A new case study of a boy, who developed potentially fatal allergic reactions after a prolonged contact with pigeon feathers and droppings, has brought to light severe health risks related to......
'As the sun rises, so does my acquaintance with the neighbourhood's avifauna,' says Kishore Singh. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com If you wake early, as I often do, you get to see some......
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'It would be a folly on our part to believe that the KKK or its Indian version exists only as some dedicated organisation. Rather, the Indian KKK, much like the American counterpart, exists as a......
The Jammu and Kashmir high court has directed the Centre and Chief Election Commissioner to act against politicians who seek people's mandate in elections by invoking religious nationalism, to......
Several corporate, including some airlines, software and even consulting companies operate in India with dodgy secretive and multi-layered ownership patterns, writes M R Venkatesh. The Mahabharata......
It's a Rs 1.5 crore (Rs 15 million) advertising extravaganza intended to go up in smoke.For the photo-shoot the lake at Amer Fort, Rajasthan was filled to the brim at great expense and supermodel......
Sukanya Verma toasts the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's made on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments. Don't Miss! Amitabh Magic: Adventures of Mr Natwarlal More......
'Tamhane's densely composed shots achieve what a vacuously whizzing camera seldom does.''Like those Renaissance Paintings in which a bewitching lady is shown posing for a portrait, and daily life......
'Wasn't there a single person below 30 in the whole production team? I wondered aloud at different points in the narrative,' notes Sreehari Nair. While watching Leena Yadav's Netflix film Rajma......
Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube. As a journalist I often write about films. I see many,......
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The best soccer players in the world are in Qatar with the hope of lifting the FIFA World Cup for their country. Of that group, there's a clear top tier. Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com presents......
Imogen Davis poses for a photograph with Rufus, a Harris Hawk used at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships to scare away pigeons. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters Male tennis players from the United......