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| July 31, 2008 | |
Prince Charles buzzes with a bee AFP/Gettyimages
A look at what makes news around the world.
Fear over Surat's diamond hub Prasanna Zore
The discovery of 22 bombs in the city's diamond hub has shocked residents and local businesses.
Final farewell to a martyred soldier Arun Patil
Hundreds turned up to pay their last respects to jawan Ajit Gaokar, who died in the recent exchange of fire between India and Pakistan at the Line of Control at Rajouri in Jammu.
SAARC ministers meet in Colombo to finalise summit Jay Mandal
Under the shadow of the serial blasts in India, foreign ministers of the eight-member South Asian association for Regional Cooperation met on Thursday in Colombo to set the agenda for the weekend summit aimed at boosting trade ties and combating the food and energy crisis.
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| July 30, 2008 | |
Diamond City on razor's edge Paresh Gandhi
The police claim that the raw materials found was enough to make 50 bombs. Surat had been sitting on bombs, literally, it seems.
NASA@50 - From Moon to Mars & Beyond NASA
As the US space agency turns 50, rediff.com distinguish several eras of human spaceflight at NASA.
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| July 29, 2008 | |
The Walk of Life Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images
Construction projects and the rural employment scheme means that farmers have no labour in their fields.
US, Pak cosy up again Alex Wong/Getty Images
Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani met United States President George W Bush in Washington during his maiden visit to the country.
UK: Tangle over bangle is over Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
A teenage Sikh girl on Tuesday won a historic legal battle to wear 'kara', a religious bangle, in her school, which banned her from attending classes for breaking the "no jewellery" rule nine months ago.
Bruni wants a child with Nicolas Sarkozy Julien M Hekimian/Getty Images
Just days after the release of her new music album in which she sings of her love for Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni has expressed her desire of having a baby with the flamboyant French president. "I'd love to have children with Nicolas. I hope to, if I am young enough. It would be a dream," Bruni, who already has a child from her first marriage, said in an interview to Vanity Fair magazine at Elysee Palace in Paris.
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| July 24, 2008 | |
Poppies, Burma and Bollywood Rajesh Karkera
With his seventh novel, Amitav Ghosh has announced one clear intention: He is not about to retire.
Bengal's Misery Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP/Getty Images
While India's north-eastern parts are struggling with floods, many parts in South India are reeling uder a severe drought.
Army Dare Devils break world record Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images
Indian Army's 'Dare Devil' motorcycle display team has found a place in the prestigious Guinness Book of World Records.
China, on the fast track Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
Children's day out at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan
The children were from Bal Vikas Samiti, Nehru Bal Samiti, Literacy India, Arya Orphanage and Bachchon Ka Ghar.
An all-woman day at Rashtrapati Bhavan Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Pratibha Devisingh Patil had an interactiion with a group of eminent women at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
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| July 23, 2008 | |
The drama outside Parliament Rajesh Karkera
The drama inside Parliament was complemented by the media frenzy outside.
In Andhra, Muslims and Hindus pray for rain Snaps India
With most of Andhra Pradesh reeling under a dry spell, Hindus and Muslims in the state are seeking divine intervention through special prayers.
Sonia savours victory Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Sonia Gandhi met several of her supporters, who shouted slogans, burst crackers and distributed sweets.
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| July 21, 2008 | |
India Speaks! Rajesh Karkera
Your take on the trust vote in Delhi.
When the PM was all smiles Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was confident and animated as he entered Parliament on Monday.
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| July 18, 2008 | |
Lighting up the sky China Photos/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
Mandela@90: Long Walk to Freedom Lionel Healing/AFP/Getty Images
Former South African President and Nobel peace prize winner Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison for protesting against Aparthied, turns 90 on July 18.
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| July 16, 2008 | |
The real India shining story: 'Untouchables' to UN spotlight Paresh Gandhi
Nai Disha, a Sulabh initiative, currently houses 56 women who work 9 am to 4 pm and take home a monthly salary of Rs 2,000.
A smile on war-battered faces Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
'Why do you Indians come here?' KPN Photos
Why do you Indians come here and work? Go back and never return." Naeem Sarang's abductors told him this during his 27 days in captivity in Afghanistan. Naeem, an electrical engineer from Mangalore, Karnataka, and a Nepali colleague were abducted allegedly by the Taliban and rescued by the Afghan police in May.
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| July 15, 2008 | |
The IAEA safeguards agreement explained Atta Kenare and AFP/Getty Images
National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Department of Atomic Energy secretary Dr Anil Kakodkar, and India's chief negotiator with the IAEA Dr R B Grover met journalists and answered the persistent questions about the India-IAEA draft agreement.
2008 may be most disastrous year ever! Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images
Thanks to an onslaught of weather-related crises in the first half of this year, 2008 may be the most disastrous year ever in terms of climatic catastrophes.
Satire or a hit below the belt? Chris Hondros/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
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| July 14, 2008 | |
The world's biggest dance Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
'Opponents of N-deal will thank us one day' Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
An interview with Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh.
The doctor who changed modern medicine Alex Wong/Getty Images
Thanks largely to DeBakey's contributions, cardiovascular surgery is a viable, accessible and almost commonplace form of treatment. And though he died last Friday, at the age of 99, DeBakey's legacy lives on, in the still-beating hearts of those who've successfully undergone bypass surgery.
Educating India, one village at a time
TDr Chavan founded Pratham -- a non-profit organisation that works in primary education across India -- in 1994 with seed grants from UNICEF, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation, and local businessmen. Today, its programmes reach remote corners of India, touching lives of more than 500,000 children every day.
