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India relaxes norms, allows bringing back pets from Ukraine
Rediff.com2 Mar 2022India joins a select list of countries that have made entry for animals less bureaucratic, thereby helping families, including people like Rishabh, escape the warzone with their beloved companion animals.
'Putin must think he can pull it off'
Rediff.com28 Feb 2022'Putin has set aside all the rules and now he is deciding the rules.'
Russia risks hosting Champions League final over Ukraine
Rediff.com22 Feb 2022Russia should not be allowed to host soccer events such as the Champions League final
'I never listen to my songs'
Rediff.com12 Feb 2022'I've never allowed success to go to my head.' 'I've seen many artistes fall because of their pride.'
Voting for 1st phase underway in 58 seats in UP
Rediff.com10 Feb 2022As many as 623 candidates, including 73 women are in the fray in the first phase and around 2.28 core voters, including 1.24 crore men and 1.04 crore women are eligible to caste their francise, election officials said.
What the Putin-XI Nexus Means for US
Rediff.com7 Feb 2022Russia and China have a broad consensus today on almost all core issues related to global strategic stability, which is unprecedented in modern history, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Caste, community, religion don't work in Goa'
Rediff.com27 Jan 2022'The politics of Goa is moving around a sole entity, which is land.'
Cricket: CA under fire over Smith's BBL absence
Rediff.com26 Jan 2022Netherlands' Kingma gets four-match suspension for ball-tampering.
Probe on into death of 4 Indians along US-Canada border
Rediff.com22 Jan 2022Shand, a 'suspected smuggler of undocumented foreign nationals', was arrested near the US/Canadian border on January 19 for transporting two Indian nationals, who were illegally present in the US.
Aus Open PIX: Osaka, Raducanu ousted; Nadal, Zverev cruise
Rediff.com21 Jan 2022IMAGES from Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Friday
44 OBCs, 19 SCs, 16 Jats in BJP's UP candidate list
Rediff.com15 Jan 2022SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has successfully poached a number of OBC leaders from the ruling party, including Swami Prasad Maurya, in his efforts to broaden his party's social base beyond the traditional Muslim and Yadav votebank to take it on this time round.
'We are the only nation which has given a bloody nose to China'
Rediff.com10 Jan 2022'The Chinese fault lines are tremendous and we need to exploit them.'
'China has no regard for boundaries'
Rediff.com4 Jan 2022'Putting tanks on the Ladakh border is not enough to combat China, what is needed to ensure resilience against any cyber-attacks or attacks in outer space or China flexing its economic muscle, as it did with Australia.'
Here's what 2022 holds for sports lovers
Rediff.com31 Dec 2021Mark your calendars! Here's all the lowdown of all the major sporting events coming up in 2022...
'Humans have never learned from history'
Rediff.com17 Dec 2021'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.'
'Vegetarianism can help'
Rediff.com17 Dec 2021'But one of the important things to remember is that what we are seeing today in India -- the destruction of the forests, the opening up of the forests to mining companies.' 'It's a horrifying thing that's going on.' 'Yet, if you look at who owns the mining companies, you will see that almost always they are vegetarians!' 'They are people, who in their own lives would probably not even hurt an insect, but yet have no qualms about destroying an entire ecosystem.'
Gen Rawat advocated hot pursuit to deal with cross-border terrorism
Rediff.com8 Dec 2021A quintessential military commander, Gen Bipin Rawat possessed an uncanny understanding of geopolitical upheavals, calibrated a tri-services military doctrine to make India face myriad security challenges, and is largely credited with bringing down militancy in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir.
Why BJP is making a big play for tribal votes in MP
Rediff.com7 Dec 2021In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress shocked the BJP by securing 30 of the 47 ST seats, proving that this vote bank has drifted away from the ruling party over some time. Sandeep Kumar reports.
Will the REAL Shashi Tharoor stand up please?
Rediff.com1 Dec 2021Will Indian democracy benefit from the potential that Shashi Tharoor stores in his mind, spirit and intellect? Or will it be the saga of another leader who promised much but delivered too little, asks Dr Sudhir Bisht.
53 school-going girls, 22 MBBS students test Covid +ve in Odisha
Rediff.com23 Nov 2021The infected students are studying in classes 8, 9 and 10, and they were tested for COVID-19 after a majority of them exhibited symptoms of cold and cough, she said, adding that the district administration and health authorities have been informed about it.
Farm laws repeal; eye on Presidential poll?
