In a noble move, a group of IT professionals has come together to raise funds for repaying loans of over 100 debt-ridden farmers in drought-hit Vidarbha region, notorious for farmer suicides.
According to the World Bank gross domestic product rankings for the year 2004, India stands the tenth largest economy in the world with a GDP of $691.876 billion.
In keeping with the Trusts' objectives, the initiative was underpinned by an attempt to determine how over-nutrition was impacting citizens at a mass scale.
Results for the Class 12 Maharashtra state board examinations 2015 will be declared on May 27 at 1 pm. Get your result by visiting www.rediff.com/exams.
Jodhpur Police have said they have received fresh complaints against Asaram Bapu, even as it dispatched teams to the Ahmedabad ashram of the self-styled godman to collect evidence in the sexual assault case against him.
As Afghans head to the polling booths to elect a new president, a contested and fraud-marred elections could potentially throw Afghanistan into a renewed cycle of violence and instability, says Dr Shanthie Mariet D'Souza.
Next time you swipe, ask yourself, do you really need it or do you just want it?
Boring batsman, boring bloke. Can Gary Kirsten really be as dull in real life as he is at the crease.
Plans to get two-thirds of the global population online.
Here's looking at some more top earners from the movies.
American swimming great Michael Phelps turned up to watch the world championships in Barcelona with his foot in a hefty support brace after injuring it on the golf course.
With a substantially weakened Left Front and the Congress, political observers say the anti-Trinamool vote will go to the BJP.
The Olympic hockey gold medallist expressed gratitude for the financial assistance he received from unexpected quarters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a portal for the International Day of Yoga in Paris, describing the ancient Indian spiritual practice as capable of awakening a sense of oneness.
To begin with, the applicants will have to book the .IN domain name for five years. They can also buy more in-country domain names such as .CO.IN, .FIRM.IN, .GEN.IN, .NET.IN, .ORG and .IND at Rs 400 each, the company said.
'It is the common people, not lawyers and judges, who are the stakeholders of the judiciary.'
Bharatiya Janata Party's Junagadh unit's website was allegedly hacked by unknown persons who uploaded "morphed" photographs of party's PM nominee Narendra Modi and posted comments against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a party functionary said on Sunday.
The year 2017 could be the third year of a double-digit growth in arrivals from China after years of low single-digit growth
The Human Rights Law Network -- a group of committed lawyers, paralegals and social activists -- is making justice accessible to people who can't defend themselves.
In Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star, Aseem Chahbra gives us glimpses of one of Bollywood's best loved actors.
Amid protests over the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in a public school, people, mostly mothers, are posting petitions online to air their criticism on the matter and suggestions to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Nothing, according to Deepak Lal. He argues that the contemporary attempts to control immigration in the US and UK are not nativist.
The Indian consumers are concerned over their job security, as many have deferred purchases and do not anticipate better economic conditions to appear until the first quarter of 2004, according to the ACNielsen Asia Pacific consumer confidence poll.
Facebook said its daily active users were 1.04 billion on an average for December 2015, an increase of 17 per cent year on year.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Belying industry expectations, the colour television market registered a moderate 8.9 per cent growth between January-November last year to touch 65.7 lakh (6.57 million) units, according to the latest data by market research agency ORG.
n Outernet would allow people from Siberia to parts of the western US to remote islands or villages in Africa to receive the same news as those in New York or Tokyo.
Pay attention skywatchers! Five of the planets in our solar system will align diagonally in the predawn night sky starting Thursday morning.
Social networking giant Facebook has distributed benefits worth $20 million to developers in India, its second largest market globally to help them build and monetise apps.
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