News for 'The Human Voice'

Gen Rawat's chopper crash: All possible angles being probed

Gen Rawat's chopper crash: All possible angles being probed

Rediff.com10 Dec 2021

The black box, comprising the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force was recovered from the crash site on Thursday.

'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'

'We could make mincemeat of the Pakistanis'

Rediff.com5 Dec 2023

'My adrenalin kicked in and the happiness returned! It was time to go in for the kill again.' IAF Veterans Group Captain Dilip Kumar Dass tells Air Commodore Nitin Sathe about how the IAF decimated tanks in the famous Battle of Longewala.

Delhi Police seeks probe before filing FIR in wrestlers' harassment case

Delhi Police seeks probe before filing FIR in wrestlers' harassment case

Rediff.com26 Apr 2023

The law officer said let an impression be not created that the FIR has not been registered despite the court asking for it.

Jaishankar takes a dig at US media for 'biased' India coverage

Jaishankar takes a dig at US media for 'biased' India coverage

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has slammed the mainstream American media, including The Washington Post, for their 'biased' coverage of India.

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.

PIX: Kareena, Madhuri, Freida's day out

PIX: Kareena, Madhuri, Freida's day out

Rediff.com27 Nov 2018

Will you watch Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle for these beautiful ladies?

'My nation, its dignity and welfare, is being defaced'

'My nation, its dignity and welfare, is being defaced'

Rediff.com22 Mar 2022

'Religion is being deprived of its spirituality and is being used for strife and war.' 'The task right now is to keep raising a voice in favour of the 'Real Hindustan', its democracy, its composite culture, its people and their welfare.'

'If my mother knew of my arrest, she would have died of shock'

'If my mother knew of my arrest, she would have died of shock'

Rediff.com31 Jul 2023

'After exiting jail, I thought some of my IIM-A classmates would contact me. None did.' 'The case indeed scared people, which perhaps was the objective of the State.'

'Shameful': US after China makes Galwan soldier as Olympics torchbearer

'Shameful': US after China makes Galwan soldier as Olympics torchbearer

Rediff.com4 Feb 2022

The United States has asserted that it stands with India against Chinese aggression as several lawmakers slammed China for choosing a People's Liberation Army soldier.

Amnesty halts India operations, cites freezing of accounts on 'unfounded' allegations

Amnesty halts India operations, cites freezing of accounts on 'unfounded' allegations

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

The organisation said it had been compelled to let go of staff in India and pause all its ongoing campaign and research work.

When Bollywood Travelled To Pakistan

When Bollywood Travelled To Pakistan

Rediff.com18 Jan 2023

India and Pakistan's tumultuous relationship is fodder for drama in many Bollywood movies. Be it Partition, war, jingoism or aman ki asha, there is a movie for every theme and timeline.

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rahul Bajaj, World's Favourite Indian

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

'Rahul inspired Indian industry with an ethos, an ethos of being more confident, more independent, more thorough, more competitive, more generous, more public-spirited, and more national and more international all at once,' remembers Naushad Forbes.

The AI robot that is making Chinese journalists jittery

The AI robot that is making Chinese journalists jittery

Rediff.com24 Dec 2015

For the first time, a Chinese news channel has employed an artificial intelligence robot as a weather reporter on its live breakfast show, raising concerns among the country's journalists as it could threaten their jobs.

Proposed refinery triggers protest in Maharashtra, 111 detained

Proposed refinery triggers protest in Maharashtra, 111 detained

Rediff.com26 Apr 2023

Amid protests against a proposed oil refinery in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, state industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said the current site for the mega project was suggested by then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, while the Opposition urged the government to stop soil survey work and be sensitive in handling the situation arising out of the agitation.

Terror funding: NIA raids 6 NGOs, trusts in Kashmir, Delhi

Terror funding: NIA raids 6 NGOs, trusts in Kashmir, Delhi

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Several incriminating documents and electronic devices were seized, the NIA said in a statement. Those whose premises were searched include Falah-e-Aam Trust, Charity Alliance in Delhi, Human Welfare foundation, J-K Yateem Foundation, Salvation Movement and JK Voice of Victims.

'Priyanka and I have a great dynamic together'

'Priyanka and I have a great dynamic together'

Rediff.com24 Apr 2023

'We are very different actors and that can be a real gift because we bring out the best in each other.'

Inspiring! The 2020 Padma Shri Awardees

Inspiring! The 2020 Padma Shri Awardees

Rediff.com11 Nov 2021

Why the 2020 Padma Shri Awards are an honour truly worth celebrating.

Women's rights activist Kamla Bhasin dead

Women's rights activist Kamla Bhasin dead

Rediff.com25 Sep 2021

Bhasin, a prominent voice in the women's movement in India and other South Asian countries, breathed her last at a New Delhi hospital.

Narendra Modi: Voice of India's civilisational aspiration

Narendra Modi: Voice of India's civilisational aspiration

Rediff.com7 Apr 2014

U R Ananthamurthy's assertion of leaving the country if Modi is voted to power is an affront to the deep sense of the Indian voters who have time and again shown a certain sagacity and wisdom of judgement. It certainly shows a 'corruption of the mind' on his part and not on the one he chooses to irrationally oppose, says Dr Anirban Ganguly.

'Don't choose extinction': When dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech

'Don't choose extinction': When dinosaur invades UN to give climate change speech

Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

'At least we had an asteroid. What's your excuse?'

Calls to boycott Qatar World Cup are '10 years too late'

Calls to boycott Qatar World Cup are '10 years too late'

Rediff.com28 Mar 2021

Players of Germany, Norway and the Netherlands wore shirts before their World Cup qualifiers voicing concern over human rights in Qatar following the report.

