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Does Modi even care about India's worst human crisis?

Does Modi even care about India's worst human crisis?

Rediff.com19 May 2020

'Reports of hitherto 'atmanirbhar' breadwinners having to stand in line for a plastic bag of khichdi or, travelling thousands of kms with nothing but packets of biscuits, have not moved the prime minister,' observes Jyoti Punwani.

Udaan gives school dropouts a second chance

Udaan gives school dropouts a second chance

Rediff.com13 Jul 2010

Nachiket Mor is today championing the concept of residential bridge schools for dropouts.

'1.3 lakh vs 600 Covid deaths': PM praises UP CM

'1.3 lakh vs 600 Covid deaths': PM praises UP CM

Rediff.com26 Jun 2020

Modi said UP's population of 24 crore is same as that of four European countries put together but, in UP the death toll is 600 due to coronavirus and lauded the efforts of Adityanath in tackling the pandemic.

500 million cellphone users in China

500 million cellphone users in China

Rediff.com20 Jul 2007

China has 500 million cellphone subscribers in its 20th anniversary of mobile communications, a rapid progress by the country considering two decades ago most of its citizens did not even have fixed landlines.

'FIFA is not responsible for working conditions of labourers'

'FIFA is not responsible for working conditions of labourers'

Rediff.com3 Dec 2014

FIFA is not responsible for the working conditions of labourers helping to build stadiums for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, the president of world soccer's governing body Sepp Blatter said.

Centre asks states not to restrict inter-state movement

Centre asks states not to restrict inter-state movement

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said there were reports that local level restrictions on movement were being imposed by various districts and states.

Ahead of Shah's virtual rally, RJD beats utensils in protest

Ahead of Shah's virtual rally, RJD beats utensils in protest

Rediff.com7 Jun 2020

Hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah's virtual rally in Bihar on Sunday, Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders and workers staged protests, beating utensils and blowing conch shells against what their leader Tejashwi Yadav dubbed as the ruling party's celebration of the devastation caused by COVID-19 and the lockdown.

Soccer: India lose to Bahrain in international friendly

Soccer: India lose to Bahrain in international friendly

Rediff.com24 Mar 2022

Up against the 91st-ranked Bahrain, Stimac's side, which is currently placed at 104 in the FIFA rankings, found the going tough from the word go and, had it not been for a fine save by skipper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the Indians would have trailed by a bigger margin at half time.

Army launches major strike operations in Assam

Army launches major strike operations in Assam

Rediff.com31 Aug 2007

In the operations, besides ULFA, troops are also hitting sanctuaries and bases of outfits like National Democratic front of Bodoland and Manipur-based Kangleipak National Liberation Front.

Compulsory annual health checks proposed for workers

Compulsory annual health checks proposed for workers

Rediff.com4 Apr 2018

This will help employers keep a track of the diseases workers could suffer from while doing their jobs.

Indian embassy demands probe into maid's suicide

Indian embassy demands probe into maid's suicide

Rediff.com7 Mar 2006

Akhtar Allabagayath's family in India has alleged that she had been harassed by her Bahraini employer.

Will India gain if businesses actually shift from China?

Will India gain if businesses actually shift from China?

Rediff.com12 May 2020

What happens if China depreciates its currency. In that case, Chinese products will be cheaper and people will continue to buy their products: Abhijit Banerjee.

Demolitions, Agnipath, J-K attacks to rock Parl session

Demolitions, Agnipath, J-K attacks to rock Parl session

Rediff.com14 Jul 2022

Monsoon session of Parliament to begin from Monday, July 18, 2022.

Qatar's human rights record questioned at FIFA Congress

Qatar's human rights record questioned at FIFA Congress

Rediff.com31 Mar 2022

President of Norweigan FA Ms. Klaveness, who is gay, gave a six-minute speech blasting FIFA and the Qatar FA for their human rights violations

Can corporations save the world?

Can corporations save the world?

Rediff.com30 Nov 2006

Businesses have donated nearly $14 billion to cure society's many ills.

RBI launches Indo-Nepal remittance scheme

RBI launches Indo-Nepal remittance scheme

Rediff.com7 Jan 2009

The remittance is limited to 12 transactions a year per sender, with a maximum amount of Rs 50,000 per transaction with a normal transaction fee of Rs 50 for an amount less than Rs 5,000 and Rs 75 for amount above Rs 5,000. It will be implemented by commercial banks under the national electronic fund transfer system.

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.

Thousands without jobs in carpet export hub

Thousands without jobs in carpet export hub

Rediff.com10 Nov 2008

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have succeeded in saving a few thousand jobs in corporate India when he met industry captains last week, Jet Airways may well have retained its 1,900 employees, but here in the hinterland of Uttar Pradesh -- famed as the carpet hub of India -- the poor are being retrenched in thousands.

