Mock drills were held at health facilities across India on Tuesday to check operational readiness to deal with any spurt in COVID-19 infection, with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya saying......
The government has to focus on real solutions, not make a mockery of the crisis through 'vaccine festivals',' asserts T N Ninan. IMAGE: A COVID-19 patient in an ambulance outside the Lok Nayak......
'A tornado... when it lands, it swirls through the body, causing chaos, confusion, coughs, wreaking damage to each organ it touches.'Recovering from coronavirus, Sunil Sethi ponders on what lies......
'What we have is the bill and the Act passed by Parliament.''And then there is a criterion of exclusion as to who will not be covered in EWS.''Beyond that, we have no clue where this idea came......
The moustache protest is the latest blot on the face of a nation that has failed to ensure even the safety of the Dalit community, says Veenu Sandhu.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A turf war......
India is probably the only country where jewellers to manufacturing companies to builders can pick up money from the public without coming under any regulation, notes Debashis Basu. Image:......
We anticipate the short term rates to come down in April as liquidity would remain comfortable "Govt announced Fiscal deficit of Rs 5.25 trn (5.9% of GDP) for FY12 as against budgeted figure of......
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION {Order XVI Rules 4(1) (a)} (Under Article 136 of the Constitution of India) SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. OF......
With real employment offers hard to come by in a tough job market, fraudsters are out making bogus offers in the name of big corporate entities, including state-run power major NTPC. While these......
It is difficult not to sympathise with P J Nayak, who heads the UTI Bank as its chairman and managing director. The Reserve Bank of India insists that Dr Nayak cannot continue to function as......
Anil Kapoor, now aging gracefully into older gentleman roles, has had quite a chequered career. Luckily for popular actors, audiences have short memories and forget their screen missteps, or he......
IMAGE: Saroj Khan in Rangeela. There's a delightful sequence in Ram Gopal Varma's Rangeela when a Bollywood diva sprains her foot during a dance step, prompting her typically fussy star mom to......
'You cannot show that you give out your country's secrets to a terrorist just because you are in love.' IMAGE: Anil Kapoor on the Malang poster. Anil Kapoor plays a cop with a difference in Mohit......
'Sridevi was known as this elusive movie star, but there was a ticking brain there that I don't think she got enough credit for.'Videos: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Photograph: Kind courtesy......
How many of the 319 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2018 have you seen? IMAGE: Deepika Padukone in Padmaavat. I watch many films in a year -- for work and pleasure, and I keep a record of them. In......
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters A six-member Indian team, including......
IMAGE: PV Sindhu beat Bulgaria's Linda Zetchiri in the opening round. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Top shuttlers P V Sindhu and HS Prannoy progressed to the women's and men's singles......
Amid simmering tension on the Indo-Pak border, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and local police authorities suggested to the ICC that it would be better if matches involving Pakistan in the......
The stand-off between cricket authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over the controversial "whereabouts" clause in the Anti-Doping Code is unlikely to create any problem for the 2011......
Brazilian Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday in a Brawn one-two to cut team mate Jenson Button's Formula One lead to 14 points with four races remaining. Barrichello trimmed......