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Plea in SC seeks probe into demand for proof of periods from women

The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea alleging that female sanitation workers at the Maharashi Dayanand University in Haryana were asked to prove through......

Kashi Dazzles With Over 2,600,000 Diyas

Once a quiet riverside ritual, Dev Deepawali has evolved into UP's largest soft-power spectacle -- merging faith, art, enterprise into a global cultural brand that reflects state's growing......

Operation Sindoor, swadeshi push in Modi's I-Day speech

The invitation cards for the 79th Independence Day celebration also carry the Operation Sindoor logo, and the water mark of Chenab bridge to exemplify the rise of ‘Naya Bharat’. Floral......

'Migration Will Be Most Challenging Aspect Of Census'

'What is going on is the under counting of the migration population in urban areas. It has been going on in the last few censuses.' Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters Now that the massive......

USAID funded 7 projects in India not related to voter turnout: Govt

Amid a raging political controversy over US Agency for International Development's alleged role in influencing Indian elections, the latest annual report of the finance ministry has disclosed that......

Adani's younger son Jeet to wed on Feb 7; no celebrities invited

Billionaire Gautam Adani's younger son Jeet will wed next month in a simple and traditional ceremony, without any pomp and show and celebrity stars. Photograph: Courtesy, Adani Group via Meta......

Can 'Toil-o-preneurs' solve India's sanitation woes

On the one had are sanitation oriented social enterprises and on the other are awareness raising campaigns by government, writes Rajni Bakshi. A law that bans toilets where human excreta has......

'Adani affair overshadowed Budget's stability, prudence'

'That is the one headline the world is reading about India, and it is a potentially damaging story...''I don't think a panic mentality has set in, but this story is one that investors and market......

Coronavirus: How India Inc is tackling the crisis

Across the country, companies have stepped up their act to contain the crisis. IT and other new economy firms seem to have taken a lead. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Mindspace IT Park,......

How India Can SHOCK-PROOF Economy

Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, suggests T N Ninan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

2021 will be a year of high hopes

IMAGE: Over 11,000 athletes are expected in Tokyo for the Olympics and thousands more will come for the subsequent Paralympics. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters After a gloomy......

Suresh Raina's birthday pledge

Raina to build sanitation, drinking water facilities at 34 schools Photographs: Kind Courtesy Suresh Raina/Instagram Former India cricketer Suresh Raina has pledged to build sanitation and......

2036 Olympics in Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi stadium?

IMAGE: The Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. Photograph: BCCI The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) on Wednesday invited proposals from consultants to conduct a 'gap analysis' to......

Nagpur gets a glimpse of World T20 trophy

IMAGE: Models display the ICC T20 World Cup Trophy during an event for its public viewing in Nagpur on Saturday. Photograph: PTI India pacer Umesh Yadav was the cynosure of all eyes at an event in......

Australian Open ready to launch after pandemic palpitations

Organisers may triumph in staging a 'Safe Slam', if not the 'Happy Slam' IMAGE: Tournament staff wearing full PPE sanitize the court and equipment after a player training session at Melbourne......