqbal who penned 'saare jahan se achha'

DU to drop Pak poet Mohammed Iqbal who penned 'saare jahan se achha'

Rediff.com27 May 2023

The university's academic council in a meeting on Friday had passed a motion for the removal of the chapter titled Modern Indian Political Thought.

World Heart Day: BEST Learns CPR

World Heart Day: BEST Learns CPR

Rediff.com29 Sep 2022

On Wednesday, September 28, on the eve of World Heart Day on September 29, Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai Central engaged with BEST -- Mumbai's public bus transport undertaking -- to create awareness of heart diseases by teaching CPR to 100 plus BEST staffers.

When our time comes, we will dominate: Jemimah

When our time comes, we will dominate: Jemimah

Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

'Few unfortunate run outs ... but it teaches you that failure is not failure, it's actually a learning. We will take a lot of learning from this and we promised we are going to work hard.'

'ISRO was their first wife'

'ISRO was their first wife'

Rediff.com12 Oct 2023

'One thing about ISRO is that all the people who work there are passionate about their work.' 'They did not mind spending day and night over there.' 'Even today it is like that.'

Panini's code: Indian PhD student cracks 2500-year-old Sanskrit puzzle

Panini's code: Indian PhD student cracks 2500-year-old Sanskrit puzzle

Rediff.com15 Dec 2022

A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at the University of Cambridge, it emerged, as his thesis was published on Thursday.

The Heroes Who Saved Ladakh For India

The Heroes Who Saved Ladakh For India

Rediff.com18 Nov 2022

Visiting the Rezang La Memorial, one has a feeling of super-humans defending the Indian territory against the Chinese onslaught, says Claude Arpi on the 60th anniversary of the heroic battle of the 1962 War.

Time To Abolish Quotas?

Time To Abolish Quotas?

Rediff.com17 Jul 2023

Ultimately quotas kill talent and true meritocracy, argues R Jagannathan.

'One film out of X number of films works and...'

'One film out of X number of films works and...'

Rediff.com7 Aug 2023

'...you start running after the star.' 'If the star says yes to the film, the ecosystem supports it.' 'The biggest cog in the wheel of the ecosystem is the audience and we forget that.'

A Lifetime In Pursuit Of Precision In Psychiatry

A Lifetime In Pursuit Of Precision In Psychiatry

Rediff.com3 Mar 2023

Dr Rajesh M Parikh remembers Dr Dinshaw Doongaji, the legendary psychiatrist who passed into the ages last week, a day short of his 91st birthday.

Rohit is not too keen on chopping and changing

Rohit is not too keen on chopping and changing

Rediff.com12 Jan 2023

Rohit didn't give any information if he is looking to change the combination in the next game.

Cong calls Pawan Khera's arrest as 'Hitler-shahi'; BJP hits back

Cong calls Pawan Khera's arrest as 'Hitler-shahi'; BJP hits back

Rediff.com23 Feb 2023

The BJP leader said Congress leaders "flouted law" by starting protests on the Delhi airport tarmac and endangered the lives of fellow passengers. People were inconvenienced by the Congress' protests, he said.

Eknath Shinde came home and cried about BJP threat: Aaditya

Eknath Shinde came home and cried about BJP threat: Aaditya

Rediff.com13 Apr 2023

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray has claimed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had come to his residence and cried that he will be arrested by a central agency if he did not switch over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), before revolting against the Sena leadership.

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

Rediff.com10 Jan 2023

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them.

'It's society that teaches children that transgender people are bad'

'It's society that teaches children that transgender people are bad'

Rediff.com16 Apr 2018

But this project is changing that -- one public artwork at a time.

Aligarh Muslim University Needs Urgent Reforms!

Aligarh Muslim University Needs Urgent Reforms!

Rediff.com7 Mar 2023

Is it a divine, sacrosanct university, a holy cow, prohibiting human intervention?

'Don't be fooled by Ranveer's bling'

'Don't be fooled by Ranveer's bling'

Rediff.com31 Jul 2023

'In him resides a fierce lion of an actor who would have made Stanislavsky proud.' 'With Rocky he started with his body, his hair, his clothes; then his walk, his language, the constant listening to Punjabi hip hop and before long we couldn't differentiate between Ranveer and Rocky.'

Rajan heads back to Chicago Booth School, to teach global corp finance

Rajan heads back to Chicago Booth School, to teach global corp finance

Rediff.com18 Sep 2016

Giving details of Rajan's 'course schedule' for 2016-17, Chicago Booth School said this course will explore the challenges of corporate finance and investment in a more integrated global economy.

'We have to be prepared for the invisible enemy'

'We have to be prepared for the invisible enemy'

Rediff.com10 May 2023

'Unlike on the western and eastern borders where there is an enemy at the gate, here there is an invisible enemy which is building its own capability and can come into play at a time and place of his choosing.'

'Those anti-nationals themselves...': Kharge slams Nadda

'Those anti-nationals themselves...': Kharge slams Nadda

Rediff.com17 Mar 2023

"Modi ji should apologise. There is no question of our apologising," he added.

