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Antidote against Nipah reaches Kerala; expert panel to decide further action

Antidote against Nipah reaches Kerala; expert panel to decide further action

Rediff.com14 Sep 2023

State health minister Veena George said a meeting was held between the principal secretary of the health department and the Union health ministry earlier in the day and now the monoclonal antibody has arrived.

BRICS pitches for using local currencies in international trade

BRICS pitches for using local currencies in international trade

Rediff.com2 Jun 2023

The BRICS nations on Friday underlined the need for using local currencies in international trade and financial transactions besides committing themselves to supporting rule-based open and transparent global trade. A joint statement issued at the end of the meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, also pressed for a robust Global Financial Safety Net with a quota-based and adequately resourced International Monetary Fund (IMF) at its centre. It further said the process of IMF governance reform under the 16th General Review of Quotas, including a new quota formula as a guide, should be completed by December 15, 2023.

'There will be social unrest in India'

'There will be social unrest in India'

Rediff.com6 Feb 2015

'Growth is predicated on the misery of large sections of people.' 'Maybe Hindutva will be used to suppress any such unrest.'

Ghoramara: India's disappearing island

Ghoramara: India's disappearing island

Rediff.com4 Dec 2018

Residents of Ghoramara Island want to leave their home as it shrinks every year due to rising seas, but many say they can't afford it.

'I am not the target, my leader KCR is'

'I am not the target, my leader KCR is'

Rediff.com23 Mar 2023

'He is exposing the failings of the BJP, which is rankling the party.'

Infant deaths in Kerala spur demand for NHRC probe

Infant deaths in Kerala spur demand for NHRC probe

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

Days after three infant deaths were reported in Kerala's backward tribal Attapady, the National Human Rights Commission has been petitioned about the issue seeking its urgent intervention and detailed probe.

'His eyes reach every person in the state'

'His eyes reach every person in the state'

Rediff.com25 Mar 2021

'If Pinarayi Vijayan gets another term, Kerala will be a state where everybody has a house.'

Real 'anti-nationals' are those who...: Sonia's fresh attack on govt

Real 'anti-nationals' are those who...: Sonia's fresh attack on govt

Rediff.com14 Apr 2023

She alleged that today, the regime in power is misusing and subverting the institutions of the Constitution, and weakening its foundations of liberty, equality, fraternity and justice.

'Beware of false guarantees...': Modi takes dig at Oppn unity

'Beware of false guarantees...': Modi takes dig at Oppn unity

Rediff.com1 Jul 2023

The PM targeted the Opposition after launching the National Sickle Cell Anemia Eradication Mission 2047 by unveiling a portal and releasing a guideline for the management of the disease and different modules at Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh.

Is Stalin Slipping Up In A Poll Year?

Is Stalin Slipping Up In A Poll Year?

Rediff.com28 Apr 2023

ndependent of the political fallout, which Stalin has sought to arrest through the withdrawal of the measures as fast as they were introduced, there are concerns about the way those decisions came to be taken, without adequate application of mind, not in official terms but in political and electoral contexts, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.

'Trump is the only president to acknowledge Hindus'

'Trump is the only president to acknowledge Hindus'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Participating in an online session, a panel of Hindu-American women, from different walks of life, expressed their strong views in favour of President Trump.

Govt ready to discuss Manipur: Shah writes to Opposition leaders

Govt ready to discuss Manipur: Shah writes to Opposition leaders

Rediff.com25 Jul 2023

Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament remain disrupted from day one of the Monsoon session with the opposition parties demanding a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur violence before a discussion.

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