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Litchi Heats Up Election Season In Muzaffarpur

'The local support from our MP is nil. He never comes to see our farms.' IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit A Shah during an election meeting in Muzaffarpur, May 5, 2024. Photograph:......

AUKUS And The Militarization Of Indo Pacific

Although the pact would focus mainly on the Pacific and the South China Sea region, any action designed to deter China with or without New Delhi's active participation is a welcome move, notes......

ECI Ruling: What Are Uddhav's Political Options?

Uddhav Thackeray and his followers have the option to stop riding a tiger and commence work around a more meaningful and enduring political ideology.It is an option Eknath Shinde's side may not......

Heatwave claims over 17,000 lives in 50 yrs in India

A study shows that the country has experienced 706 heatwave incidents from 1971-2019. IMAGE: In 2019, there were 26 incidents of heatwave in Maharashtra (15), Kerala (6), Bihar (4), Rajasthan (1).......

The most stunning scenes from nature

Wheeling round, a look of utter shock on its face, a marmot jumps in fright after a young fox sneaks up behind it. The split-second encounter between prey and predator -- called the Moment -- has......

'Amul is India's biggest FMCG company'

'We plan to touch Rs 1 trillion of Amul brand's turnover in the next five years.' Photograph: Amul/Twitter For the first time in its history, dairy major Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing......

For India's rose cultivators, it was a thorny V-Day

Rose growers in South India, mainly Hosur, have for many years spread the scent of love on Valentine's Day around the world. But the world seems to have jilted them for other options this time As......

She's taking the fight to the tobacco companies

'Imagine the message it sends to people. They will think tobacco cannot be a killer because LIC is investing in it.''The so-called rakshak (protector) has become a bhakshak (destroyer).'Ranjita......

ONGC and RIL's dream of making it big at KG basin has turned sour?

The upstream business is not always about increasing production or produce what was envisioned. There are always surprises. It is not a factory that you put a machine and it produces 20,000 units......

Modi asks cola cos to blend aerated drinks with fruit juice

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he has asked soft drink makers like Pepsi to try and mix aerated drinks with 5 per cent fruit juice to help distressed farmers find a new market for......

'There have been no great songs this year'

'Just a day before the Pulwama attack happened, one of my songs had released. It’s called Baarishein, featuring Atif Aslam. However, it was pulled down the very next day.''When it comes......

What's a young actor's home like?

Shashank Arora's home is a neatly done bachelor pad...Videos: Rediff.com/Afsar Dayatar. Shashank Arora could have bought an apartment in Bandra or Juhu, where Bollywood's biggest stars live. But......

New York gets a taste of India

From the glitzy world of Bride And Prejudice to the hell of Matrubhoomi, where the shortage of women in a village leads to five men marrying one woman, the five-day South Asian International Film......

My Daughter Mithali Raj

'From the beginning (I have told her) "Whatever it may be -- you are losing or winning -- on the ground you're not going to cry!" She never cried.''"I don't want you to project that you are a......

FA Cup: Bradford long for happy ending to fairytale run

An excited youngster stocked up on flags for his Wembley trip and the players spoke of fairytales as BradfordCity prepared for the last chapter in a giant-killing run that has lifted the gloom......

Ganguly best among current captains

Somehow, I also feel drawn into the captaincy debate currently on in India. Should it be Sourav Ganguly or Rahul Dravid? One is proven, the other has promise. One is charismatic, the other......

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