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Obama and the one dollar bill

Obama and the one dollar bill

Rediff.com21 Nov 2008

All kinds of people have tremendous expectations of Obama in the years ahead. If he manages to live up to anywhere close to the hype and hope, he could one day be declared a great president --and find himself on a piece of US currency.

Air India bombing convict completes sentence

Air India bombing convict completes sentence

Rediff.com10 Feb 2008

Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only person convicted for the 1985 Air India bombing, completed his manslaughter sentence but was not released as he is awaiting a fresh trial on perjury charge.

AI bombing: Gurdwara organises prayer service

AI bombing: Gurdwara organises prayer service

Rediff.com23 Jun 2008

The three-day, 24-hour-running, Akhand Path began on Friday but with the portrait of Babbar Khalsa leader Talwinder Singh Parmar hanging inside, staring at the faces of the congregation -- some of them being members of the victims' families.

How social factors affect immigrants' health

How social factors affect immigrants' health

Rediff.com5 Feb 2008

In a study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The Hague, Netherlands, it was cited that neighbourhood ethnic density is linked with a risk of psychosis among immigrants in the country. It was reported in the study that immigrants who live in neighbourhoods where their own ethnic group comprise a small proportion of the population are at increased risk for certain psychotic disorders, like Schizphrenia.

ISB among top 20 B-schools globally

ISB among top 20 B-schools globally

Rediff.com28 Jan 2008

School of Business (ISB) has been ranked number 20 in the global B-school rankings released today by Financial Times, London.

'India is the best in legal offshoring'

'India is the best in legal offshoring'

Rediff.com4 Sep 2007

Russell Smith, chairman, SDD Global Solutions, explains what makes India such a hot legal outsourcing destination.

10 Times Sara Ali Khan bowled us over

10 Times Sara Ali Khan bowled us over

Rediff.com4 Dec 2018

And Sara has not even made her debut yet!

Ispat eyes stakes in Global Steel mines

Ispat eyes stakes in Global Steel mines

Rediff.com4 Jun 2008

Global Steel owns 70 per cent stakes in iron ore mine in Brazil and two coal mines in Columbia and Mozambique. The company is setting up three special purpose vehicles for isolating financial and regulatory risks. Ispat will purchase the stakes in these SPVs, which are held by Global Steel. The iron ore mine has an estimated reserve of 500 million tonne while the coal mines hold reserves of 120 million tonne.

Can relationships be toxic?

Can relationships be toxic?

Rediff.com28 Aug 2018

A new study has the answers.

Filming war

Filming war

Rediff.com3 Aug 2007

Vineet Diwan is ready with his film on war.

Indian couple found dead in Canada

Indian couple found dead in Canada

Rediff.com22 Apr 2008

A middle-aged Indian couple was found murdered at their home in Canada's British Columbia province. Rajwinder Kaur Mann, 62, and Harbir Singh Mann, 67, both retired teachers who moved to Canada from India four years ago, were found dead in their home by their daughter-in-law on Friday. The neighbours said the couple was still living with their son, his wife and two young children at the time of their death and were mostly seen together.

Hindalco targets S American mines

Hindalco targets S American mines

Rediff.com1 Dec 2007

Hindalco Industries, an Aditya Birla group company, is scouting for copper mines in Columbia, Peru and Argentina.

CT scan could cause cancer, but hey, don't worry

CT scan could cause cancer, but hey, don't worry

Rediff.com29 Nov 2007

The researchers, and other experts, add that while they are comfortable tracing a link between CT scans and cancer, they don't have sufficient empirical evidence to go out on a limb and quantify the magnitude of that risk

Meet Saif Ali Khan's daughter, Sara

Meet Saif Ali Khan's daughter, Sara

Rediff.com14 Sep 2017

Saif and Amrita Singh's daughter makes her Bollywood debut opposite Sushant Singh Rajput.

Dream 11 founders: Fantasy sports champs

Dream 11 founders: Fantasy sports champs

Rediff.com13 Jun 2019

Following their passion paid off for Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth with their fantasy sports platform Dream11 entering the unicorn club with a valuation of over $1 billion.

Canada: Sikhs complain against 'hard hat' policy

Canada: Sikhs complain against 'hard hat' policy

Rediff.com1 Apr 2008

Two Sikhs have filed a human rights complaint against a sawmill firm in Canada, saying its new hard hat policy is preventing them from returning to their jobs.The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal accepted the complaint of Kalwant Singh Sahota and Mander Singh Sohal last month and asked International Forest Products to file its response by April 9. Sahota, who began work at the mill in 2004, and Sohal are receiving the support of Sikh groups across Vancouver.

Man charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh professor

Man charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh professor

Rediff.com20 Apr 2014

A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with hate crime for a brutal assault on a Sikh professor last year during which the attackers called him "Osama" and a "terrorist" in the United States.

Obama nominates Indian-American as district court judge

Obama nominates Indian-American as district court judge

Rediff.com1 Aug 2014

United States President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian-American counsel to the key post of US District Court judge for Washington, DC.

Cavendish pulls out of Tour de France

Cavendish pulls out of Tour de France

Rediff.com21 Jul 2008

Mark Cavendish has pulled out of the Tour de France before the 15th stage to Prato Nevoso, his Team Columbia said.

