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An Indian Discovery That Will Help Healing

An Indian Discovery That Will Help Healing

Rediff.com17 Jun 2022

'After the discovery of the biomarkers, Calpain and Inflammasomes, we know we have a biomarker to target.' 'That way, we can use the biomarkers for an early diagnosis of blood clotting due to hypoxia or low oxygen in the tissues, and can save a life.'

'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'

'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

'Unfortunately, our political class is not interested in making this society equal. They just want to exploit the situation for their own benefit.'

'Supreme Court never said the Preamble can't be amended'

'Supreme Court never said the Preamble can't be amended'

Rediff.com21 Dec 2021

'Has the Supreme Court ever said that the Preamble is the basic structure of the Constitution?'

'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'

'Hate-mongering increases when elections are near'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

'Strategy is to divide and polarise electorate on communal lines.'

'Heat wave may abate after May 4'

'Heat wave may abate after May 4'

Rediff.com30 Apr 2022

'After the 4th of May we can expect thunderstorms, dust storms and some rain over a large area of north India.'

'Only Yogi can succeed Modi'

'Only Yogi can succeed Modi'

Rediff.com1 Apr 2022

'I don't think there will be any problem for Hindus to accept Adityanath as the leader, since they have already chosen Modi.'

'You cannot bring religion to school'

'You cannot bring religion to school'

Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

'You can walk wearing the hijab on the street, but not in a school.'

PIX: Sharmila, Salma, Jaya, Honey party!

PIX: Sharmila, Salma, Jaya, Honey party!

Rediff.com19 Mar 2019

Hiroo Johar turned 76.

#ThrowbackDiaries: When stars were young

#ThrowbackDiaries: When stars were young

Rediff.com8 May 2020

Time to look at intriguing flashback pix, posted by Bollywood folk.

'Modi can be defeated'

'Modi can be defeated'

Rediff.com19 Apr 2022

'This kind of poisonous and anti-national activities happening in the country and the economic failure of the Modi government may boomerang in the form of a Congress revival.'

'If they force us to listen to Hindi, we won't!'

'If they force us to listen to Hindi, we won't!'

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

'How can we tolerate such high-handedness?'

'Socialism doesn't mean anything to people now'

'Socialism doesn't mean anything to people now'

Rediff.com21 Dec 2021

'The word equity means so much more to the dynamic world India today is in than the word 'socialism'.'

'Decision to sell LIC is more political than economic'

'Decision to sell LIC is more political than economic'

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

'How can you explain the necessity of selling an institution that has been delivering regular returns to the government, that has never asked for any capital from the government, that has invested Rs 38 lakh crores in the Indian economy and that owns 4 per cent of the market capitalisation in India?'

Why Covid Cases Are Rising

Why Covid Cases Are Rising

Rediff.com8 Jun 2022

'Since many people are vaccinated, this virus is now concentrating on the throat and the nose and replicating fast and transmitting also very fast.' 'That's because the current vaccines will not be able to fight it when it is in the throat, nose or the mouth.'

SHOCKING! Why Adam Harry Can't Be A Pilot In India

SHOCKING! Why Adam Harry Can't Be A Pilot In India

Rediff.com25 Jul 2022

'How can I pursue my dream forgoing my identity? I want to fly as a trans man.'

Kerala Tourism's tweet on beef dish stirs row

Kerala Tourism's tweet on beef dish stirs row

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran criticised those who were trying to give a communal colour to the tourism department tweet on the Kerala delicacy -- "Beef Ularthiyathu" and said in the southern state none links food with religion.

Ekta Kapoor bids goodbye to Lord Ganesha

Ekta Kapoor bids goodbye to Lord Ganesha

Rediff.com18 Sep 2018

Farewell, Ganpati Bappa!

'BJP is the Ayatollah of Hinduism'

'BJP is the Ayatollah of Hinduism'

Rediff.com30 Mar 2021

'They are all the time asking people not to do this, not to do that.' 'Their version of society and Hinduism is very warped; not an inclusive one.'

'Every company wants to recruit people'

'Every company wants to recruit people'

Rediff.com10 Nov 2021

'There was hardly any recruitment after the second wave.' 'Now, there is a huge demand for manpower.'

'UP vote was only for Modi's charisma'

'UP vote was only for Modi's charisma'

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

'The Hindu electorate is more or less in the BJP defined space now.'

'The pandemic has made us more hateful'

'The pandemic has made us more hateful'

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

'The reason why we have reached such depths is because of the breakdown of the rule of law, and not the political atmosphere.' 'Yes, the political atmosphere has aggravated the situation.'

