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What on earth is a Text Neck Syndrome!?

What on earth is a Text Neck Syndrome!?

Rediff.com6 Jul 2013

Excessive texting doesn't just damage your fingers but also leaves its effects on your neck.

This Blind Army Officer Is An Inspiration For India

This Blind Army Officer Is An Inspiration For India

Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

Lieutenant Colonel C Dwarakesh is the only completely blind officer to continue in the Indian Army after losing his eyesight while in service. In his remarkable journey after disability, he enhanced his education qualification, scaled the Siachen Glacier and found purpose in sport.

World Asthma Day: 5 Asanas For Better Breathing

World Asthma Day: 5 Asanas For Better Breathing

Rediff.com6 May 2025

On World Asthma Day, yoga expert Nisarg Ved shows how this ancient practice can offer relief to those living with asthma.

Too Much Screen Time? How You Can Protect Your Eyes

Too Much Screen Time? How You Can Protect Your Eyes

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

Every 20 minutes take at least a 20-second break and look at something which is 20 feet away from you. This exercise helps in relaxing the eye muscles and reduces fatigue, suggests ophthalmologist and aesthetic surgeon Dr Sneha Shah.

How smartphones are damaging your health

How smartphones are damaging your health

Rediff.com18 Jan 2019

Musculoskeletal disorders were more common among students with higher smartphone use.

'I'd Be Very Happy Not Being In The Spotlight'

'I'd Be Very Happy Not Being In The Spotlight'

Rediff.com23 Oct 2024

'I've never done anything cliche and I've never got anything cliche.'

'WHO ARE YOU?' She Screamed

'WHO ARE YOU?' She Screamed

Rediff.com13 Feb 2024

'You should ask your boyfriend that,' the stranger replied. 'We've never met in person. We've been talking for two years. Met on Words with Friends on Valentine's Day two years ago when you were travelling in Bali, shooting your Instagram videos.' A sobering excerpt about love and relationships from Shenaz Treasury's lively new book, All He Left Me Was a Recipe: Lessons From My Break-Ups.

10 modern health problems and how to prevent it

10 modern health problems and how to prevent it

Rediff.com12 Jul 2018

Heard of poshitis, text neck? See what you can do to alter your habits and lead a healthy life.

Yatra's Message Was Bigger Than Rahul Gandhi

Yatra's Message Was Bigger Than Rahul Gandhi

Rediff.com31 Jan 2024

There they were, showing the world that there are still people motivated not by religious structures, not by past glories, not by hatreds deliberately stoked. These were ordinary folks doing something extraordinary purely because they think that effort might shake a nation out of a spiralling miasma of division, mistrust, cynicism, sophistry and violence.

Take my phone, I don't care: Rahul on snooping row

Take my phone, I don't care: Rahul on snooping row

Rediff.com31 Oct 2023

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed that people in his office, several party and other opposition leaders have been sent a warning by Apple of state-sponsored attackers targeting their phone, and alleged that as soon as the Adani issue is touched, probe agencies and snooping are deployed.

Tim Paine takes 'indefinite mental health break'

Tim Paine takes 'indefinite mental health break'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2021

Tim Paine is stepping away from cricket for an "indefinite mental health break", his manager said on Friday, leaving Australia's Ashes preparations in disarray a week after the wicketkeeper's resignation from the captaincy.

Bal Thackeray lookalike major draw at swearing-in

Bal Thackeray lookalike major draw at swearing-in

Rediff.com28 Nov 2019

A white shawl draped on his left shoulder, rudraksha beads around his neck, red tilak on the forehead and sporting dark sunglasses, Kantilal Mishra bore a striking similarity to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who had mesmerised lakhs of Shiv Sainiks.

'Prince Charles made us feel like family'

'Prince Charles made us feel like family'

Rediff.com9 Sep 2022

'We will be celebrating our friend's ascension as king by distributing sweets.'

Media pan Cricket Australia's motives after Paine quits

Media pan Cricket Australia's motives after Paine quits

Rediff.com20 Nov 2021

Paine stood down after Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper published alleged text message exchanges between him and an ex-Cricket Tasmania employee, claiming the co-worker had complained that he had sent an unsolicited picture of his genitals.

PICS: Off ramp beauties

PICS: Off ramp beauties

Rediff.com27 Aug 2016

They have their unique style mantras and an attitude to go with them.

Bear sighting at Olympic baseball stadium

Bear sighting at Olympic baseball stadium

Rediff.com22 Jul 2021

Olympic softballers hunt roaming bear, no luck finding it so far

Problems related to bones, muscles persist post Covid

Problems related to bones, muscles persist post Covid

Rediff.com12 Oct 2021

The systemic inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2 adversely impacts the musculoskeletal system. Inflammatory molecules break the muscle fiber protein and decrease muscle protein synthesis leading to decreased muscle strength and also weaken bones.

Fashionistas not on the runway at LFW

Fashionistas not on the runway at LFW

Rediff.com4 Apr 2016

Take a look at the fashionistas who turned our heads at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.

Dinacharya: 13 Simple Healthy Habits

Dinacharya: 13 Simple Healthy Habits

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

Dinacharya is a Sanskrit term for daily rituals that one must practice regularly to live in sync with nature.

