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Harley Davidson's exit to hit around 2,000 jobs in India
Rediff.com25 Sep 2020Besides job loss, the exit of the American cult bike maker would also lead to a loss of up to Rs 130 crore for the brand's dealer partners in the country.
What WFH is doing to office 'time-pass'
Rediff.com24 Sep 2020The centrality of idle office chitchat has only recently come to be acknowledged by executives as they jettison their access cards and work from home in larger numbers, notes Kanika Datta.
Kangana Ranaut's Top 10 HITS
Rediff.com21 Sep 2020Some of featured her in author-backed roles while others had her as a part of an ensemble cast.
Exports fall for 6th straight month; down over 12%
Rediff.com15 Sep 2020Imports too declined 26 per cent to $29.47 billion in August, leaving a trade deficit of $6.77 billion.
Unseen photos from the 9/11 terror attack clean-up
Rediff.com11 Sep 2020A casual clearance sale purchase has yielded a cache of remarkable photos never publicly seen before, all depicting the clean up operation in New York following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. The images, taken from overhead and on the ground, show workers and heavy machinery moving rubble from the base of the World Trade Center in the days and weeks following 9/11. The photographer is believed to be a man who was one of many tasked with cleaning up the site. Jason Scott, an American archivist and historian, said on Twitter he was given a cache of about 2,400 photos found on rotting CDRs. He then made them public on photo-sharing site Flickr.
'Dhoni is an amazing human being'
Rediff.com18 Aug 2020We asked you Dear Readers for your memories, photographs and videos of your meeting with M S Dhoni.
Exports contract 10.21% in July; trade deficit narrows to $4.83 bn
Rediff.com14 Aug 2020Sectors with positive growth during the month include rice, iron ore, oil seeds, oil meals, meat, dairy and poultry products, pharmaceuticals, coffee, engineering goods, and plastic.
What Modi can learn from Singapore's Lee
Rediff.com8 Aug 2020'Lee Kuan Yew told me he used to look to India, especially the writings of Nehru and Sardar Panikkar, for guidance on governance.' 'It's ironic that India should have so much to learn of the spirit of democracy from his son,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Who is to blame for the royal mess in Rajasthan?
Rediff.com6 Aug 2020The BJP may be ready and waiting to pounce on another key state of the Hindi heartland, but it is the Congress's holy trinity that issued them an invitation to the beheading, notes Sunil Sethi.
Feeling low? 7 tips to fall in love with YOU
Rediff.com27 Jul 2020Krina Gindra tells you how to make you feel happy from within.
'If everyone wore a face mask, this thing will be gone tomorrow!'
Rediff.com22 Jul 2020'The majority of the spread is by people coughing, or sneezing or talking loudly, in a very short distance, two metres from one another, and a mask will prevent that sort of transmission.'
Will Varavara Rao be freed from prison?
Rediff.com13 Jul 2020The poet and professor's 'life breath is now in the hands of those sworn to uphold his Constitutional right to life.' 'Will they be true to their oath?', asks Jyoti Punwani.
What if India banned Chinese restaurants...
Rediff.com11 Jul 2020China will flood direct flights to India with wholesale takeaways of the authentic stuff; Indian businessmen will fight for the commission and the consumers for the cuisine, predicts Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Vikas Dubey encounter: What SC guidelines say on handcuffing criminals
Rediff.com10 Jul 2020The apex court has from time to time issued a slew of directives on the procedure to be followed while handcuffing an undertrial, maintaining that the insurance against escape does not compulsorily require handcuffing.
Gulabo Sitabo: Bachchan's finest performance in 30 years
Rediff.com30 Jun 2020'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'India can market itself better'
Rediff.com25 Jun 2020'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall.
Looking at Sushant's roller coaster life
Rediff.com15 Jun 2020Sushant finished off his innings in style by scoring high on his last theatrical release, Chichhore, a film that was ironically about suicide not being a solution.
'My biggest worry is electricity'
Rediff.com6 Jun 2020'The worst affected is the electricity supply. A huge number of poles, some 6,000 to 8,000 poles have been damaged completely. That will take a lot of time for restoration.'
'Sab bhagwan ke haath mein hai'
Rediff.com2 Jun 2020'Our Lockdown Life has a sort of schizophrenic, Dr-Jekyll-and-Mr-Hyde personality about it,' says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
When Bollywood did housework!