'Parts of India have begun to run out of water'

'Parts of India have begun to run out of water'

Rediff.com10 Jan 2022

'Rain-fed farms in the drier parts of the country are feeling the pinch of lack of water, and this pinch is only going to increase. Some of the biggest companies have shut down because of non-availability of water.'

'They have turned a majority of Hindus to Muslim haters'

'They have turned a majority of Hindus to Muslim haters'

Rediff.com4 Jan 2022

'A Muslim is lynched somewhere, and you forward the video of the lynching through WhatsApp.' 'So, you participate in that lynching without actually doing it. You endorse it without being a party to it.'

'Chintan Shivir has become a tamasha'

'Chintan Shivir has become a tamasha'

Rediff.com13 May 2022

'Rahul Gandhi wants a group under the name 'new generation'. But look at the people who surround him.'

Writer stages 20-hr protest as jeweller refuses to speak in Marathi

Writer stages 20-hr protest as jeweller refuses to speak in Marathi

Rediff.com9 Oct 2020

Shobha Deshpande staged nearly a 20-hour protest in Mumbai after a city-based jeweller allegedly refused to speak in Marathi and asked her to leave his shop where she had gone to make a purchase.

'They should have asked students to get out of Ukraine weeks ago'

'They should have asked students to get out of Ukraine weeks ago'

Rediff.com7 Mar 2022

'An ambassador may not be sure whether there would be a war next month, but prudence requires him to take action to see to it that people leave early.' 'Because once the war starts, it will be very difficult to move out.'

'BJP has to keep people intoxicated with hate'

'BJP has to keep people intoxicated with hate'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2022

'Just keep telling people that we have fixed the Muslims, and they will not be bothered about their empty stomachs or empty wallets.'

Lakhs take dip in Ganga on shahi snan amid rising coronavirus cases

Lakhs take dip in Ganga on shahi snan amid rising coronavirus cases

Rediff.com12 Apr 2021

Masks were not worn by a large proportion and social distancing appeared impossible in an event in which, according to the mela administration, over 17 lakh people had taken a dip in the river in the first few hours up to 10 am.

'This will encourage states to go for their own monetisation programmes'

'This will encourage states to go for their own monetisation programmes'

Rediff.com30 Aug 2021

'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns.'

'If you polarise society by 80-20, BJP will benefit'

'If you polarise society by 80-20, BJP will benefit'

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

'Segregation suits the BJP at the moment. It will not suit them forever.'

3 arrested for Bajrang Dal member's murder, violence breaks out in Shivamogga

3 arrested for Bajrang Dal member's murder, violence breaks out in Shivamogga

Rediff.com21 Feb 2022

According to official sources, there was stone pelting when the body of the deceased Harsha was being taken from District McGann Hospital in Shivamogga.

'BJP leaders were sympathetic, but nobody came forward to help us'

'BJP leaders were sympathetic, but nobody came forward to help us'

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

'What the UP administration wanted was political mileage, and they also had the silent approval from the central government.'

'India is not for sale'

'India is not for sale'

Rediff.com25 Aug 2021

'This plan is basically to allow some of the government assets for rent, and surely not for sale.' 'There is a difference between selling a house and renting out a house.'

'Results are endorsement of communal regime in UP'

'Results are endorsement of communal regime in UP'

Rediff.com14 Mar 2022

'What worked for the BJP were three things: Hindu nationalism, religion and a silent but strong anti-Muslim sentiment.'

'A ban would stop all innovations in cryptocurrencies in India'

'A ban would stop all innovations in cryptocurrencies in India'

Rediff.com9 Dec 2021

'Any entrepreneur who wants to create companies on blockchain will have to move outside India.' 'A ban will also wipe out the entire asset investing class that has built up in India.'

'Why can't they catch the big thief?'

'Why can't they catch the big thief?'

Rediff.com19 Aug 2021

'What the RBI is doing is trying to catch the mouse when they have to catch the tiger.'

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

My Son Raj Subramaniam, The FedEx CEO

Rediff.com18 Apr 2022

'He is a busy man these days, still, he makes it a point to call me at least once a month.'

'Save my grand-daughter from the Taliban'

'Save my grand-daughter from the Taliban'

Rediff.com19 Aug 2021

'They must be hiding somewhere in a country where the Taliban would not even spare a 4-year-old girl.'

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar, Vardhan, Pokhriyal and 8 other ministers quit

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Javadekar, Vardhan, Pokhriyal and 8 other ministers quit

Rediff.com7 Jul 2021

Ahead of the Union Cabinet expansion on Wednesday, several Union Ministers, including Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar resigned from their posts.

'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'

'Government doesn't believe unemployment is a problem'

Rediff.com9 Feb 2022

'Unemployment barely figures in the Budget except as a derived demand from the industry and infrastructure.' 'There is no effort at direct attack on unemployment.'