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What's Special About Ladakh. Spiti. Kolkata. Varanasi?

What's Special About Ladakh. Spiti. Kolkata. Varanasi?

Rediff.com25 May 2023

Indians are becoming much more spendy and discerning travellers and look for places that can offer them a 'new' kind of experience.

Year-end reminder: Some investing common sense

Year-end reminder: Some investing common sense

Rediff.com28 Dec 2014

Simple, sharp and witty... P V Subramanyam offers 12 mantras to become a successful investor

Recipe: Gujarati-Style Turai Sabzi

Recipe: Gujarati-Style Turai Sabzi

Rediff.com26 Sep 2023

Do try making this gourd, Gujarati-style -- it's far tastier than expected.

Have you visited the Shore Temple? Send us pix

Have you visited the Shore Temple? Send us pix

Rediff.com24 Sep 2019

Share your photographs of Mamallapuram Shore Temple in Tamil Nadu.

5 Skill Lessons For YOU

5 Skill Lessons For YOU

Rediff.com15 Jul 2024

Communication skills, negotiation skills, social skills, etiquette, behavioural skills, etc, should be part of your learning. Develop confidence because that's the key to success, advises rediffGURU Archana Deshpande.

Recipe: Creamy Turkish Patlican Dip

Recipe: Creamy Turkish Patlican Dip

Rediff.com1 Jun 2022

The Turkish version of smoky Baba Ghanoush can be lavishly spread on pita or had in sandwiches with grilled vegetables and halloumi.

Should you lose weight before surgery?

Should you lose weight before surgery?

Rediff.com21 Oct 2018

Modest weight loss may not provide enough health benefits, a study has revealed.

What Happens When You Have Diabetes

What Happens When You Have Diabetes

Rediff.com14 Dec 2023

Diabetes can lead to serious complications and can affect the eyes, heart and nerves, warns Dr Manoj Chawla.

Give us our gods back!

Give us our gods back!

Rediff.com17 Jul 2018

Shashi Tharoor says the British Museum should change its name to Chor Bazaar because whatever it has within its portals is the result of 200 years of theft. The museum is once again in the eye of a storm for the possession of a statue of a god Hindus, across the world, worship as the Supreme Being.

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

Rediff.com17 Jul 2023

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau rakshak bluntly that he had no sympathy to spare for societies which would not lift a finger to help human beings but wasted piles of food on birds and beasts. A fascinating excerpt from Govind Krishnan V's book, Vivekananda The Philosopher of Freedom.

Locals to be exempted from expressway toll in cities: Gadkari

Locals to be exempted from expressway toll in cities: Gadkari

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday told Rajya Sabha members that he was the ''father of toll tax" on expressways in the country as he built the first such road in Maharashtra during his stint as the state minister in late 1990s.

Ahmedabad, Jaipur among India's next big IT hotspots

Ahmedabad, Jaipur among India's next big IT hotspots

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

Kolkata excels in business performance with employee headcount and number of engineering students doubling in the last five years.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Gone With The Wind

10 Things You Didn't Know About Gone With The Wind

Rediff.com15 Mar 2019

Did you know that Clark Gable nearly didn't say 'Frankly, my dear I don't give a damn' in Gone With The Wind? Or the film's India connections?

Bulls, bears, wolves, pigs... All the animals in the stock market jungle!

Bulls, bears, wolves, pigs... All the animals in the stock market jungle!

Rediff.com24 Dec 2014

When it comes wildlife, stock market investors can immediately identify with bulls and bears. But there are other animals in the stock market jungle too.

What Savarkar Thought of Independence

What Savarkar Thought of Independence

Rediff.com20 Dec 2021

Savarkar believed Swarajya is more than the mere geographical independence of a stretch of earth called India. There was no point in fighting and sacrificing one's life for a Swarajya (mere territorial independence) at the cost of our Svatva (self-existence) or Hindutva itself! A revealing excerpt from Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit's Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition.

Connaught Place 6th most expensive office location in the world

Connaught Place 6th most expensive office location in the world

Rediff.com30 Dec 2014

Delhi's Connaught Place is the 6th most expensive location in the world.

Recipe: Deepa Mehrotra's Dahi Baingan

Recipe: Deepa Mehrotra's Dahi Baingan

Rediff.com3 May 2023

This light, tasty preparation can be eaten with ghee rice or even by itself.

India, Pak exchange list of nuclear installations

India, Pak exchange list of nuclear installations

Rediff.com1 Jan 2022

The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the agreement on the prohibition of attack against nuclear installations between India and Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

JNU edits 'misogynist' invitation after outrage

JNU edits 'misogynist' invitation after outrage

Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

Under the subhead 'why is this counselling session required', the contentious point has now been replaced with, 'Boys will be counselled to clearly distinguish between friendship and behaviour that may be considered sexual harassment. Girls will be counselled how to avoid sexual harassment.'