Rediff.com18 May 2020Sukanya Verma shows us how Bollywood has depicted housework on the big screen.
What made Randeep Hooda's jaw drop!
Rediff.com6 May 2020'The training started with guns, knife fights...'
The Armed Forces's COVID-19 Challenge
Rediff.com1 May 2020'The COVID-19 pandemic must push the military into a long-term reconsideration of its primary challenges.' 'There must be greater emphasis on humanitarian aid and disaster relief including the management of contagious illnesses and impending crises caused by climate change,' notes Ajai Shukla.
What will open up in Kolkata after lockdown
Rediff.com30 Apr 2020The state has decided that from Monday it will allow the plying of private buses along with the opening of electronics, stationery, tea stalls, and paint and hardware stores, reports Avishek Rakshit
On this day: US tennis great Andre Agassi was born
Rediff.com29 Apr 2020He went on to lift the US Open title in 1994 and, after shaving his head on the advice of his then actress girlfriend Brooke Shields, the Australian Open crown in 1995 before adding an Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996.
Why lack of cricket in lockdown could hurt bowlers most
Rediff.com27 Apr 2020'A person can do Olympic lift of 100 kgs at this stage, but he or she is not guaranteed to be injury free or increase in performance unless there is transfer. Bowlers do take a hit during this phase for sure. Batters not much'
Healers and the world
Rediff.com24 Apr 2020'With doctors going up against a seemingly invincible enemy, often at immense risk to their lives, the myths reveal an interesting relationship between the men of medicine and the rest of humankind,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
The Ministry of Acronyms, Shlokas and Slogans
Rediff.com19 Apr 2020'This way, you'll maintain our glorious traditional values and get more efficient governance as well.'
11 Remix Videos You Must Watch!
Rediff.com17 Apr 2020These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
We must give Vibhishan his due
Rediff.com11 Apr 2020Vibhishan was a seeker of justice who risked it all to be on the side of truth, says Sudhir Bisht.
So long, Nemai Ghosh; Goodbye, Satish Gujral
Rediff.com30 Mar 2020Nemaida's misfortune in life was to be known as Satyajit Ray's 'Boswell'; History will remember Satish Gujral as a renaissance man whose imprint over New Delhi is huge.
Coronavirus cases in India cross 1,000-mark; 27 dead
Rediff.com29 Mar 2020The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
From raja to praja:Jyotiraditya's likely role in BJP
Rediff.com29 Mar 2020They will fawn over a prize catch who has brought a rich dowry of Gwalior-Chambal politicians. But in the end, all BJP members are prajas of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
Compassion In The Time of Coronavirus
Rediff.com21 Mar 2020'Tragically, compassion is in short supply in our ancient capital city, as the horrific violence in recent weeks testified,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
GST on mobiles, fertiliser, garments may be hiked to 18%
Rediff.com12 Mar 2020Experts said the rate hike would improve working capital position of the manufactures as it would correct the inverted duty structure but may lead to increase in price of the finished goods.
Finally, a victory for #MeToo
Rediff.com12 Mar 2020Harvey Weinstein's indictment is important because it sends out the message that a sexual predator can be brought to justice even if the crime occurred years ago, when the victim did not have the courage or the agency to speak out, notes Shuma Raha.
It won't be smooth sailing for Jyotiraditya in BJP
Rediff.com11 Mar 2020'Unlike the Congress, the BJP is not a party that merely goes by family connections.' 'Scindia's future will depend on what he brings to the BJP table.' 'The BJP is also a party where vertical growth is mostly factored by RSS preferences.' 'To secure confidence of the saffron brotherhood, Scindia will have to be his grandmother's grandson and not his father's son,' notes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.
'A Communist's mother does not live on charity'
Rediff.com9 Mar 2020'Our only child. A Communist.' 'There was an encounter by the police inside this room, five years ago. He was shot in one arm, but managed to escape.' 'Missing since then. May Jesus keep him alive.' A revealing excerpt from Asim Mukhopadhyay's Half Man: A Novel On The Naxal Movement.
US-India ties: One step forward, two steps back
Rediff.com2 Mar 2020Trump's visit symbolised heightened partisanship and a return to chemistry between leaders defining bilateral ties, notes Kashish Parpiani.
'Nehru didn't impose secularism'
Rediff.com27 Feb 2020'His secularism merely declared the equality of all religions in India under fundamental rights.'