There was no word on whether or when Patel would be talking to the media about his priorities and plan of action as head of Mint Street
The dreaded Islamic State militant "Jihadi John" was a "reasonably hardworking" student and showed no sign of radicalisation, his former UK school principal said on Monday.
Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Small gestures from Indira gave Sonia the confidence that she could be a daughter-in-law in the distinguished family.
The government had on Tuesday pegged GDP growth at a higher-than-expected 7.1 per cent for 2016-17 despite the cash blues.
As with the Spanish flu, the world must be ready for a second and third wave as this start-stop-start-stop response plays out, recommends Rahul Jacob.
War-torn Afghanistan, playing only their third match after being inducted as a Test-playing nation two years ago, completed a famous victory by defeating Bangladesh by 224 runs with 3.2 overs left on the final day on Monday.
'China is constantly probing India's weaknesses.' 'The challenge is to implement a strategy that will allow India to buy time, gather its strength, and eventually counter China,' recommends Harsh V Pant and Vinay Kaura.
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Education was ahead of the British car industry, food beverages and tobacco, which earned £10 billion in exports, says a report.
The Bajaj Super could not be called a pretty scooter, but it was sturdy and reliable, says Veenu Sandhu.
The Australian government has demanded the country's most funded sports rein in gender discrimination for travel arrangements to major events or risk having their support cut.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup, credited with expanding foreign ministry's social media outreach and handling sensitive issues deftly, was on Thursday appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
'I had to submit my resignation from the BJP after just two weeks because they were very regressive.' 'There was no space for a free thinking individual.'
The International Institute of Fine Arts and the University of London have signed an MoU.
British Minister of State for Immigration and Citizenship Tony McNulty presented the award to Bilimoria, who is the youngest chancellor of the Thames Valley University.
Rediff.com brings you some images of the Mahatma's statues erected around the globe.
All this is happening at a time when aluminium prices in the world market are firming up.
'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
'Maybe this Twenty20 fashion that is just developing will be the next big phase in the game,' says cricket journalist Christopher Martin Jenkins.
Thanks to technological support provided by BlinkIN, a Bengaluru-based intelligent visual-assistance company, engineers in Wuhan were able to remotely install air ventilation systems in two hospitals in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, reports Peerzada Abrar.
You want the name of a top foreign B-School to feature on your resume. International education expert Karan Gupta has a few recommendations.
The Indian batting ace marked his comeback from shoulder surgery with a 91-ball 100 for Lashings World XI against Cambridge University XI.
'That's why people want tiger skin and tiger clothes,' says Ruth Padel, Charles Darwin's great grand daughter.
The dead and wounded were members of a delegation from China's University of National Defence.
Deane De Menezes hopes to reduce the awkwardness and stigma around menstruation.
India-born Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as president elect of Britain's prestigious Royal Society.
While women tend to recover more fully from a break-up, men simply move on, a new study has found.
'India's first and longest-serving prime minister created -- or at the very least imagined -- a modern, democratic nation-State of the 20th century,' says Sunil Sethi.
Noah Lyles always wanted to be the next great sprinter after Usain Bolt retired and the 20-year-old American took a big step toward that goal with the year's fastest 100 metres at the US Championships in Iowa on Friday.
People who constantly write e-mails / text messages and attend phone calls suffer a greater loss of IQ and concentration than those who smoke marijuana, says a report in The Guardian quoting a recent study.
Rediff.com takes a look at some of the most prominent politicians across the world as they get jiggy with it.
Based on a feedback, the exchange could cap a sector's weight at 25 per cent, or align with the broader market.
President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Rajapaksa will transform Sri Lanka's political landscape after Thursday's electoral triumph, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy, veteran Colombo watcher.
A leading American scientist has warned that world may run out of effective antibiotics by the end of this decade and that it could take at least five years before new drugs can be developed to combat superbugs.