Rediff.com23 Nov 2021In the unlikely event of the BJP-NDA losing all five states going to the polls in February-March, the Presidential electoral college numbers could be significantly altered, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Argentina, Dutch qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup
Rediff.com17 Nov 2021Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
Officer and a Gentleman
Rediff.com15 Nov 2021Having known Vice Admiral Hari Kumar personally and professionally, Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd) wishedshim a fantastic tenure as Chief of the Naval Staff. Under his command may the Indian Navy grow in all dimensions as the nation strive to establish itself as a credible sea power in future.
Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open
Rediff.com28 Oct 2021The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
Eyeing China, India-UK begin tri-services exercise
Rediff.com24 Oct 2021The Chinese navy's growing aggression in the Western Pacific is bringing together a range of allies.
Avenge Lakhimpur through votes: Jayant Chaudhary
Rediff.com11 Oct 2021Chaudhary also announced that if his party is voted into power in Uttar Pradesh, high court benches will be set up in western Uttar Pradesh, Bundelkhand and Purvanchal areas of the state.
Mumbai girl Aarohi to re-enact India's 1st commercial flight by JRD Tata
Rediff.com1 Oct 2021Aarohi Pandit, the world's first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean solo in a light sport aircraft (LSA), is all set to re-enact on 15th of this month India's first commercial flight flown by the legendry J R D Tata in 1932.
'The world is my classroom'
Rediff.com13 Sep 2021'I teach my students for one hour every day. At night, I teach science to students from other countries. I have got requests from more than 70 countries in the last three years and more than 80,000 students have benefited from my online classes.'
Mumbai woman who was raped, brutally assaulted with rod dies
Rediff.com11 Sep 2021The victim had suffered serious injuries in her private parts and there was a severe loss of blood in the incident. She was fighting for life at the Rajawadi Hospital since the early hours of Friday, an official said.
Pakistan Can't Use Taliban to Threaten India
Rediff.com3 Sep 2021India has much paranoia in India about a new 'Terroristan' coming up between Pakistan and a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Pakistan has zero ability economically, diplomatically, geostrategically or militarily to create one. If they try, it will be great for India as they will destroy themselves yet again, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
US, aided by Pakistan, DESTROYED Afghanistan
Rediff.com27 Aug 2021The US has the distinction of destroying a flawed but functioning State thrice since 1979. Pakistan has been their constant accomplice, explains Shekhar Gupta.
Malabar Exercise: Samudramanthan Message to China?
Rediff.com26 Aug 2021Although the Malabar is a routine exercise which has been carried out for several years now, security experts attach a lot of traction to it in view of China's assertive behaviour in the South China Sea, observes Rup Narayan Das.
Tennis: Osaka stunned by Teichmann at Cincinnati
Rediff.com20 Aug 2021Opelka, Kyrgios included in Team World for Laver Cup.
The Roots of the Taliban
Rediff.com7 Aug 2021Internal strife and tribalism is endemic to Afghanistan, notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
With 300 mn Indians in its fold, cooperative sector awaits big-bang reforms
Rediff.com27 Jul 2021About 150 years ago, in British India, big farmers in the western region of Maharashtra agitated over unfair lending practices and demanded a more fair and inclusive financing structure. People say this is where the seeds of the cooperative movement, now omnipresent in the country, were sown. Today, more than 800,000 cooperative societies thrive in India, with 300 million members, a number close to the population of the United States. Despite a reach this deep--grass roots as they call it--cooperatives do not occupy a lion's share in the Indian economy.
Why did Xi meet PLA generals?
Rediff.com26 Jul 2021Important for India was Xi's meeting with representatives of PLA officers and soldiers stationed in Tibet. The video of the encounter was interesting to watch, especially the large number of lieutenant generals and major generals, observes Claude Arpi.
Pegasus Project: Why I am hesitant to defend the government but must
Rediff.com22 Jul 2021Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
BSF, Pak Rangers exchange sweets on Eid, 1st time since 2019
Rediff.com21 Jul 2021This was the first time that sweets were exchanged between the two forces after the abrogation of Article 370 as the Pakistani side refused to continue with the custom, they said, adding after the developments of August 2019, the offer of exchanging sweets was made by the BSF but the Pakistani side did not reciprocate.
Drones: Bleeding India Without War
Rediff.com28 Jun 2021Unless each attack drone can be neutralised, India will be literally deploying elephants to stamp out ants -- and the ants may still survive! points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
How India's FIRST feature film was made
Rediff.com22 May 2021At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.