What SKY wants to learn from MI teen sensation Brevis

What SKY wants to learn from MI teen sensation Brevis

Rediff.com7 Jan 2023

Want to learn 'no-look' shots from you: Surya yo MI teammate Brevis

Taxing The Rich To Please The Poor

Taxing The Rich To Please The Poor

Rediff.com15 May 2023

Taxing the rich will fetch nothing; only votes, argues Debashis Basu.

TN allows liquor only at IPL, investors' summit, bans in marriage halls

TN allows liquor only at IPL, investors' summit, bans in marriage halls

Rediff.com25 Apr 2023

The government denied granting permission to serve liquor at wedding halls, even as the opposition parties slammed the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's move to dilute the total prohibition policy.

What Makes Mumbai Cricketers Special

What Makes Mumbai Cricketers Special

Rediff.com7 Jan 2023

Ravi Shastri believes Mumbai's cricketers have a headstart compared to players from other domestic teams in India.

Former Pope Benedict XVI passes away at 95

Former Pope Benedict XVI passes away at 95

Rediff.com31 Dec 2022

Pope Benedict passed away two days after Pontiff Francis asked to pray for the "very sick" former Pope

Gifted quarter-miler Priya Mohan sets eyes on Asian Games medal

Gifted quarter-miler Priya Mohan sets eyes on Asian Games medal

Rediff.com24 May 2023

Talented Priya Habbathanahalli Mohan aims to become the fastest quarter-miler of the country once again with an aim to bag a medal in the upcoming Asian Games.

She quit her job to teach kids to love books

She quit her job to teach kids to love books

Rediff.com10 Jul 2017

Why Jemimah Marak set up a library in the Garo Hills in Meghalaya.

Action against Durga was taken to teach her a lesson: IPS body

Action against Durga was taken to teach her a lesson: IPS body

Rediff.com8 Aug 2013

Maintaining that action was taken against Durga Shakti Nagpal to 'teach her a lesson' for acting against the sand mafia, an Indian Police Service body has written to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to ensure justice to the young Indian Administrative Service officer.

Trading Traps: Small Investors Beware!

Trading Traps: Small Investors Beware!

Rediff.com15 Jun 2023

Influenced by ads like 'Make money sitting at home', 'Make Rs 10 lakh with just Rs 1,000', to YouTube influencers promoting 'pump-and-dump' stocks, a vast majority of small investors who mushroomed during the COVID-19 period are losing money in reckless overtrading in the market, cautions Dr V K Vijaykumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

The Holy Waterfalls and the Great Guru

The Holy Waterfalls and the Great Guru

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

It is on the exact spot where the Guru is said to have created 108 waterfalls, that the Yangtse clash took place between the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA on the night of December 9, 2022. As it had done in Ladakh in May 2020, the PLA tried to change the unmarked LAC in the Yangtse sector in Arunachal Pradesh. It was the most serious border incident since the Galwan Valley clash in June 2020, notes Claude Arpi.

Why Narayana Murthy 'feels uncomfortable coming to Delhi'

Why Narayana Murthy 'feels uncomfortable coming to Delhi'

Rediff.com21 Feb 2023

Citing an example of traffic rule violation in the national capital, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Tuesday said that he feels uncomfortable coming to Delhi because it is the one city where indiscipline is the highest. While speaking at the All India Management Association (AIMA) Foundation Day, Murthy shared that people should treat community property better than personal property as one of the values to avoid issues of dishonesty in public governance. "I really feel very uncomfortable coming to Delhi, this is one city where indiscipline is the highest.

Amartya Sen's formula to unite Hindus and Muslims

Amartya Sen's formula to unite Hindus and Muslims

Rediff.com9 Jan 2023

"We live in a world where terrible misunderstandings are very common between religions...'

EC's decision on Sena name, symbol is a Rs 2,000cr deal: Raut

EC's decision on Sena name, symbol is a Rs 2,000cr deal: Raut

Rediff.com19 Feb 2023

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed a 'deal of Rs 2,000 crore' has taken place so far to 'purchase' the Shiv Sena party name and its 'bow and arrow' symbol.

10 Anil Kapoor Must Watch Films On OTT

10 Anil Kapoor Must Watch Films On OTT

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

As we enjoy his thrilling The Night Manager series, Deepa Gahlot looks at 10 Anil Kapoor films on OTT that shows off his versatility and star power.

UAE Prez Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies, India declares state mourning

UAE Prez Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies, India declares state mourning

Rediff.com13 May 2022

Since becoming the president of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa has presided over a major restructuring of both the Federal Government and the government of Abu Dhabi.

Pietersen reaches out to India on coronavirus awareness in Hindi

Pietersen reaches out to India on coronavirus awareness in Hindi

Rediff.com20 Mar 2020

Former England captain Kevin Pietersen took to Twitter to say "Greetings India. Everyone is united in the fight against coronavirus and that everyone should listen to their government's instructions and stay at home for a few days. This is time to be smart."