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Lessons in renewable energy from NY to Mumbai

Lessons in renewable energy from NY to Mumbai

Rediff.com20 Jul 2010

As part of an international student exchange programme, 40 Indian students visited the United States to learn about the various aspects of renewable energy. Rajendran P reports.

What did Parasite do that Indian movies fail to do?

What did Parasite do that Indian movies fail to do?

Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

'Visibility is very important, but visibility is also very expensive.' Swapnil Joglekar explores the Parasite phenomenon.

'As finance minister, it is very difficult to do as much as one should'

'As finance minister, it is very difficult to do as much as one should'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2021

'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly.'

US has assured fair solution to TVU students: Rao

US has assured fair solution to TVU students: Rao

Rediff.com16 Feb 2011

The United States has assured India of providing 'fair solution' to Indian students affected by the shut down of California-based Tri Valley University, which has been accused of a massive visa fraud.

India's Smart Power in the US

India's Smart Power in the US

Rediff.com19 Jan 2011

'As India's involvement in the growth of the US deepens, the search for the soul of India gains momentum. India's smart power gets projected in the US in very many ways.'

'My contact with S Asians was through movies'

'My contact with S Asians was through movies'

Rediff.com18 May 2010

Priscilla Uppal, award-winning poet, novelist, literary critic and professor of English at York University, was amongst the five Indian/Indo-Canadian writers invited to the 12th Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival, Canada's largest literary festival, in Montreal last month. Ajit Jain caught up with the author.

Narayana Murthy on the lessons he learnt from life and career

Narayana Murthy on the lessons he learnt from life and career

Rediff.com14 May 2010

Murthy shares some of the key life events that influenced him.

India set to sign climate change treaty on Friday

India set to sign climate change treaty on Friday

Rediff.com21 Apr 2016

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar will sign the agreement on behalf of India.

'Goa offers a superb setting to Dum Maaro Dum'

'Goa offers a superb setting to Dum Maaro Dum'

Rediff.com18 Apr 2011

Rohan Sippy and Abhishek Bachchan discuss books, Bollywood and their latest film Dum Maaro Dum.

Murli Manohar Joshi feels Prophet Mohammad was greatest yogi

Murli Manohar Joshi feels Prophet Mohammad was greatest yogi

Rediff.com23 Feb 2015

If yoga comes into the life of every common people, it will help in bringing down incidents of rape in the country, veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said on Sunday.

These billionaires will donate half their wealth!

These billionaires will donate half their wealth!

Rediff.com6 Aug 2010

40 American billionaires have pledged to eat into their wealth and give half of it away in an unprecedented act of philanthropy.

Trump, Biden to face off in first presidential debate on Sep 29

Trump, Biden to face off in first presidential debate on Sep 29

Rediff.com28 Sep 2020

Dubbed as the "Super Bowl of American Democracy", Trump, 74, and Biden, 77, would respond to questions on their track record, the Supreme Court, economy, race and violence in cities and integrity of the elections at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio -- a key battleground state.

Syed Shahbuddin's son found dead in US

Syed Shahbuddin's son found dead in US

Rediff.com19 Nov 2005

Syed Shahabuddin's son found dead in US

Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awards

Four Indian Americans win top science and maths awards

Rediff.com27 Jul 2013

Four Indian-American professors are among 13 mathematicians, theoretical physicists and theoretical computer scientists selected for the Simons Investigators awards for their cutting edge research.

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

Rediff.com5 Feb 2010

Tambar, who holds a master's in public administration from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, taught a course there on immigrant youth for a semester. He is assistant deputy commissioner for parent and community engagement at the New York City Human Resources Administration.

Municipal school to inventor!

Municipal school to inventor!

Rediff.com28 Jan 2004

Dr Raj Pandian tells Arthur J Pais about his invention, which was among The New York Times Magazine's Outstanding Ideas of 2003

Ranbir Kapoor's gori girlfriend in Raajneeti

Ranbir Kapoor's gori girlfriend in Raajneeti

Rediff.com19 Jan 2010

Hollywood's Sarah Thompson is reportedly heading to Bollywood to act as the actor's American girlfriend in the blockbuster drama Raajneeti.

Man charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh professor

Man charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh professor

Rediff.com20 Apr 2014

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with hate crime for a brutal assault on a Sikh professor last year during which the attackers called him "Osama" and a "terrorist" in the United States.

Like Mallika Sherawat's red hot avatar?

Like Mallika Sherawat's red hot avatar?

Rediff.com22 Sep 2016

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Can India surpass China? Here's what the aam aadmi says

Can India surpass China? Here's what the aam aadmi says

Rediff.com1 Sep 2010

Will India really beat China in future or if not beat, can it at least catch up with it? We asked common people to speak on the issue and came across some interesting viewpoints.