US: Teen hero Tara Suri brings hope to children
Tara Suri, 17, a high school junior who has been helping orphaned children, has won the grand prize in the Teen Hero Awards programme of the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. Tara, a Scarsdale, New York, resident, began volunteering when she was 13, when she founded Helping Orphans Pursue Education. Through the organisation, she has helped provide children at orphanages in India and Sudan with access to shelter, education, health care, and other daily necessities.
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| July 11, 2008 | |
The day that changed Mahendra Pitale's life
A 7/11 victim describes how the serial blasts has changed his life completely.
The cave that heals all Scott Olson/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
When Sonia was all ears Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
As the adage goes, images speak a thousand words.
Railways remembers 7/11 victims, Mumbai doesn't Syed Firdaus Ashraf
While the Railways effort was commendable even if it was just a token event, the commuters remained indifferent.
The Indo-US nuclear deal explained US Defence Department/AFP/Getty Images
With the government readying to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal, Aditi Phadnis juxtaposes the common Left arguments with the official position.
UPA leaders meet to fine-tune strategy Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
Top leaders of UPA allies met on Friday to fine-tune their political strategy as the ruling coalition braced towards a trust vote in the Parliament in the wake of withdrawal of support by Left parties, plunging the government into a minority.
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| July 10, 2008 | |
The magnificent Ottheinrich Bible Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
Kabul diary: Some Afghans named their daughters Tulsi Astad Deboo
The Afghan people are not too fond of the Pakistani government as a lot of terrorism is harboured across the border. Astad Deboo, the first dancer to perform in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, looks back on a memorable journey.
Obama hit below the belt with castration comment Mark Wilson/Getty Images
America's foremost civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson was caught on the wrong foot when he, presuming that the microphone was switched off, let fly at the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, using crude language to say that he will castrate him over his embrace of faith-based social services.
Water found on Moon, can life be far behind! Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images
A fresh analysis of volcanic glass collected during the Apollo missions in the 1970s has revealed that the Moon's parched surface has water hidden beneath it, a major finding that dispels the notion that the Moon is dry.
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| July 09, 2008 | |
All in a day's work for Dr Singh Summit Japan via Getty Images
For Prime Minister Manmohan Singh it was work all the way from early Wednesday morning as he held a series of meetings with the leaders of the world's most powerful industrialised countries.
Bush skids during G-8 summit Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
A look at what makes news around the world.
Bush, PM share warm vibes Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh discussed the "progress" on the nuclear agreement with the US President George W Bush who praised him for his "leadership at home"
Dalai Lama prays at Brahma temple in Pushkar PTI
Communist Party ofTibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday performed ziyarat at Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chisti's Dargah in Ajmer and prayed for a solution to Tibetans' problems and peace and brotherhood among people of the world. The spiritual leader went to the dargah early on Wednesday morning, paid obeisance and offered a chaddar at the holy tomb of the Sufi saint whose 796th urs is being observed in the dargah these days.
Hearing aids for PM, Chinese premier Jwel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese President Hu Jintao are helped by their aides at the joint press briefing after the G-5 meet in Japan.
'Ginsberg loved Calcutta, where poets were worshipped'
Arthur J Pais writes on a fascinating book that limns Beat poet Allen Ginsberg's attempt to find, in Indian mysticism, an antidote to Western materialism.
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| July 08, 2008 | |
Dr Singh reaches out to world leaders Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister is on a three-day visit to Japan where he will attend the G-8 summit and hold talks with world leaders.
A day after Kabul was rocked Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images
A war-ravaged Afghanistan is looking for peace and trying to get on its feet.
When world leaders take a timeout Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Taking time off hectic deliberations of issues that plague the modern day world, G-8 leaders set off to explore the serene environs of Hokkaido and enjoy Japanese hospitality.
Left-UPA: Divorce after 4 years of troubled ties Paul J Richards/AFP/Getty Images
The Left and the UPA disagreed on the Indo-US nuclear deal, rising prices of essential commodities and the government's inclination to open up financial and retail sectors.
Barack Obama does a Kennedy
The Democratic Party announced that, on the fourth and final day of the convention, Obama will leave the Pepsi Centre -- where the rest of the convention will be held -- and give a speech at nearby Invesco Field, quadrupling his live audience from 19,000 to more than 76,000.
Basu turns 95; it's Red roses all the way
Communist Party of India-Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu turned 95 on Tuesday, with a wish to see the Left Front government in West Bengal on its eight consecutive term.
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| July 02, 2008 | |
Chinese would like to rewrite Tibet's past AFP/Getty Images
The only chance to see a decisive progress in the 'talks' would be for the Chinese leaders to accept to meet with the Dalai Lama in person.
Rural jobs scheme needs work A Ganesh Nadar
Revealed: How the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act works at the ground level.
'The Left wants to humiliate the Congress' Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images
'Karat's objective was to humiliate the prime minister and Congress so that its allies lose confidence.'
Joy in Srinagar, curfew in Jammu Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images
The Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to cancel the order allotting forest land to the Amarnath shrine board has brought peace to Srinagar but increased hostilities in Jammu.
'Now we have democracy, but no peace' Paresh Gandhi
In a touching and inspiring speech Aitzaz Ahsan asked how America can talk about democracy in Pakistan but not raise its voice against the illegal decision of President Pervez Musharraf to sack Pakistan's chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry.
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