'Shivaji eclipsed even the Gods'

'Shivaji eclipsed even the Gods'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

'We need to be proud of our Maratha history and should be ready to tell the world our stories and not just keep them limited to Maharashtra.'

Climate change not a problem of future but of past too, says Amitav Ghosh

Climate change not a problem of future but of past too, says Amitav Ghosh

Rediff.com26 Oct 2021

As the world grapples with extreme weather events and climate change becomes the buzzword of contemporary times, author Amitav Ghosh says the crisis has been in the making since the 17th century and it is imperative to take into account history before beginning to tackle the issue.

Look at what you have done: Editors' body to channels on Kanpur violence

Look at what you have done: Editors' body to channels on Kanpur violence

Rediff.com8 Jun 2022

'The incident that caused unnecessary embarrassment to the country could have been avoided if some of the TV outlets had been mindful of the nation's constitutional commitment to secularism, as well as the journalistic ethics and guidelines that the Press Council of India has issued to handle a volatile communal situation,'

Richarlison's Importance In A Morally-Conflicted World Cup

Richarlison's Importance In A Morally-Conflicted World Cup

Rediff.com9 Dec 2022

Richarlison is a rarity among the overindulged footballing elite. In a World Cup which has been overshadowed by social issues, Brazil's latest football sensation is championing more than just one cause, observes Deepti Patwardhan.

'The evil has not left our system yet'

'The evil has not left our system yet'

Rediff.com20 Jul 2022

'We don't have a plan for the crisis at all. The uncertainty will continue.'

Is Someone Flirting With Your Partner?

Is Someone Flirting With Your Partner?

Rediff.com14 Feb 2023

When it comes to someone flirting with your partner, it's important to take a step back and assess the situation before jumping to conclusions or taking any action, advises Sybil Shiddell, country manager-India for Gleeden, a discreet extra marital dating Web site.

Cong will use full power to get statehood back: Rahul in J-K

Cong will use full power to get statehood back: Rahul in J-K

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

Gandhi, who met a cross section of people from Jammu and Kashmir during his yatra, said J-K has the highest level of unemployment in the country.

Your OTT Menu: Weddings. Superheroes. Alia Bhatt

Your OTT Menu: Weddings. Superheroes. Alia Bhatt

Rediff.com5 Aug 2022

Alia Bhatt, animated treats, action masala and comic book adaptations, OTT is quite the goodie bag this week.

Modi's masks may erase the more human face

Modi's masks may erase the more human face

Rediff.com11 Jul 2014

Today when we see the man behaving in a controlled, almost genteel fashion, creating a government with Prussian efficiency, colonising Delhi with a strange silence of expectation, one must ask is this Modi? Or is Modi all the trails he has left behind?'

Era of classifying terrorists as 'bad' or 'good' must end: India at UN

Era of classifying terrorists as 'bad' or 'good' must end: India at UN

Rediff.com11 Dec 2022

India proposes to organise a briefing of the Security Council on December 15 on 'Global counter-terrorism approach - principles and the way forward" under the 'Threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts'.

Why Modi Won't Do Away With Sedition Law

Why Modi Won't Do Away With Sedition Law

Rediff.com23 Sep 2022

In the last ten years, 96 per cent of the sedition cases against 405 individuals pertained to making critical remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, points out Ramesh Menon, author, Modi Demystified: The Making Of A Prime Minister.

Hope LeT, JeM don't use Afghanistan: India at UN

Hope LeT, JeM don't use Afghanistan: India at UN

Rediff.com24 Aug 2021

'We hope that the situation in Afghanistan does not pose a challenge to its neighbours and its territory is not used by terrorist groups'

Adani is hooked on ChatGPT, says race for AI to get complex

Adani is hooked on ChatGPT, says race for AI to get complex

Rediff.com20 Jan 2023

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani, besides looking at opportunities to expand his vast empire, is hooked on ChatGPT - the programme that trawls vast amount of information to generate natural-sounding text on virtually anything - from crafting jokes to writing ad copy, debugging computer code, to even generating poems and essays. Adani, whose conglomerate has in recent years diversified from mines, ports and power plants into airports, data centres and defence, penned musing from his visit to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meeting. "From a meetings perspective, this was perhaps my busiest WEF as I met over a dozen heads of states and several business leaders," he wrote on LinkedIn, talking of new geopolitical couplings, climate change and tight-lipped evangelists and AI.

Gehraiyaan Trailer looks EXCITING!

Gehraiyaan Trailer looks EXCITING!

Rediff.com20 Jan 2022

Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi's chemistry in this wicked relationship drama is simply SUPERB, applauds Namrata Thakker.

American Louise Gluck wins Nobel Prize for Literature

American Louise Gluck wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Rediff.com8 Oct 2020

She is the first American to win the prestigious award since Bob Dylan was honored in 2016. Toni Morrison was the last American to receive the prize before him, winning in 1993.

'I want to die, but I am afraid of death'

'I want to die, but I am afraid of death'

Rediff.com6 Mar 2022

'Heroes are weak; they are cowards; they cry; they betray their fellow soldiers; they lie to their wives so that they can fight for their country and yet have their conscience devour them with guilt.'

At G7, India pledges to protect free speech

At G7, India pledges to protect free speech

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

Leaders of the powerful G7 grouping and its five partner countries, including India, have said that they are committed to open public debate and the free flow of information online and offline while guarding the freedom, independence and diversity of civil society actors.

'If she is being mourned in Pakistan...'

'If she is being mourned in Pakistan...'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

'...as much as in India, it's only because she sang for mankind, not the details on the passport.'

What Made KK EXCEPTIONAL

What Made KK EXCEPTIONAL

Rediff.com3 Jun 2022

'KK had an emotional bandwidth which echoed all the seasons of the heart.'