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Elderly sportspersons lead by example in fight against Covid-19

Elderly sportspersons lead by example in fight against Covid-19

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

Chuni Goswami needs insulin daily and due to the 21-day nationwide lockdown his medical supervisor is not able to attend him but his wife Basanti is 'managing' it somehow. Former India hockey captain Gurbux Singh remembers the World War II and also the partition but said he never witnessed anything like the current crisis.

How Rohit and Jadeja put India in box seat

How Rohit and Jadeja put India in box seat

Rediff.com10 Feb 2023

Jadeja raised 81 runs for the unbroken eighth wicket with Axar Patel (52) to drive home India's advantage.

We stand for each other in bad times: Arshdeep

We stand for each other in bad times: Arshdeep

Rediff.com24 Oct 2022

Arshdeep Singh removed Pakistan's in-form openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to give India a perfect start with the ball.

Bhima Koregaon case: Varavara Rao gets 6-month bail on medical grounds

Bhima Koregaon case: Varavara Rao gets 6-month bail on medical grounds

Rediff.com22 Feb 2021

Rao, 82, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), is currently undergoing treatment in the Mumbai-based Nanavati Hospital where he had been admitted by the Maharashtra government following the high court's intervention.

'Small changes' working as Rahane eyes Test comeback

'Small changes' working as Rahane eyes Test comeback

Rediff.com16 Jan 2023

Ajinkya Rahane is back among the runs with 532 runs in five Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai this season, with a top score of 204 and an average of 76.

PHOTOS: Kyrgios stuns Medvedev; Alcaraz loses

PHOTOS: Kyrgios stuns Medvedev; Alcaraz loses

Rediff.com11 Aug 2022

Nick Kyrgios produced a serve-and-volley masterclass to topple world number one Daniil Medvedev 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-2 for his eighth straight win on a day of upsets, while American Tommy Paul rallied to beat Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz.

Weightlifter Harshada India's first Jr World Champion

Weightlifter Harshada India's first Jr World Champion

Rediff.com2 May 2022

Harshada Sharad Garud on Monday became India's first weightlifter to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece.

The IPL 2023 Dream Team

The IPL 2023 Dream Team

Rediff.com23 May 2023

Check out the best playing XI from the IPL 2023 league stage.

India's Top Social Media Influencers

India's Top Social Media Influencers

Rediff.com3 Jan 2024

In a nation of 1.4 billion people, where a potential new creator is born every second, we pick 25 influencers who have ruled social media this year.

WTC final: Milestones to watch out for...

WTC final: Milestones to watch out for...

Rediff.com7 Jun 2023

Team India is all set to take on Australia in the final of the ICC World Test Championship final from Wednesday at The Oval and this 'Ultimate Test' also brings with it a set of milestones that players can establish during the course of the match.

Football's 'Eternal great' Pele passes away

Football's 'Eternal great' Pele passes away

Rediff.com30 Dec 2022

Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82.

PIX: Fraser-Pryce dazzles in Paris Diamond League meet

PIX: Fraser-Pryce dazzles in Paris Diamond League meet

Rediff.com19 Jun 2022

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce matched her season's best of 10.67 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

England ready to face Aus with 'white-ball mindset'

England ready to face Aus with 'white-ball mindset'

Rediff.com23 Dec 2021

'We realise we haven't been good enough across all facets of the game. The boys want to win, we want to win the series too.'

'Modi could be PM for 15 years'

'Modi could be PM for 15 years'

Rediff.com13 Dec 2019

'The biggest danger is that majoritarianism is getting normalised, insidiously and overtly... We are bringing the worst, not the best in us... We are looking for new enemies - Muslims, urban Naxals, tukde tukde gang, some enemy or the other which keeps this majoritarian wheel turning,' says journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.

R-Day @ Shaheen Bagh: Dadis, Vemula's mom hoist flag

R-Day @ Shaheen Bagh: Dadis, Vemula's mom hoist flag

Rediff.com26 Jan 2020

Radhika Vemula, Rohith's mother, who was accompanied by the 'dadis' and former JNU student Umar Khalid unfurled the national flag. They sang the national anthem along with thousands of people, including women and children who had gathered at Shaheen Bagh to celebrate the occasion.

NZ openers lead strong reply in Karachi

NZ openers lead strong reply in Karachi

Rediff.com27 Dec 2022

Pakistan's weakened pace attack in the absence of injured Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah, didn't offer a challenge to Conway and Latham with the new ball as both batters took New Zealand to 41-0 by tea before adding 124 more runs in the final session.

Virat Kohli@500: A look at his career in numbers

Virat Kohli@500: A look at his career in numbers

Rediff.com20 Jul 2023

Virat Kohli is set to make history on Thursday as he takes the field against the West Indies

There were elections here 1,000 years ago!

There were elections here 1,000 years ago!

Rediff.com4 May 2019

Some 1,100 years ago, Uthiramerur had an election system similar to what India has today.

CWG: India wins historic gold-silver in men's triple jump

CWG: India wins historic gold-silver in men's triple jump

Rediff.com8 Aug 2022

Eldhose Paul led India's historic 1-2 finish in men's triple jump at the Commonwealth Games as he won a rare gold medal in track and field events and was followed by fellow Kerala athlete Abdulla Aboobacker in Birmingham on Sunday.

China warns of possible military response if Pelosi visits Taiwan

China warns of possible military response if Pelosi visits Taiwan

Rediff.com1 Aug 2022

China on Monday said it is keeping a close watch on reports of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned visit to Taiwan though it was conspicuously missing from her official Asia tour itinerary and warned of a resolute response by its military and strong countermeasures if she went ahead with the trip to Taipei.

