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IN PIX: Reaching new heights of daredevilry

Take a look at the incredible jumps 'Fearless Felix' has made. Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a record-breaking jump from a balloon floating nearly 37 kilometres......

IN PICS: Daredevil skydiver who BROKE the sound barrier

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner on Sunday broke the sound barrier during his in a word-record-breaking jump from a balloon floating nearly 37 kilometres above the earth. Click NEXT to read...

Walking, skydiving, flying. All in a weekend's work

A Ganesh Nadar recollects the unsual last weekend he spent in Mumbai before returning to his native village in Tamil Nadu. Friday evenings are normally the best evening of the week as we have the......

India's first skydiving zone, in Gujarat

The Sports Authority of Gujarat is in the process of developing the state as a destination for adventure sports, especially skydiving.According to an official of the forum, SAG is making efforts to......

Deputy Army chief jumps off a plane!

Deputy Chief of the Army Staff Lieutenant General Ramesh Halgali recently surprised students and Army personnel alike when he chose to perform a skydive while visiting the Army Adventure Skydiving......

Why did Maharashtra's UIDAI project fail to meet the hype

Ashok Bhil, a 25-year-old graduate from Navalpur, 7 Km from Tembhli, is disappointed with the way the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is rolling out Aadhaar in Maharashtra. Last......

Hyundai i20 Automatic: How good is it?

"Which automatic car should I buy for my dad?" our marketing head asked a day before we were to test the Hyundai i20 automatic. "Hang in there," I said. The timing of the i20 was quite right.......

Climate 2020: India to be hardest hit

The Earth will be 2.4 degree Celsius warmer by 2020 if the world continues with the business-as-usual approach to climate change and India would be one of the hardest hit countries witnessing up to......

Yeti, Aria and Santa Fe. Which is the best buy?

It's raining Sports Utility Vehicles and crossovers in the country right now. First the Hyundai Santa Fe then Tata Aria and now Skoda Yeti, the Indian car buyers got three brand new utility......

The 5 richest women in India

As many as five women have made it to Forbes India magazine's list of the 100 richest Indians this year, including O P Jindal Group chairperson Savitri Jindal, who surpassed billionaire Anil Ambani......

Skydiving with Sonam, Imran!

We so envy Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan. The stars of the upcoming movie, I Hate Luv Storys, which releases this Friday, had a rollicking time shooting for their movie in New Zealand.......

Review: Disco is torturous film

Radhika Rajamani says a bad script, inept direction, and poor technical values will keep audiences away from Disco.Some movies make you wonder why they were made. Why do producers shell out huge......

'Disco has nothing to do with dance'

Telugu actor Nikhil Siddhartha made his debut in Sekhar Kammula's Happy Days in 2007. The runaway success of that film got him quite a few more movies. While his films Yuvatha and Veedu Theda did......

Bollywood's rough 'n' tough men

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Salman Khan, who is quite busy shooting for his next film......

Orange: An overdose of love

RadhikaRajamani reviews the Telugu film, Orange. Post YOUR reviews here!Orange is yet another contemporary urban love story -- aso-called 'sweet-sour'take on love.It is a youthful tale, which......

A Test of patience

Skydivers have parachutes to ensure they don't fall flat on their butts. Administrators have 'in retrospect'.'In retrospect', the ICC Test Championship, introduced in mid-2001, is a non-starter;......

Images: Serena holds firm as Clijsters, Venus shown exit

Serena Williams was left all alone trying to crush an unlikely uprising on Wimbledon's hallowed lawns on Tuesday as sister Venus and Kim Clijsters suffered shock defeats in the women's......

Images: English goalkeepers in blunderland

England's Robert Green was ridiculed after his embarrassing gaffe handed the United States and equaliser in the team's World Cup match on Saturday but the country's national team has a history of......

Hamilton: Facts and figures

After taking a deserved 2-0 lead, India would be hoping to wrap up the five-match ODI series when it takes on New Zealand in the fourth One-Day International in Hamilton, on Wednesday.India does......

Rathore, Kumble among Padma Shri winners

Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and India's highest wicket-taker in Test cricket Anil Kumble are among five sportspersons who have been selected for the Padma Shri award.The......

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Q. Has anyone tried to skydived to earth like what Felix did ??
Nahu Khan: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/has-anyone-tried-to-skydived-to-earth-like-what-felix-did-/24297570/answers/

Q. Plz tell me about skydiving training
Hitesh Khurana: A. no its the world record more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/plz-tell-me-about-skydiving-training/22938903/answers/24297575

Q. What\'s the use of Accelaration due to gravity ?
Hitesh Khurana: A. The most important of Newtons laws, the second one which can be mathematically translated to F=ma, shows the relation between force and...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/whats-the-use-of-accelaration-due-to-gravity-/22938903/answers/16209416

Q. Altimeter is used for ???
Anantharaman : A. An altimeter is a altitude measurement device used by mountaineers, skydivers, pilots, satellites, and many others. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/altimeter-is-used-for-/16209158/answers/15070668

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Meet a Scientologist --- Thomas Maib

The Church of Scientology has published its latest video June 17, 2013, on http://www.Scientology.org and the YouTube Scientology video channel,... ...

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Relax, the currency really hasnt fallen that much

Sinking like a stone - or a skydiver - the rupee has lost nearly 10% value against the dollar since May 6. Jamal Mecklai Sinking like a stone - or... ...

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Relax, rupee really hasnt fallen that much

Sinking like a stone - or a skydiver - the rupee has lost nearly 10% value against the dollar since May 6. Jamal Mecklai Sinking like a stone - or... ...

http://economictimes.feedsportal.com/c/33041/f/534063/s/2d6b4106/l/0Leconomictimes0Bindiatimes0N0Carticleshow0C20A640A30A0A0Bcms/story01.htm

One-armed Skydiver Triumphs Over Life-changing Injuries

ATTEMPTS WORLD SKYDIVING RECORD TO BENEFIT FATHER WITH PARKINSON''S DISEASE PR Newswire MINNEAPOLIS, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/... ...

http://www.asianhhm.com/news/news_archives.asp?NewsID=48608&title=Onearmed-Skydiver-Triumphs-Over-Lifechanging-Injuries

Baumgartner shares tale of his 39-km world record skydive

After retiring from the Austrian army, Baumgartner took to skydiving and has also dived from the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Christ... ...

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