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Jesus toast, pork in nose, banana peels win Ig Nobel

The annual Ig Nobel prizes, which award sometimes inane, yet often surprisingly practical, scientific discoveries, were given away recently. The prizes are awarded by the Annals of Improbable......

Amitav Ghosh among 12 longlisted for UK prize

Indian author Amitav Ghosh is among a group of award-winning writers and poets to make the longlist of Warwick Prize for Writing in London on Wednesday. The biennial prize run by Britain's......

Susan Rice named as Obama's new National Security Advisor

Susan Rice, the tough-talking United States Ambassador to the UN, was named as President Barack Obama's new National Security Advisor, in a significant shakeup to the White House foreign policy......

China breaks the Himalayan barrier

China's profile as the South Asia's leading interlocutor highlights India's inability to lead its own sub-region. This is the stark message that the Indian establishment needs to cull from the......

'Obama behind speedy indictment of Headley'

Senior US administration sources and law enforcement officials have told rediff.com that it was President Barack Obama's "personal interest" in the David Coleman Headley case that led to the speedy......

Overseas hotels: Indians 6th biggest spenders

Indian travellers have emerged as the sixth biggest spenders on hotels globally while traveling overseas in 2010 with an average spend of Rs 6,722 per night despite remaining value conscious during......

Video: Indian Rupee has a symbol now!

India has finally got a symbol for the Rupee and joined a select club of countries whose currencies have a unique identity. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the design, which......

Casey Affleck: From Oceans to an Oscar by the Sea...

The journey of the star who swept the Best Actor of the Year awards at the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. One of Casey Affleck's earliest movies was the Academy darling Good Will......

Oscars 2015: Eddie Redmayne, Jullianne Moore win

The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE American Sniper Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The......

Cumberbatch, Downey Jr, Jeremy Brett: YOUR fave Sherlock? VOTE!

Take this fun poll now!'Over 70 actors have previously played Sherlock Holmes. Now he's 93 years old and it's my turn. #MrHolmes'British theatre veteran Ian McKellen had announced his turn as the......

Birdman, Boyhood, American Sniper sweep Oscar 2015 nominations

The 87th Annual Academy awards nominations were announced by directors JJ Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón as well as Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, at the......

Grammies 2013: Winners at a Glance

The 55th annual Grammy Awards ceremony saw some great wins, and some interesting performances by Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jack White, Sting and Bruno Mars.Here's a quick glance at the winners: Album......

Dutch players Horst, Welten voted 2015 FIH Players of the Year

IMAGE: The Netherlands captain Robert van der Horst. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty images The Netherlands Robert Van der Horst and Lidewij Welten won the men's and women's International Hockey......

Factbox: A list of French Open men's champions over time

The 2nd major of the year, the French Open will start on the weekend. With the clay-court grand slam starting on Sunday, here is the list of French Open champions over the years IMAGE:......

EPL PHOTOS: Sunderland hold Liverpool; 10-man City beat Burnley

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Monday IMAGE: Liverpool's Dejan Lovren (left) and Sunderland's Jermain Defoe (right) battle for the ball during their Premier League match......

EPL PIX: Chelsea extend lead at the top, United leave it late

Results and images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Goalkeeper Lee Grant of Stoke City grabs the ball as Gary Cahill, right, of Chelsea celebrates as he scores the......

'Kohli never hesitates to play his shots against any bowler and in any situation'

'It shows his confidence in his own ability,' Geoff Boycott tells Haresh Pandya. IMAGE: "Kohli is a fine, attractive batsman, looks sound technically and temperamentally," says Geoff Boycott.......

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Will Ferrell to star as Sherlock Holmes, Ralph Fiennes also part of cast

Will Ferrell will join Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Ian McKellen and Robert Downey Jr in the league of actors who have played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's... ...

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Robert Pattinson offered to do catering to get a movie role

Robert Pattinson has said he offered catering to get a role in "Good Times". Pattinson said he was desperate to get a part in the Safdie... ...

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Critics fear Justice Dept. Deputy Attorney General could be sacked next

[USA], June 17 (ANI): Some critics of U.S. President Donald Trump have expressed fear that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein could be fired... ...

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The Arc of Optimism

THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC crisis that began a decade ago led to the destruction of economic value not known since the days of the Great Depression in the... ...

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Bopanna-Dabrowski clinch French Open mixed doubles title

Paris:Indian star Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski on Thursday won a tough three-set battle to clinch the mixed doubles... ...

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