Abducted NHPC official's mother begs ultras for son's release

Abducted NHPC official's mother begs ultras for son's release

Rediff.com27 Sep 2013

Eighty-two-year Nirmala Kumari, the mother of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation general manger, Anil Kumar Agarwal who was abducted at gunpoint by Bodo militants in Assam, on Friday made a passionate appeal to the abductors to release her son on humanitarian ground.

One Match Winning, Another In Vain

One Match Winning, Another In Vain

Rediff.com18 May 2023

Take a bow Rilee Roussow, Liam Livingstone/

Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar

Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar

Rediff.com13 May 2003

'The spontaneity was always there; it gave me and others a lot of happiness for some time, but it brought sorrow also,' he said commenting on his love life in The Times daily.

Meet India's World Cup 15

Meet India's World Cup 15

Rediff.com6 Sep 2023

A look at India's 15-member squad for the World Cup.

Brazil mourns loss of 'King' Pele

Brazil mourns loss of 'King' Pele

Rediff.com30 Dec 2022

Pele's death has unified Brazil, a country starkly divided by a bruising presidential election.

3.49% turnout in Valley, Samba records 82% voting in phase-3 of civic polls

3.49% turnout in Valley, Samba records 82% voting in phase-3 of civic polls

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

The first phase of the polls in the Kashmir Valley saw 8.3 per cent turnout on October 8 while only 3.4 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise in the second phase held two days later.

Ranji: Himachal in command vs Haryana; Vidarbha in control

Ranji: Himachal in command vs Haryana; Vidarbha in control

Rediff.com14 Dec 2022

A summary of all the action from Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Wednesday.

Shaheen Bagh's 'Dadi' on BBC's 100 Women Of 2020 list

Shaheen Bagh's 'Dadi' on BBC's 100 Women Of 2020 list

Rediff.com24 Nov 2020

Para-athlete and current para-badminton world champion Manasi Joshi, climate activist Ridhima Pandey and Isaivani for breaking male domination in the field of Tamil Nadu's Gaana singing also made the list.

World Cup PIX: India remain unbeaten with 160-run win over Netherlands

World Cup PIX: India remain unbeaten with 160-run win over Netherlands

Rediff.com12 Nov 2023

Images from the ICC World Cup match between India and the Netherlands, at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, on Sunday.

We will do what we said, says China as Pelosi flies out of Taiwan

We will do what we said, says China as Pelosi flies out of Taiwan

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

China on Wednesday said it will take "strong and effective" countermeasures against the US and Taiwan for violating the "One-China policy", as the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi successfully completed her visit to Taipei disregarding Beijing's vociferous threats.

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.

In debate over NPS and EPFO returns, one retirement fund edges ahead

In debate over NPS and EPFO returns, one retirement fund edges ahead

Rediff.com12 Jun 2023

If you work for 30 years, a two per cent difference in pension returns can reduce your final retirement nest egg by 40 per cent. The Rs 9-trillion National Pension System (NPS) seems to be delivering incrementally higher returns than the twice-as-large Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), shows a Business Standard analysis of data over the last seven years for the two retirement fund bodies. An investor who put in Rs 100 in retirement savings seven years ago would have seen her NPS nest egg grow to Rs 182 by 2023, according to the analysis based on the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority's recently released Handbook of National Pension System Statistics 2023.

WTC final: Rahane back; SKY and Kuldeep dropped

WTC final: Rahane back; SKY and Kuldeep dropped

Rediff.com25 Apr 2023

Rahane's comeback after 15 months was on predictable lines

PHOTOS: Chhetri's brace gives India winning start

PHOTOS: Chhetri's brace gives India winning start

Rediff.com8 Jun 2022

Sunil Chhetri was once again the man of the moment as he struck a brace to inspire India to a 2-0 win over Cambodia in the third round of qualifying for next year's Asian Cup.

Tchau, Senhor Pele!

Tchau, Senhor Pele!

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

Emotional crowds bid soccer legend Pele a final farewell on Tuesday

Champions League PIX: City top group; Barca, Dortmund in last 16

Champions League PIX: City top group; Barca, Dortmund in last 16

Rediff.com29 Nov 2023

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.

Women's bill: Cong claims credit, Shah says 'tokenism'

Women's bill: Cong claims credit, Shah says 'tokenism'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2023

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday sought to give credit to his party for the women's reservation bill but Home Minister Amit Shah refuted his claim, saying that the legislation brought by the Manmohan Singh government had lapsed following the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.

Ranji Trophy: Seamers set up Mumbai's outright win; K'taka cruise to victory

Ranji Trophy: Seamers set up Mumbai's outright win; K'taka cruise to victory

Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

Seamers Shivam Dube (4/10) and Royston Dias (3/35) powered Mumbai's outright win over Bihar by an innings and 51 runs in their Ranji Trophy 2023-24 season opener in Patna on Monday.

SC seeks report on Cauvery water released by K'taka, to hear TN plea on Sep 1

SC seeks report on Cauvery water released by K'taka, to hear TN plea on Sep 1

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

A three-judge bench headed by Justice BR Gavai sought a report from the Cauvery Water Management Authority on the amount of water released by Karnataka, after additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati informed the court that a meeting of the authority is scheduled for Monday.

Bihar: A year later, another topper fails to answer basic questions

Bihar: A year later, another topper fails to answer basic questions

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Bihar education minister asked if the 'media person who posed queries to the topper is himself a great musician?'