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When Muhammad Yunus Spoke To India's Parliament

Muhammad Yunus proved that he was neither an armchair economist nor a slogan mongering political activist, but a doer destined to do what Mahatma Gandhi said -- to remove every tear from every eye,......

Deficient Rains Threaten Kharif Crop

IMAGE: A farmer prepares the field for cultivating kharif crops. Photograph: Somnath Sen/ANI Photo Sowing of kharif crops neared their end with acreage almost at last year's level. This comes amid......

CBI reopens case against Lalu, grand alliance cries foul

The ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar on Monday cried foul over reports of a corruption case being reopened against Lalu Prasad Yadav, the founding president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal which helms......

Ex-student drags Viswa Bharati V-C to police for 'harassing' Amartya Sen

A former student of Visva Bharati has filed a complaint with the police against Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty and two other officials, accusing them of causing "mental harassment" to Nobel......

Jharkhand assembly namaaz room row: Speaker forms all-party panel

Amid a raging controversy over allotment of a 'namaaz' (Islamic prayer) room in the Jharkhand Assembly, speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto on Thursday formed an all-party, 7-member panel, on the last day......

Tatas, SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh bid for Air India

Tata Sons, the holding company of India's largest conglomerate, and SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh are among those who submitted financial bids on Wednesday to acquire loss-making state airline Air......

Gujarat firm gets licence to make covid-19 test kits

A joint venture of Synbiotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises (ASE), and CoDiagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics is the first and only Indian company so far to receive a......

IMD may deploy cutting-edge tech to forecast weather accurately

IMD has decided to increasingly use cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence and machine learning in forecasting. A few days ago, farmers from some 150 villages gathered at a square......

Outlook for kharif crop brightens with monsoon's revival

According to latest data, crops have been sown in around 72.13 million hectares, which is 8.90 per cent less than the same period last year. IMAGE: A farmer prepares the field for cultivating......

Amartya Sen speaks on social justice

A democratic government has to adhere to the 'niti' and 'nyaya' in delivering social justice and must respond to on-going priorities in public criticism and political condemnation, advised eminent......

Madhuri gives birth to second son

Madhuri Dixit-Nene gave birth to her second son on March 8, in Denver, Colorado, USA.Dixit's first-born Arin is two years old, and also a March born child. He was born on March 18.Madhuri had said......

Close encounters of another kind!

Recently, the lesbian relationship portrayed in Karan Razdan's Girlfriend roused the ire of the Shiv Sena.It gives rise to the question: are Hindi filmmakerslosing their coyness about sexual......

Sushmita out, Bipasha in

Not long ago, producer Shabnam Kapoor had signed Sushmita Sen for her untitled film. ButSen apparently kept delaying her dates, claimingshe had developed a back problem that required her to go......

Bhansali opts for A R Rahman

After Ismail Darbar composedthe highly popular music of Devdas, one expected director SanjayLeela Bhansali to repeat himin his next venture, Bajirao Mastani. But that is not to be. Bhansali has......

The BEST of my father, Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com brings you a treasure trove of features from our archives. 'I don't need......

Sharath Kamal bestowed with Khel Ratna

Photograph: Kind Courtesy rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter.com Table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal was on Wednesday bestowed with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting......

Churchill win Durand Cup via tie-breaker

Churchill Brothers on Saturday regained the Durand Cup after a gap of one year by defeating Prayag United 5-4 via tie-breaker, in New Delhi. Having dominated the proceedings for the better part of......

Bengal, Karnataka in last four

Last year's finalist West Bengal drew 1-1 with Maharashtra, while Karnataka edged past Goa by a solitary goal to grab the last two semifinal berths of the 62nd Santosh Trophy National Football......

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