'A Fearless Man Devoted To Truth, Justice'

'Every report I filed for Rediff.com on the professor's incarceration, would leave me wondering for days, at the depth of the State's malevolence towards this disabled professor, and his equally......

Will never clear TN's anti-NEET bill, entrance exam to stay: Guv

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Saturday categorically asserted he will never clear the state government's anti-National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) bill, even as it is now awaiting the......

Singapore executes mentally disabled Indian-origin drug trafficker

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a mentally challenged Indian-origin Malaysian man found guilty of drug trafficking, was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family said, after a top court dismissed a......

National Anthem: Centre asks disabled to show 'maximum attentiveness'

Differently-abled people, who are unable to stand, will have to display ‘maximum attentiveness’ while persons with hearing disabilities and those visually challenged will have to stand......

Chips: Why govt's dream to make India self-reliant may be premature

Mumbai-based Indian Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ISMC) and Singapore-headquartered IGSS Ventures have one strategy in common: They have told the government in their application for......

India ranks 40 out of 53 countries in global IP index

The number one way the Modi administration can demonstrate its commitment to the success of the Atal Innovation Mission, Accelerating Growth for New India's Innovations, Make in India, Digital......

Aadhaar for every Indian? Or just a select few?

The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and ‘smart’ technologies with something more old-fashioned -- the good old fashioned,......

How India Inc plan to curb insider trading

India has historically not had a strong compliance mechanism around insider trading. This is in stark contrast to developed countries. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Recent regulatory action......

Have we stopped responding to movies?

'If you can tell the quality of a movie-watching experience, only and only by referring to set standards, you *aren't really* going to the movies,' argues Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Ramya Krishnan,......

The Top 10 Tamil Films on Children

A L Saivam and Guru Ramesh's Enna Satham Indha Neram may be interesting movies on children. But we've had some classics before. Films revolving around children have become quite popular......

'The problem is that people in our country get used to bad news'

Kadvi Hawa has some very bad news for us all. A timid, old man walks barefoot on a parched piece of land. Dressed in a white dhoti, he has no use for a shirt that gets drenched in his sweat. The......

SEE: Sumit, Bhagyashri lead India's largest Paralympic team

IMAGE: India's delegation attends the Parade of Nations as part of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony. Photograph: Julien De Rosa/Reuters Javelin throw star Sumit Antil and......

Paralympics 2024: India eye record haul in Paris

IMAGE: 17-year-old para archer Sheetal Devi, who shoots with her legs as she was born without arms, will be the youngest Indian athlete at Paris Paralympic Games 2024. Photograph: Sheetal......

PIX: India's para athletes script history in Paris!

IMAGE: India's Sharad Kumar goes over the bar in the Paralympics athletics men's High Jump T63 final, at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Tuesday. Photograph: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters......

Paris Paralympics: How India fared on September 3, 2024

IMAGE: India's Deepthi Jeevanji shows off her bronze medal on the podium after the medal ceremony for the Paralympics women's 400m T20 run at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Tuesday.......

Paralympics Day 2: Golden girl Avani leads India's medal rush

IMAGE: Winner of the Tokyo Paralympics gold three years back, Avani Lekhara shot a superb 249.7 in the 10m Air Rifle women's SH1 final to erase her own Paralympic record of 249.6, set in Tokyo.......