Kerala police drags away bride minutes before interfaith wedding

Kerala police drags away bride minutes before interfaith wedding

Rediff.com19 Jun 2023

In a dramatic incident in Kerala, a young bride was forcibly taken away from the groom by the police on Sunday evening minutes before the inter-faith couple were set to tie the knot at a temple near Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram.

Top 100 universities in the world

Top 100 universities in the world

Rediff.com3 Mar 2020

The University of Pennsylvania has emerged as the topmost university in the world, as per Youth Incorporated magazine's Global University rankings.

Train to Lhasa

Train to Lhasa

Rediff.com7 Nov 2018

'Lhasa is more than the Unesco World Heritage Sites it boasts of. It is more than a gateway to the mighty Himalayas.' 'It is about the warmth of its people: Unsaid, unspoken, but felt everywhere,' discovers Shruti Bajpai.

Beautiful India: 10 Journeys by Road

Beautiful India: 10 Journeys by Road

Rediff.com30 Aug 2024

Exploring the best of Indian roads.

Quiz: Test your General Knowledge

Quiz: Test your General Knowledge

Rediff.com8 Feb 2016

Take this quiz on current affairs.

Stunning bridges in France

Stunning bridges in France

Rediff.com23 May 2012

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France.

CPM takes god's path to fight climate change in Kerala

CPM takes god's path to fight climate change in Kerala

Rediff.com7 Jun 2023

vIn its effort to tackle the impacts of climate change in Kerala, the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led government has launched an ambitious project to improve the green cover of over 3,000 temples being managed by five devaswom boards under its control.

INVITE: Share your onion-free recipes and videos

INVITE: Share your onion-free recipes and videos

Rediff.com6 Dec 2019

Send us your simple onion free recipes, photographs and videos.

World's best schools 2014: 4 Indian institutes in the top 100

World's best schools 2014: 4 Indian institutes in the top 100

Rediff.com10 Nov 2014

Does your favourite institute feature in the list?

Recipe: Dahi Kadhi Pulau

Recipe: Dahi Kadhi Pulau

Rediff.com8 Feb 2023

A rice cooked with dahi kadhi is a soothing evening or weekend meal.

GK Quiz: Test your skills

GK Quiz: Test your skills

Rediff.com22 Feb 2017

Who is the brand ambassador for Swachh Bharat Campaign?

When Mahatma Gandhi Gave British Sleepless Nights

When Mahatma Gandhi Gave British Sleepless Nights

Rediff.com2 Oct 2024

Government was watching Gandhiji's mood to know if he had cooled down. They found out from his letters and utterances that he was the same old firebrand and even more determined than before.

#Pushkarfair2015: 12 fantastic reasons why you should head to Pushkar

#Pushkarfair2015: 12 fantastic reasons why you should head to Pushkar

Rediff.com19 Nov 2015

Where the most popular camel fair in the world is on...

It's time to go birding in Bhitarkanika

It's time to go birding in Bhitarkanika

Rediff.com6 Dec 2015

Winged guests have started arriving at the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha.

Wolf Call: Why this endangered species howls less

Wolf Call: Why this endangered species howls less

Rediff.com14 Apr 2018

Studying wolves' howls could reveal how human language evolved.

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII

Rediff.com15 Mar 2017

Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present.

Recipe: Nema's Jeeryachi Amti

Recipe: Nema's Jeeryachi Amti

Rediff.com20 Jun 2023

A khatta-meetha amti with fresh coconut milk and undertones of garlic.

Noted novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar passes away

Noted novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar passes away

Rediff.com6 Sep 2019

Nagarkar, a Sahitya Akademi Award winner, had been ailing for some time and was admitted to a hospital in south Mumbai where he died at night, hospital sources said.

They won't let India's coral reefs die!

They won't let India's coral reefs die!

Rediff.com11 Apr 2019

Coral reefs protect coastal areas from flooding and high waves, function as fish nurseries, provide subsistence food, and of course, draw in tourists

'Stop Pitching Urdu Against Hindi'

'Stop Pitching Urdu Against Hindi'

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

'Urdu is the language of Hindustan.'

NASA, ISRO to send joint space missions

NASA, ISRO to send joint space missions

Rediff.com22 Jun 2023

"On space, we will be able to announce that India is signing the Artemis Accords, which advance a common vision for space exploration for the benefit of all humankind," a senior administration official said hours before the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.