Sarah Jacob
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In Rahul Gandhi's Conviction, Shashi Tharoor Sees A "Silver Lining"
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today said the "silver lining" to the two-year jail sentence of Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case is that it has brought forth an "unprecedented opposition unity".
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"Bro, I'm In Trouble," Man Said After Peeing On Woman On Flight
A co-passenger on the Air India New York-Delhi flight where an inebriated passenger urinated on a woman, told NDTV today there was "fault at multiple levels" in the handling of the incident.
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"Magnificent But Fragile": For Cheetahs At Kuno National Park, Expert Lists Big Worries
"Full Of Enemies, Lack Of Prey": Hyenas, leopards, dogs can kill cheetahs, says Valmik Thapar, also worried what they would eat in new environment
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"Pawar Is Not A Religion": Actor Ketaki Chitale Who Was Jailed For Post
Actor Ketaki Chitale, who was arrested in May for allegedly sharing an objectionable post about Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, today shared her ordeal with NDTV.
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SpiceJet Officer Breaks Down What Happened On Flight After Engine Fire
A bird hit the engine of the flight that made emergency landing in Patna today, damaging three of its fan blades, said a SpiceJet official as he shared details of what happened when one of its engines caught fire.
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"New York Times Erred Egregiously": Ex Envoy To NDTV On Fresh Pegasus Row
There was no link between the $2 billion India-Israel deal that purportedly involved the Pegasus spyware and an Indian vote in the United Nations as suggested by The New York Times, the former Indian envoy to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin told N
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"Expected This...": Kerala Health Minister On Continuing Covid Infections
Kerala, along with Maharashtra, now reports the most number of new COVID-19 cases every day, accounting for almost 30 per cent of India's daily tally. But its new Health Minister Veena George says this was expected and is a part of a strategy.
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"Yogi Adityanath Didn't Trust UP Police": BJP Leader To NDTV On Hathras
A senior BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh has indicated that the UP Police failed to do their job properly in handling the gang-rape and murder case of a 20-year-old woman in Hathras district, days after the CBI charged the four accused of these crimes.
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"No Coercion": Centre On Schools' Message To Parents Over Lighting Diyas
Some private schools sent messages to parents on Sunday to confirm whether they followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to light candles and diyas at 9 pm on Sunday night, a nationwide show of unity in the fight against coronavirus. Parents were also asked to confirm that they had downloaded the government's Aarogya Setu mobile app developed t...
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Blog: I Didn't Fall In Love With My Baby Right Away. And That's Ok.
In our society, which is obsessed with babies and having babies and why so-and-so is not having babies, nobody really prepares you for the reality that the hardest part is what comes after.
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Custom Paintjob, Diplomatic Plates: Mexican Ambassador's Unique Ride
VIPs are exempt from Delhi's Odd-Even plan, but there's one diplomat who doesn't crave the exemption. Perhaps due to her experience of living in Mexico City as it battled its notorious pollution problem, Mexico's envoy to India, Ambassador Melba Pria, has put aside her official gas-guzzling car in favor of a CNG auto.
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We Knew Malala Wouldn't Forget Us, Say Her Friends From Pakistan
When Malala Yousafzai, the world's youngest Nobel peace laureate, receives the prestigious award in a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday, she will share the moment with her three best friends, who were also injured when she was shot in 2012.
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Professor Nalini Ambady's death highlights lack of awareness on bone marrow transplants in India
She was the first Indian-American woman to teach psychology at Harvard, Tufts, and Stanford University. A trailblazer, 53-year-old professor Nalini Ambady, died after a long battle with leukemia when she could not find a donor for a life-saving bone marrow transplant. It's a tragedy because her death could have easily been prevented.
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Blog: Eight years later, India still struggling to tackle encephalitis
When my editor asked me to cover the encephalitis outbreak in Uttar Pradesh, I agreed, out of both interest and nostalgia. After eight years of being NDTV's US Correspondent, I was looking forward to reporting (apart from anchoring Newsfirst @10) from India, once again, on the health beat which I had last covered a decade ago.
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In fifth annual letter, Bill Gates stresses on setting goals
Bill Gates published his annual letter which highlights successes from education in the United States to prenatal health care in Ethiopia. He argues that a core reason for the progress was the commitment to setting clear goals and identifying the right measures to drive progress towards those goals.
