Travellers with Ebola should not be stigmatised: UN chief

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday expressed concern over restrictions imposed on travelers returning from Ebola-affected countries, saying people who develop infections should be......

'India will lose its tigers. People will still remain in poverty'

'What we do about our planet in the next 10 or 20 years is going to be crucial to our existence. There is nothing more important to our long term future. NOTHING!' He hugs pandas in Wolong, China.......

The miracle of the hand

Doctors created a new hand from the abdomen of a hockey player after an accident nearly threatened him with amputation.Archana Masih/Rediff.com spends time at the hospital that draws patients from......

Arithmetic of caste politics will determine Tharoor's fate

'If the Nairs split between Shashi Tharoor and the BJP candidate, O Rajagopal and the Nadars combine with the Leftists and the Christians to vote for the CPI candidate, Bennet Abraham, what would......

Solar lighting could create as many as 2 million jobs!

  In Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, India, Indonesia, and Kenya, fuel-based lighting is not particularly 'job-intensive.' Switching from fuel-based lighting -- such as firewood and kerosene......

India Inc pays 81% of profit in tax: PwC

The total tax burden on Indian companies is one of the highest in the world and in fact more than that of businesses in major economies like the US, UK, China and Japan, a new study by......

WTO waiver for Kimberly norm on diamond trade

The World Trade Organisation Council for trade in goods has agreed to recommend to the general council, a waiver for trade measures under the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme for rough......

A sucker for the African e-mail scam

Those of you who are regular recipients of the African scam e-mails would probably wonder why I am writing about a confidence trick that is nearly a decade old and has merely switched from snail......