How Lord Shiva sustains the environment

How Lord Shiva sustains the environment

Rediff.com7 Jan 2016

'My aim is that the message from our ancient texts reach the younger generation of Indians.' 'The trouble is that our literature is in Sanskrit and scientists don't know the language. And the people who know Sanskrit they don't know science.'

Pics: Imran, Abhay, Rahul look sexy in suits!

Pics: Imran, Abhay, Rahul look sexy in suits!

Rediff.com6 Jun 2016

Check out these hottest Indian men -- who looked sexy in a suit -- at the GQ Best Dressed Men 2016 event.

Nuke deal: Indian hero who defeated the Americans

Nuke deal: Indian hero who defeated the Americans

Rediff.com8 Jan 2020

'Dr Singh, visibly relieved, said, 'Yesterday night I couldn't sleep. I stayed awake, praying throughout. You have saved the country'.' A fascinating excerpt from former atomic energy chief Dr Anil Kakodkar's memoir Fire And Fury: Transforming India's Strategic Identity.

What are these girls doing at fashion week?

What are these girls doing at fashion week?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2018

The real fashionistas are here!

LOVE GURU: 'We belong to different religions'

LOVE GURU: 'We belong to different religions'

Rediff.com30 May 2022

Relationship problems? Let Love Guru help.

Chennai floods: Saved by Muslim man, Hindu couple names newborn after rescuer

Chennai floods: Saved by Muslim man, Hindu couple names newborn after rescuer

Rediff.com8 Dec 2015

Chitra and Mohan named their daughter Yunus after the Muslim man who rescued the pregnant woman from neck-deep waters and moved her to a hospital.

What should one read?

What should one read?

Rediff.com2 Mar 2018

One way to begin would be to access the material of our own culture, meaning the literature of India, recommends Aakar Patel.

Kissing for the first time? These tips will come handy

Kissing for the first time? These tips will come handy

Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

Nervous about your first kiss? Keep these pointers in mind.

Malik: When God takes over a human colony

Malik: When God takes over a human colony

Rediff.com20 Jul 2021

'We feel thrust into a motion picture that has all the makings of a carnival but no real fireworks,' Sreehari Nair notes after watching Malik.

How Shah Rukh got married to Gauri

How Shah Rukh got married to Gauri

Rediff.com25 Feb 2021

We bring you *that story*, and a lot more, in this fascinating excerpt from Roshmila Bhattacharya's Matinee Men: A Journey Through Bollywood.

'Nehru didn't impose secularism'

'Nehru didn't impose secularism'

Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

'His secularism merely declared the equality of all religions in India under fundamental rights.'

Diwali Dhamaka: Top 5 phones under Rs 20,000

Diwali Dhamaka: Top 5 phones under Rs 20,000

Rediff.com21 Oct 2014

These are the best value-for-money, feature-rich phones in this category.

This statue on Copenhagen streets highlights horror of human trafficking

This statue on Copenhagen streets highlights horror of human trafficking

Rediff.com17 May 2016

However, the voice of the poor victims of prostitution got drowned in the loud and flashy discourses on other mundane gender issues like child marriage, maternal health, water and sanitation, economic empowerment.

A wedding which will make you believe in love

A wedding which will make you believe in love

Rediff.com24 May 2017

Acid attack survivor Lalita ties the knot with Rahul Kumar at a dream wedding.

Ocean's 8 is good, glossy fun

Ocean's 8 is good, glossy fun

Rediff.com25 Jun 2018

'In this chicks-rule-the-roost universe, the men are non-existent, untrustworthy or plain incompetent and it's the women who are providing for each other's fantasies.' Sreehari Nair applauds Ocean's 8.

How to reduce computer eye strain

How to reduce computer eye strain

Rediff.com21 Sep 2015

Are you suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome?

Sheena Bora Trial: Was Sheena strangled or not?

Sheena Bora Trial: Was Sheena strangled or not?

Rediff.com5 Jul 2019

Pasbola had a number of queries about the nails of the corpse found at Gagode Khurd. Did it have nails? Nails, in a case of strangulation, are key because they often have particles and skin beneath them to show the victim had been grasping something as s/he was strangled.

5 good reasons to dump your boyfriend

5 good reasons to dump your boyfriend

Rediff.com6 Oct 2015

An insecure, dominating, assertive man is the furthest thing from what it takes to make a good partner, says Avantika Debnath

Thank you, Sindhu

Thank you, Sindhu

Rediff.com1 Nov 2016

'Let us see the tricolour flutter and soar as we park our vehicles, as we play cricket in the gullies, as we surf the Internet, as we enter our places of worship,' says Ankita Athawale.

Review: Katti Batti is embarrassingly bad

Review: Katti Batti is embarrassingly bad

Rediff.com18 Sep 2015

Katti Batti is an imbecilic, cliche-ridden embarrassment that made me want to punch it in the mouth, says Raja Sen.

Sheena Bora Trial: Where did Sheena's brain vanish?

Sheena Bora Trial: Where did Sheena's brain vanish?

Rediff.com27 Jun 2019

Shivade: "You didn't find any brain inside the brain cavity?" Dr Thakur nodded. The judge shocked: "Huh?!"