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Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

10 odd photos that you simply have to see

It's truly a wonderfully weird world around us. Want proof? Take a look. A worker assembles a sex doll at the WMDOLL factory in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China. The factory has over 200......

The odd, odd world we live in!

Ten images that show we live an incredibly bizarre world. A MUDDY AFFAIR: Festival-goers enjoy the mud during the annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South......

PHOTOS: World rolls out its mats for Yoga Day

Hundreds of thousands of yoga lovers from London to Melbourne have rolled out mats to bend and twist their bodies in complex postures to mark the second International Day of Yoga with fervour.......

Home of the strange: The incredibly bizarre world!

15 photographs that prove we live in an odd, odd world! A cosplay fan poses in character as an alien at the London Film and Comic-Con in London, Britain. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters A......

World climate accord hailed as turning point from fossil fuels

New text is "ambitious and balanced", says French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius The global climate summit in Paris agreed a landmark accord on Saturday, setting the course for a......

Global climate deal: How far have India, China moved?

The problem today is that developing countries do not come with an equally clear plan or proactive position for climate change. As a result, in each meeting, including the recently concluded......

Two tracks ahead for Cancun climate talks

Senior environmental journalist Darryl D'Monte will cover the annual climate change conference in Cancun for Rediff.com This is the first of his despatches from Mexico: There should be 'something......

Ramesh apologises to PM over Sino-India remarks

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh tendered written apologies to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for his recent remarks on the Union Home Ministry's functioning.......

PM pulls up Ramesh for criticism of home ministry

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh was in the eye of a storm on Monday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pulling him up for his comments against the Union home ministry, and the opposition......

Sports Shorts: Manpreet named Asia's Junior Player of the Year

Manpreet Singh. Photograph: Courtesy: Facebook Rising Indian midfielder Manpreet Singh was named the 'Junior Player of the Year' by the Asian Hockey Federation in its Congress held in Kuala......

Indian law does not bar chargesheeted persons: IOA

Stung by International Olympic Committee's directive to bar charge-sheeted persons from contesting elections, the Indian Olympic Association on Friday wrote to its parent body, saying that it......

FIFA, WADA divided over drug penalties

Anti-doping crusaders and world soccer's governing body are still divided over penalties for drug offences in sport.Seven months after the unveiling of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Anti-Doping......

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