Air India bombing convict out on bail

Air India bombing convict out on bail

Rediff.com10 Jul 2008

Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the bombing of an Air India flight in 1985, was granted bail on Wednesday by a Canadian court after he spent more than two decades in prison.Reyat has served more than 20 years for two separate convictions related to the bombing of the Air India flight 182, off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985, which claimed 329 lives.In May 1991, he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Schumacher takes Tour lead

Schumacher takes Tour lead

Rediff.com9 Jul 2008

German Stefan Schumacher caught the favourites out to snatch the Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey with victory in the fourth stage, a 29.5-km time trial around Cholet on Tuesday. The Gerolsteiner rider clocked a best time of 35 minutes and 44 seconds on a windswept course at an average speed of 49.534 kph to beat Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia by 18 seconds.

All you need to know about Nipah virus

All you need to know about Nipah virus

Rediff.com7 Jun 2019

Here is all you need to know about the virus, its symptoms and how you can prevent it.

Foreign universities awaiting govt nod

Foreign universities awaiting govt nod

Rediff.com29 Nov 2006

As many as 40 international universities have sought land from the Maharashtra government in the Mumbai-Pune-Nashik belt for the purpose.

A thought about weight can ruin your health

A thought about weight can ruin your health

Rediff.com4 Feb 2008

Researchers from United States conducted a study and found that the more dissatisfied a person is with his or her weight, the unhealthier he or she becomes.

Economists worried over fiscal stimulus, urge RBI to cut rate

Economists worried over fiscal stimulus, urge RBI to cut rate

Rediff.com3 Jun 2019

Economists have said if a stimulus is needed it should be different from what was provided in 2008-09, when the economy faced the ripple effects of a global meltdown following the Lehman Brothers collapse.

Khalistani numbers rising in Canada

Khalistani numbers rising in Canada

Rediff.com18 Apr 2007

In their agenda the Sikh Lobby Network (Canada) and the Lobby group Sikh Federation (UK) they are asking the Canadian government to lift the ban on their two terrorist groups and support for the Khalistan movement.

The Yin and Yang of markets

The Yin and Yang of markets

Rediff.com25 Jan 2008

There are hundreds of learned papers and books on why markets drop precipitously. Recalling how the Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman had helped explain the Columbia disaster in 1986, in the last few days, I have read more than a dozen research papers to see whether economists would be of any help.

Indo-Canadian senator urged to resign

Indo-Canadian senator urged to resign

Rediff.com24 Jan 2008

Indo-Canadian senator and lawyer Mobina Jaffer is under pressure to resign following charges that she allegedly over-billed her client.

What Chandrayaan-2 will do for India

What Chandrayaan-2 will do for India

Rediff.com22 Jul 2019

'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.

'Poverty in India can disappear in 15 years'

'Poverty in India can disappear in 15 years'

Rediff.com31 Oct 2006

Reforms have to accentuate if we have to reach a double-digit growth rate. That's the only way to be able to spend more on social issues like health and education, says Jagdish Bhagwati.

Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Bhupen Hazarika, Nanaji Deshmukh

Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Bhupen Hazarika, Nanaji Deshmukh

Rediff.com26 Jan 2019

With these three recipients, 48 eminent people have been conferred the award so far.

Ash to star in Pink Panther 2

Ash to star in Pink Panther 2

Rediff.com9 Aug 2007

Aishwarya Rai is set to star with actor Steve Martin in The Pink Panther sequel.

'Canada slow to recognize Air India tragedy'

'Canada slow to recognize Air India tragedy'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2007

Justice John Major, who presided over the Air India inquiry commission that concluded its hearing earlier this week, said that he "did not imagine at first that it was a plane full almost entirely of Canadians." "The fact that the Sikh terrorists behind the plot were from British Columbia made it even more distant and difficult for those in Toronto and Ottawa to understand that it was a Canadian tragedy," Major said in Toronto on Tuesday.

Resurgence of Sikh militancy in Canada: MP

Resurgence of Sikh militancy in Canada: MP

Rediff.com10 Dec 2007

During the Baisakhi Day parade in April in Surrey, there was a float 'honoring' Talwinder Singh Parmar, the alleged mastermind of the Kanishka terrorist attack that killed 329 people. Dosanjh had strongly criticized federal and provincial politicians who attended that parade and did not speak out.

Canada to formally apologise for 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy

Canada to formally apologise for 1914 Komagata Maru tragedy

Rediff.com12 Apr 2016

The Japanese steamship Komagata Maru, carrying 376 immigrants, mostly Sikhs, from India was denied entry by the Canadian government in May 1914 and was forced to return to India.

Study abroad advice on US universities

Study abroad advice on US universities

Rediff.com18 Jul 2007

Sree Sreenivasan, one of the 20 most powerful south asians in America, answers questions about studying in the US. As dean of students at Columbia's journalism school, he interacts intimately with university students.

NY police sued for harassing Indian student

NY police sued for harassing Indian student

Rediff.com7 Dec 2007

A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the New York police on behalf of an Indian-origin student, who was allegedly unlawfully handcuffed and detained in July after he took photographs of a subway station.

US must move beyond double standards: Bhagwati

US must move beyond double standards: Bhagwati

Rediff.com17 Feb 2007

Noting that he was in India in January, Bhagwati said there is no way anybody in India could be prevailed upon to make the kinds of concessions that are required by the US farm lobby, against a cut of only $3 billion.

Indo-Canadian school principal killed

Indo-Canadian school principal killed

Rediff.com8 Jul 2007

So far police have not been able to identify the suspects.

Atlantis is back home!

Atlantis is back home!

Rediff.com23 Jun 2007

Atlantis is back home!