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G8 meets over thaw on Iraq

US President George W Bush musters top world leaders at a tightly secured island retreat today, with a long-awaited breakthrough in sight which could ease lingering rifts over Iraq. Bush will host......

PM all set to do more than just 'look east'

Rediff.com’s Vipin Vijayan, who will accompany Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his upcoming trip to Japan and Thailand, gives his take on what to expect on the bilateral fronts from the......

Countries that wish to invade do not do so by pitching tents!

What is so honourable in defending or dis-honourable in not defending the 'Johnson line' in Aksai Chin? That is a question that needs to be asked to the Indian shouting brigade. The Chinese also......

US eagle spreads wings, bares claws in northeast Asia

It is a fallacy, which many of our pundits are prone to, to exaggerate the potential for confrontation and conflict between the US and China and to conceive fanciful notions of advantage for India......

Remembering the Mighty Shivaji, truly a world leader

Shivaji revolutionised the art of warfare in India. His approach to the use of violence was radically different from that followed in the preceding 1,000 years.He was one of the great personalities......

Understanding climate change and India

A handbook is generally understood to be a ready reckoner, a quick reference, a flick-through pocketbook, something you pull out when the machinery has failed and so has your memory, or equally, in......

Home entertainment: Check these hi-tech media players!

Media players have been around but there's a reason why they haven't picked steam yet. It's just too complicated to understand what a media player does differently. To decode their functions,......

Mamata's rail: No hike in passenger fares, freight

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has cut service charge on passenger fare for sleeper and AC class and did not propose any hike in freight rates in the Railway Budget 2010-11. She announced 101 new......

It's the right climate for change

The new Indian position articulated in Parliament by the minister of state for environment and forests is a mix of pragmatism and principle, says Business Standard.In defining a new and nuanced......

Flu: India safe but ill-equipped on epidemic drugs

Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, SARS and bird flu in China, but India surprisingly escaped being ground zero for any.China: SARS in 2002-2003 and bird flu in 1996, both in the southern......

Read this before you watch Elizabeth

Before the British Raj, before hill-stations and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, before Gandhi and an empire on which 'the sun never set' -- there was Queen Elizabeth I of England. She ruled for......

Gogol on my mind

I don't have a pet name, pocket name, nickname, house name, daak naam. In that sense, I am no Gogol and have had to suffer from none of Gogol's name trauma. All I have had is my one and only name,......

Suresh Saraiya, one of the best-loved radio commentators

Haresh Pandya pays tribute to noted radio commentator Suresh Saraiya, who passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday following a heart attack. July 18, 2012, turned out to be a sad day for Hindi cinema and......

London torch relay to start where the land ends

The rugged Cornish coast will be the first part of Britain to host the London 2012 Olympics torch next year after organisers named Land's End as the starting point of an 8,000 mile journey around......

Time running out for players

Thirty-three footballers have so far taken advantage of FIFA's rule change that allows players to switch their national allegiance, starting a new career after having previously represented another......

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Q. Who first drew maps of America regarding discovery of America ?
Onlytruth: A. more

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Q. What is special today ?
Onlytruth: A. May 9 is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 236 days remaining until the end of the year.328...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-special-today-/22024671/answers/19767809

Q. Where the art of navigation was born and how the word Navigation derived ?
Jatin: A. The history of Indian shipping and maritime activities goes back probably to the early times of the Rgveda (I, 48, 3...... more

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Q. which is the most poisonous animaloptions1.man.2.king kobra.3. african kokai poisin frog
Joyesh Chakraborty: A. The deadliest snakes are: TAIPAN (OXYURANUS SCUTELLATUS): IT IS ONE OF THE MOST VENOMOUS AND DEADLIEST SNAKES IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE THREE MAIN...... more

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Q. Where is Dixieland and why its called so?
Ahmed : A. South of America is called Dixieland. There continues to be a great amount of debate over the origins of the word "Dixie" in connection...... more

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G8 meets over thaw on Iraq

PM all set to do more than just 'look east'

Countries that wish to invade do not do so by pitching tents!

US eagle spreads wings, bares claws in northeast Asia

Remembering the Mighty Shivaji, truly a world leader

Understanding climate change and India

Home entertainment: Check these hi-tech media players!

Mamata's rail: No hike in passenger fares, freight

It's the right climate for change

Flu: India safe but ill-equipped on epidemic drugs

Read this before you watch Elizabeth

Gogol on my mind

Suresh Saraiya, one of the best-loved radio commentators

London torch relay to start where the land ends

Time running out for players

People speak for western long island

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