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F1: No slowing down for record-breaking Hamilton

F1: No slowing down for record-breaking Hamilton

Rediff.com25 Nov 2020

Lewis Hamilton is on course for his most successful campaign yet and can become only the third driver after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel to win 13 times in a season.

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

A spoilsport in a time of genocide remembrance

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

'The response to savagery and mass injustice is never a persistent howl.' 'There will be, among the victims, those who choose to forget the scars, those who go on living, those who challenge the overall environment of sentimentality.' 'And the more effort you put into including these other voices, into assimilating these spoilsports, the more balanced your depiction of the tragedy in question will be,' observes Sreehari Nair.

3-man panel gives clean chit to UP police for Vikas Dubey killing

3-man panel gives clean chit to UP police for Vikas Dubey killing

Rediff.com20 Aug 2021

A three-member commission probing the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey has given a clean chit to police, stating their version of events about his death were supported by evidence.

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Day 3: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Rediff.com7 Feb 2022

Russians win team Figure skating gold, Valieva first woman to land Games quads

Meet The Man behind Skoda VW India

Meet The Man behind Skoda VW India

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

'Approach people with respect, mindful that they know their job better than you do, and that you're not superior to them just because you may be better educated or their boss.' Skoda Auto VW India MD Gurpratap S Boparai cites his management credo to Pavan Lall.

IndiGo starts hiring, gives offer letters to 32 pilots for ATR-72 fleet

IndiGo starts hiring, gives offer letters to 32 pilots for ATR-72 fleet

Rediff.com18 Feb 2021

IndiGo has confirmed the delivery of the next set of 25 ATR-72 jets and will be inducting around 10 planes by the end of this calendar year, making it the largest regional fleet operator in the country.

Cooking up a storm

Cooking up a storm

Rediff.com29 Jun 2018

It'll be a relief when the rightful chefs are back to claim the kitchen so the household can be restored to its old ways, says Kishore Singh.

Meet the lady officers making naval history

Meet the lady officers making naval history

Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

'Not everybody gets the opportunity of having a working desk inside a helicopter from where you can control torpedoes and weapons.'

How BJP got its way in Puducherry

How BJP got its way in Puducherry

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

When Mr Rangaswamy began making threatening noises (he could have swapped the BJP's six MLAs with the DMK's six and formed the government with the outside help of the Congress and Independents), the BJP immediately named nominated MLAs.

MPs who heckled Sitharaman were first to rush to her

MPs who heckled Sitharaman were first to rush to her

Rediff.com2 Feb 2020

It is a tribute to India's democracy, however flawed, that the very same MPs who had harangued her intermittently from Opposition benches now surged towards her, anxiety writ large on their faces. One offered her some homoeopathic tablets, another advised her to stay seated, another grasped her hand wishing her good health... the crowd parted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strode up to congratulate her. But it was mostly well-wishers from the Opposition and the NDA that kept the finance minister cocooned with good wishes until it was time to leave, reports Aditi Phadnis.

'Vegetarianism can help'

'Vegetarianism can help'

Rediff.com17 Dec 2021

'But one of the important things to remember is that what we are seeing today in India -- the destruction of the forests, the opening up of the forests to mining companies.' 'It's a horrifying thing that's going on.' 'Yet, if you look at who owns the mining companies, you will see that almost always they are vegetarians!' 'They are people, who in their own lives would probably not even hurt an insect, but yet have no qualms about destroying an entire ecosystem.'

Rishi Sunak next in line as UK PM deputy after foreign minister

Rishi Sunak next in line as UK PM deputy after foreign minister

Rediff.com8 Apr 2020

Sunak, who has been leading the UK government's economic response during the COVID-19 lockdown as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will automatically step in as part of an established order of precedence in the UK -- which does not have a written Constitution.

PICS: Neeraj, Hassan leave their mark at Tokyo Games

PICS: Neeraj, Hassan leave their mark at Tokyo Games

Rediff.com7 Aug 2021

A summary of Saturday's Track and Field action at the Tokyo Olympics.

'Lagaan destroyed me'

'Lagaan destroyed me'

Rediff.com16 Jun 2021

'As an actor, it gave me such a great role that after that whatever, work I was offered, it was never fulfilling.'

IPL: Rabada looking for alternatives to shine the ball

IPL: Rabada looking for alternatives to shine the ball

Rediff.com19 Sep 2020

Delhi Capitals pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada though is looking at the brighter side and wants to bring in 'new tricks' on the table.

Investors are betting big on India's education sector

Investors are betting big on India's education sector

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

The pandemic has confined students across all ages to home and digital education is the only way to continue learning.

India's paralympians beat the odds, realise dreams

India's paralympians beat the odds, realise dreams

Rediff.com5 Sep 2021

India sign off Paralympics with an unparalleled 19 medals: 5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze.

Kamala's VP nomination not a surprise: Delhi uncle

Kamala's VP nomination not a surprise: Delhi uncle

Rediff.com12 Aug 2020

Gopalan Balachandran, Harris' maternal uncle, said she will script many firsts if she wins and expressed the hope her top-level position will give Indians in the US "greater access" in interacting with the US administration.

Setback for Jack Ma; his mother of all IPOs suspended

Setback for Jack Ma; his mother of all IPOs suspended

Rediff.com3 Nov 2020

Jack Ma, founder of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba suffered a major setback on Tuesday as Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges suspended dual listing of the shares of his world's biggest initial public offer of $39.7 billion of the group's subsidiary - the Ant Group, 48 hours before the highly-anticipated trading was due to start. The Shanghai Stock Exchange surprised market investors with an abrupt announcement late on Tuesday that it will suspend Ant Group's IPO, as regulators and the public debate the balance between financial innovation and risk control, state run Global Times reported. According to media reports, the Hong Kong exchange followed suit several minutes later.