Why chit funds are so popular in India

Why chit funds are so popular in India

Rediff.com20 Dec 2016

While chits and the formal financial sector are not 'largely substitutable', users like the commitment to savings that these enforce and the flexibility in borrowing, reports N Sundaresha Subramanian from New Delhi.

UN's worrying report on Indian women migrants in Gulf

UN's worrying report on Indian women migrants in Gulf

Rediff.com4 Jun 2012

Titled 'Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf', the report which was released on Monday, said that the migration of women from South Asia to Gulf was likely to increase despite conditions that could lead to exploitation.

How this 18 YO sent 300 Indians home

How this 18 YO sent 300 Indians home

Rediff.com9 Jun 2020

'So far, we have sent 12 buses of workers home.'

Modi's hardest task in 2021: Creating jobs

Modi's hardest task in 2021: Creating jobs

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

The biggest worry is not the shrinking of the labour market, but the collapse of good jobs.

Railways lost 700 frontline workers to COVID in last 9 months

Railways lost 700 frontline workers to COVID in last 9 months

Rediff.com19 Dec 2020

A maximum of over 2,200 infections were reported by the South Central Railway, followed by 1,323 cases in the Central Railway, 1,307 in the Northern Railway, 1,145 in the Southern Railway and 1,013 cases in the East Central Railway.

How women and children fared in one year of Modi 2.0

How women and children fared in one year of Modi 2.0

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.

Home secy discusses roll-out of vaccines with states

Home secy discusses roll-out of vaccines with states

Rediff.com10 Dec 2020

The meeting was attended by the Director Generals of Police and other senior officials of the state governments and Union Territory administrations. The union home secretary reviewed the arrangements for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and asked the state and UTs to prepare a database of the frontline workers who will receive the vaccine during the initial stages, a home ministry official said.

Lockdown compounding woes of poor: Antony

Lockdown compounding woes of poor: Antony

Rediff.com10 May 2020

Noting that the situation on the ground was "very difficult", the Congress leader said it was high time the prime minister announced a relief package for the poor and a financial stimulus for the economy.

Will bring India's Covid mortality rate to below 1 pc: Vardhan

Will bring India's Covid mortality rate to below 1 pc: Vardhan

Rediff.com17 Sep 2020

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said the government was aiming to bring down India's Covid-19 mortality rate to less than 1 per cent from the current 1.64 per cent, which is still the lowest in the world.

70% of India's COVID-19 cases come from 7 states

70% of India's COVID-19 cases come from 7 states

Rediff.com24 May 2020

The government has asked the eleven municipal areas to step up monitoring in old cities, urban slums and other high density pockets like camps and clusters for migrant workers for management of COVID-19 cases.

Time to Lockout the Lockdown

Time to Lockout the Lockdown

Rediff.com1 May 2020

'We need to have the courage to take a rational look at known facts and act accordingly,' advises Mohan Guruswamy.

73 killed in massive building fire in S. Africa's Johannesburg

73 killed in massive building fire in S. Africa's Johannesburg

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

Authorities said it was unclear what sparked the blaze at the five-storey building in the city centre.

'They are using the pandemic to push their reforms'

'They are using the pandemic to push their reforms'

Rediff.com18 May 2020

'The Modi government is about privatising profits and nationalising losses.'

Badrinath Muslims to offer Eid prayers in Joshimath

Badrinath Muslims to offer Eid prayers in Joshimath

Rediff.com28 Jun 2023

No one has any objection to offering of namaz on the occasion of Bakrid outside the temple town in reverence to it, he said.

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

COVID-19: 'Better to die before my family than die in Mumbai'

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

'We don't want to lead this hellish life. Enough is enough.'

Shut up: TM Krishna to celebs over lockdown messaging

Shut up: TM Krishna to celebs over lockdown messaging

Rediff.com16 Apr 2020

The Chennai-based singer, in a series of tweets, said irrespective of political leanings, people in privileged positions must either call a spade a spade or 'shut up'. 'Can these filmy types please shut up and stay in their farm houses/fancy apartments,' Krishna began.

'New UP order will target Dalits, Muslims, Opposition'

'New UP order will target Dalits, Muslims, Opposition'

Rediff.com29 Sep 2020

'This is against the Constitution and we will oppose it tooth and nail.'

Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador for Kejri scheme

Sonu Sood appointed brand ambassador for Kejri scheme

Rediff.com27 Aug 2021

Actor Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador of the AAP government's 'Desh ka Mentor' programme aimed at providing guidance to students on career choices, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday.

Despite hardships, rural India gives thumbs up to Modi govt on Covid

Despite hardships, rural India gives thumbs up to Modi govt on Covid

Rediff.com10 Aug 2020

About 78 per cent respondents said they were also satisfied with the steps taken by their own state government, according to the findings of the survey.

Britain puts barriers for non-European workers

Britain puts barriers for non-European workers

Rediff.com8 Sep 2009

Job openings in the UK will be advertised for four weeks for local workers, before considering a non-European worker for the same position.