Steve Finn helped England dominate Australia in another Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead. A day later, there were celebrations across China as Beijing won the rights to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. And, on Sunday, Premier League club Arsenal finally won bragging rights after beating Chelsea 1-0 to clinch the Community Shield to kick-start their season on a positive note. Rediff.com has all this and a lot more action from the week gone by, snapped right here!
Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.
Companies are cutting back on recruitment and training in their bid to cut costs and cope with the current economic slowdown.
The six-member government-appointed board of scandal-hit Satyam Computer Services today appointed investment banks Goldman Sachs and Avendus to explore various strategic options for the company, which include identifying strategic investors and obtaining expressions of interest from them in a fair and transparent manner.
The BCG analysis shows Lupin gave an annualised average TSR of 29.9 per cent, ahead of the 18.4 per cent of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical, the world's largest generics maker. Teva is next on the list. Another Indian generic maker, Glenmark, occupies third position, with an 18 per cent TSR to its investors.
'We are working to put up an actual plan in play to deal with the banking situation, which is top of our agenda,' finance minister tells Harvard University students.
Reader Radhakrishna Gowrishankara spotted Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open and sent us these photographs.
The new application uses the HealthMap technology, an online resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about emerging infectious diseases, and provides a new, contextualised view of a user's specific location.
'There is indeed a link between BCG vaccination and resistance to COVID-19.'
'It is inevitable that people around the world -- including from America and China -- will have different viewpoints over different issues'
Several buildings across the world lit up bright green on Thursday night in support of the Paris climate accord.
Ram Shriram, founding investor and board member of Google, thinks the Indian government should focus on better Internet access to create a conducive business environment.
The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers by 2023 and 2025, respectively
Tennis star Venus Williams plays soccer during a "Play with the Pros" event at EA Sports studios during the unveiling of their fall video games in Burnaby, British Columbia on Monday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
In a major breakthrough that might increase the survival rate of cancer patients, an American research team has identified a protein that inhibits spread of affected cells to other parts of the body from a carcinogenic tumour
A state of emergency has been declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
From speed dating to listening to thought provoking talks by professor Tarun Khanna of the Harvard Business School, over 800 members of the Network of Indian Professionals recently spent three days in Boston.
Delhi on Wednesday got its third case of swine flu with a person who has returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus. The result for the latest case was positive, National Institute of Communicable Diseases Director Shivlal said.
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22-year-old Noah Lyles is expected to top the podium in Doha but it will take more than silver hair and a gold medal to make people forget about Usain Bolt.
'It's not easy to handle a team at a big, big club... always demanding to win competitions and every manager needs time. I have the feeling United started to play the way he wants'
Global wealth fell from $104.7 trillion in 2007 to $92.4 trillion in 2008.
Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata are cities of global repute.
The award was presented by Dr Martin Mackay, pesident Global R&D, Pfizer and Karun Rishi, president, USA-India Chamber of Commerce, at a function in Boston recently, according to a release by the chamber.
They suggest that this method could be applied to help identify warning signs in search data before a range of real world events
Simanta Sharma, MD and CEO of bolohealth.com, shares his success mantras.
Among the other recipients of South Asian origin this year were Dr Shaheen Lakhan of Arleta, California; Shetty Shohan of North Palm Beach, Florida; Amoha Bajaj of Montgomery, New Jersey; Shabnum Gulati of Edison, New Jersey; and Sheel Tyle of Pittsford, New York.
The Telugu flick starring Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja will release in 14 countries.
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
Manoj K Jain is an infectious disease physician, a writer, and a national leader in health-care quality improvement. Memphis-based Jain, 45, also writes for publications including The Washington Post.
People who frequently consume sugary beverages such as sodas and fruit juices are more likely to have poorer memory, smaller overall brain volumes.
Kenya, facing scrutiny from world anti-doping officials and criticism that it is not doing enough to tackle the problem, has banned seven more athletes for doping offences, raising the total number of Kenyan drug cases in the last three years to 40.
Former New England Patriots football star Aaron Hernandez hanged himself in the jail cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, just days after being acquitted of a second murder charge.
The Boston Analytics Consumer Sentiment Index for August fell below the benchmark value of 100 since its inception, signalling a low-key festive season ahead.
The value of global mergers and acquisition deals is likely to drop by nearly 50 per cent this year, even as the financial crisis throws good opportunities for takeovers, a study says.
The suspect, named as Akbarjon Djalilov, is a Kyrgyzstan national.
Consumer spending, which had been growing at 10 per cent year-on-year, will now decrease. Over 34 per cent of the respondents said they would cut spends, while 16 per cent said would spend more in the coming year. However, compared to other countries where the survey was conducted like Brazil, China, Mexico, Russia, Japan, Canada, United States and Europe , Indian consumers are more confident and optimistic.
'Kobe is easily among the five greatest basketball players of all time. This is such a tragic loss.'