Where's the party tonight?

Where's the party tonight?

Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

Nikita Puri lists ways to keep yourself entertained during the lockdown.

Paddler claims innocence over rape charge, but CWG suspension likely

Paddler claims innocence over rape charge, but CWG suspension likely

Rediff.com22 Mar 2018

A complaint has been lodged at the Barasat women's police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, where the 24-year-old Arjuna awardee has been booked under the IPC sections for rape, criminal conspiracy, causing miscarriage without the woman's consent and cheating, the police said.

Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics

Rediff.com8 Feb 2022

Chen scores world record for massive lead over shocked Hanyu

'Not a reality show': Obama's fiery attack on Trump

'Not a reality show': Obama's fiery attack on Trump

Rediff.com22 Oct 2020

Speaking from outside Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Obama said, "Eight months into this pandemic, cases are rising again across this country... Donald Trump is not suddenly going to protect all of us. He cannot even take the basic steps to protect himself."

What India needs to learn from Bhilai

What India needs to learn from Bhilai

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

If you want to see what India should be like and how Indians should live, you have to see Bhilai, says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd).

'I'm using this time to SLEEP!'

'I'm using this time to SLEEP!'

Rediff.com24 Mar 2020

In these times of enforced isolation, what are Bollywood folk up to?

Inmates run radio stations in Telangana prisons

Inmates run radio stations in Telangana prisons

Rediff.com12 Jun 2019

Inmates operate the FM radio stations, make announcements on the jail's time table, play patriotic, devotional and folk songs and music for fellow prisoners.

'He called me by his daughter's name'

'He called me by his daughter's name'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2021

'I try to say to myself, 'Don't cry in front of people'. But sometimes I can't help it.'

Assured of win, Biden-Harris start work on health, economy

Assured of win, Biden-Harris start work on health, economy

Rediff.com7 Nov 2020

'We may be opponents - but we are not enemies. We are America'

UP minister goes to Dalit home 'uninvited' for dinner, orders food from outside

UP minister goes to Dalit home 'uninvited' for dinner, orders food from outside

Rediff.com2 May 2018

Pictures of the well laid out dining table with an assortment of dishes and cutlery went viral on the social media.

Customary 'Halwa ceremony' kickstarts Budget proceedings

Customary 'Halwa ceremony' kickstarts Budget proceedings

Rediff.com23 Jan 2021

As part of the ritual, ''halwa'' is prepared in a big ''kadhai'' (large frying pot) and served to the entire staff involved in the Budget making exercise of the ministry. Halwa was served while maintaining COVID protocol with all present in mask and those distributing sweets were wearing gloves.

'Modi is guilty of taking farmers for a ride again and again'

'Modi is guilty of taking farmers for a ride again and again'

Rediff.com11 Jan 2021

'Nothing will stop India's top three-four corporates who have become aggressive players in the agri-markets after Modi came to power from acting in concert to drive down at will the prices at which they buy from farmers.' 'These corporate houses have the wherewithal to purchase all the farm produce at low prices and store them for a long period of time.' 'Once the harvest season is over they will sell the same produce at higher prices.'

Why Jessica Lall wants to be Los Angeles's next mayor

Why Jessica Lall wants to be Los Angeles's next mayor

Rediff.com24 Nov 2021

'We need to see more Indian Americans and people of colour hold elected office and serve in executive roles.'

When I took the COVID-19 vaccine

When I took the COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

'I want to send a positive message to people that they should not fear the Covid vaccine.'

Does Young India believe in safe sex?

Does Young India believe in safe sex?

Rediff.com27 Sep 2018

Is young India sexually active? Do they favour contraceptives? What are they doing to ensure safe sex?

Ask parties not to protest amid pandemic: Uddhav to PM

Ask parties not to protest amid pandemic: Uddhav to PM

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Speaking during Prime Minister Narendra Modis video conference meeting with chief ministers of eight states which have reported high COVID-19 cases, Thackeray said the PM or Union Home Minister Amit Shah should convene a meeting of all parties to tell them about the seriousness of the situation.

Pompeo defies precedent, backs Trump's re-election bid

Pompeo defies precedent, backs Trump's re-election bid

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

The decision to speak to the political convention in pre-recorded remarks from Jerusalem breaks with the longstanding precedent of sitting secretaries of state avoiding partisan politics and appears to violate guidance on political activities that Pompeo himself emphasised in a cable to diplomats just last month.

Why desis supported Trumpism

Why desis supported Trumpism

Rediff.com14 Nov 2020

In this moment there has to be honest acknowledgement of how so many in our community willingly voted for another four years of Trump, based on the morally flimsiest of reasons, points out Suleman Din.

Hostages 2 review

Hostages 2 review

Rediff.com11 Sep 2020

Hostages 2 is not as crisp and engaging as season one. But the show is still worth watching because of Ronit Roy and a few other fine performances, notes Namrata Thakker.

Murder charges slapped against 6 in TN custodial death, cop arrested

Murder charges slapped against 6 in TN custodial death, cop arrested

Rediff.com2 Jul 2020

The murder charges capped dramatic developments both in the court and outside where a woman head constable witness to the happenings told a Magisterial probe that the two traders were thrashed an entire night by the other police personnel at Sathankulam station where they were detained over alleged lockdown violations late last month.

It's raining poll promises in TN but here's the catch

It's raining poll promises in TN but here's the catch

Rediff.com17 Mar 2021

Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.