How Vikas Khanna distributed 4 mn ration in India

How Vikas Khanna distributed 4 mn ration in India

Rediff.com13 May 2020

"I'm not doing any favour. I'm giving back to my country."

Look: Miss India-Canada 2010 crowned

Look: Miss India-Canada 2010 crowned

Rediff.com25 Aug 2010

Meet the winner of the Miss India-Canada 2010 pageant, the beauty queen who wants to become a teacher.

Now, read books on Google!

Now, read books on Google!

Rediff.com15 Dec 2004

2 scientists share Nobel Prize for chemistry

2 scientists share Nobel Prize for chemistry

Rediff.com8 Oct 2003

Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon have won for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes.

'Our religion is imbued with colour'

'Our religion is imbued with colour'

Rediff.com15 Jan 2004

'In America, colour does not have the same significance,'\n\npainter Natvar Bhavsar tells Jeet Thayil.

NYC settles with desi professor for racist remark

NYC settles with desi professor for racist remark

Rediff.com2 Nov 2010

New York City has settled a case by Ravi Shankar, associate professor of English and poet-in-residence, Central Connecticut State University, for wrongful arrest and detention last year.

It's your brain that falls in love, not your heart

It's your brain that falls in love, not your heart

Rediff.com27 Oct 2010

Given your heart to someone? Check it out, you might have surrendered your brain too, scientists say.

Trump wanted me to be Secretary of State: Nikki Haley

Trump wanted me to be Secretary of State: Nikki Haley

Rediff.com25 Oct 2020

"I was the Governor of South Carolina, the best job serving the state that raised me. And then I got a phone call (after the 2016 elections," Haley, 48, said during a fireside chat organised by Indian Voices for Trump in Norristown in the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Saturday.

'Everything you see about Sushmita is real'

'Everything you see about Sushmita is real'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

'My definition of a true star is when they enter a room, the energy of the room changes.' 'She has the aura of a true star.'

Serum Institute's race to produce COVID-19 vaccine

Serum Institute's race to produce COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com23 May 2020

'People are already sending congratulatory messages. But I have said, "Please don't until the trials are over".'

Martina marries her perfect match!

Martina marries her perfect match!

Rediff.com17 Dec 2014

Tennis ace Martina Navratilova has married her long-term partner Julia Lemigova in New York.

The good life begins at 50, say scientists

The good life begins at 50, say scientists

Rediff.com18 May 2010

For many, the age of 50 may be the beginning of the end, but a group of scientists claim the good life begins only when people reach their fifties.

The Gandhi march is an astonishing sight

The Gandhi march is an astonishing sight

Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

With a staff in one hand and the other on his granddaughter's shoulder, the old man briskly takes the lead as the sun breaks over the horizon.

Patents: Nestle,Takeda sue Lupin, Torrent

Patents: Nestle,Takeda sue Lupin, Torrent

Rediff.com9 Jul 2009

In another development, leading Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical sued Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharma in the US for infringing seven patents covering its flagship diabetes drug, Actos. Oracea (doxycycline) is the only US Food and Drug Administration approved oral drug to treat rosacea -- a skin disorder in the face with inflammation, skin redness and spider veins.

Should women behave like men at work?

Should women behave like men at work?

Rediff.com30 Mar 2010

The friendly, over-considerate shy person may have phenomenally intelligent things to say, but without being assertive and speaking up, they are left in the dark, says trainer and communications expert Nasha Fitter.

Desi novelist up for young author award

Desi novelist up for young author award

Rediff.com23 Jul 2010

Karan Mahajan, New Delhi-raised and New York-based author, is up for a prestigious literary award.

Even your phone's fingerprint sensor isn't safe!

Even your phone's fingerprint sensor isn't safe!

Rediff.com3 May 2017

Three Indian-American researchers have shown that the fingerprint-based security systems used in smartphones and other gadgets are way more vulnerable to hacking than we imagined.

US-returned engineer wants to become a corporator

US-returned engineer wants to become a corporator

Rediff.com2 Feb 2010

Dr Shankara Prasad is different compared to the rest of the candidates. An M.Tech in Materials Engineering from the IIT-Kanpur and a Ph.D in Materials Science & Engineering from State University of New York, Stony Brook, United States of America, Dr Prasad after spending a major part of life outside India has returned to his home town Bangalore and says that he wants to make a change.

Indian MBA students learn about global business

Indian MBA students learn about global business

Rediff.com18 Aug 2009

The 40 Master of Business Administration students from Mumbai's S P Jain Center of Management say studying at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, has been a learning experience.