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Coming your way: The Saina, Sindhu, Mithali biopics...

Coming your way: The Saina, Sindhu, Mithali biopics...

Rediff.com26 Feb 2020

Bollywood's obsession with biopics is getting stronger with each year. The focus seems to be on Indian sportswomen.

Australia destroy England to win women's T20 title

Australia destroy England to win women's T20 title

Rediff.com25 Nov 2018

Ashleigh Gardner scored an unbeaten 33 as Australia beat England by eight wickets to win the Women's World Twenty20 title.

PIX: Rihanna's JAW-DROPPING bikini vacation

PIX: Rihanna's JAW-DROPPING bikini vacation

Rediff.com27 Jan 2014

Take a look at the Barbadian singing sensation's holiday album.

Rajapaksa heading for landslide win in Lanka polls

Rajapaksa heading for landslide win in Lanka polls

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

Unofficial results indicate that the SLPP would comfortably win at least 17 out of the 22 districts on offer.

When Bollywood took flight

When Bollywood took flight

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

Like there's no dearth of memorable bus scenes and train imagery in Hindi movies, planes are equally prolific on silver screen.

PIX: Tears, smiles by the billion at London Games

PIX: Tears, smiles by the billion at London Games

Rediff.com14 Aug 2012

Fourteen billion dollars goes a long, long way; it would buy you three US aircraft carriers or six NASA rover missions to Mars.

US, Japan courting India to corner China: Chinese daily

US, Japan courting India to corner China: Chinese daily

Rediff.com1 Sep 2016

China should not feel cornered by a raft of geopolitical moves by the US and Japan against it by forging closer ties with India, Russia and others in the region and Beijing should focus on becoming a strong economic and military power, a state-run daily said on Thursday.

Typhoon Hagibis: Saturday's F1 qualifying session called off

Typhoon Hagibis: Saturday's F1 qualifying session called off

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

Formula One team bosses backed the decision of Japanese Grand Prix organisers to cancel all of Saturday's practice and qualifying sessions as the sport hunkered down to ride out Typhoon Hagibis.

Chandrayaan 2: Technical glitch leaves spectators dejected

Chandrayaan 2: Technical glitch leaves spectators dejected

Rediff.com15 Jul 2019

Despite the odd time, hordes of enthusiasts had reached the island, some of them travelling long distances on two wheelers, to witness the historic moment.

Chinese spy ship shadows US, India, Japan joint naval exercise

Chinese spy ship shadows US, India, Japan joint naval exercise

Rediff.com15 Jun 2016

It was for the first time that a Chinese spy ship was detected in Japanese water since a submarine was spotted in 2004. The latest intrusion came less than a week after another Chinese naval vessel sailed near islands at the centre of a Tokyo-Beijing sovereignty dispute in the East China Sea.

292 missing in South Korean ferry disaster

292 missing in South Korean ferry disaster

Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

South Korean rescue boats and helicopters scrambled to pluck passengers, most of them high school students, from a ferry as it listed and slowly sank off the country's southwest coast on Wednesday.

Lessons from Phailin come in handy for Odisha for tackling Hudhud

Lessons from Phailin come in handy for Odisha for tackling Hudhud

Rediff.com8 Oct 2014

The deep depression in North Andaman Sea and its neighbourhood intensified into a cyclonic storm on Wednesday and is likely to cross Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast on October 12.

China and Xi want India to fail

China and Xi want India to fail

Rediff.com1 Oct 2020

By jettisoning the vision of multilateral world in favour of a Han Empire, China has posed a major long term challenge to India. India must stand firm against Chinese expansionism but also keep a door open for future detente by making a clear distinction between Chinese people and the current Chinese leadership, observe Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (Retd) and Colonel Anil Athale (Retd).

UK PM Boris Johnson recuperates at country home with fiancee

UK PM Boris Johnson recuperates at country home with fiancee

Rediff.com13 Apr 2020

Downing Street has said that the prime minister would not be returning to work immediately and will be based at the sprawling 1,000-acre estate in Buckinghamshire, south-east England, for a recovery period on medical advice.

REWIND: Best images of the week gone by

REWIND: Best images of the week gone by

Rediff.com24 Jun 2019

Missed the biggest news from last week? Here's what happened in the world in photos.

Strategic Command tests 700-km range Agni missile

Strategic Command tests 700-km range Agni missile

Rediff.com14 Mar 2016

India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously built nuclear-capable intermediate range Agni-I ballistic missile, capable of hitting a target 700 km away, from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.

Heavy downpour floods Mumbai; rail, road traffic hit

Heavy downpour floods Mumbai; rail, road traffic hit

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

The Santacruz observatory recorded 286.4 mm rainfall during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, making it the fourth highest rainfall in Mumbai since 1974, an Indian Meteorological Department official said.

India successfully tests scramjet demonstrator aircraft

India successfully tests scramjet demonstrator aircraft

Rediff.com12 Jun 2019

The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet demonstration aircraft for hypersonic speed flight, it can cruise at a speed of mach 6 and move up to an altitude of 32.5 km (20 miles) in 20 seconds, the sources said.

Admiral Karambir Singh is the new Navy Chief

Admiral Karambir Singh is the new Navy Chief

Rediff.com31 May 2019

As Navy chief, Admiral Singh's immediate priority will be to expedite the long-delayed modernisation of the Indian Navy, including by inducting new warships, submarines and aircraft.

India must change course in the South China Sea

India must change course in the South China Sea

Rediff.com8 Mar 2016

Since 55 per cent of Indian trade passes through the South China Sea, and with over $5 billion investments in the energy sector in Vietnam, it is imperative India actively pursues its national interests in the region, says Srikanth Kondapalli.

Canada GP: Hamilton equals Schumi with bitter-sweet win

Canada GP: Hamilton equals Schumi with bitter-sweet win

Rediff.com10 Jun 2019

'It's been ultimately a really great race between two different teams and it ends with a bit of a ... negative. It does kind of feel like a deflated win'

Cricket Buzz: Richardson's World Cup hope gets boost

Cricket Buzz: Richardson's World Cup hope gets boost

Rediff.com28 Mar 2019

The 22-year-old completed only half his quota of overs in Sunday's second one-day international against Pakistan in Sharjah before he was forced off the field having dislocated his bowling shoulder when trying to save a boundary.

'It is important for India to prepare for war'

'It is important for India to prepare for war'

Rediff.com19 Nov 2020

'It will be a repeated folly to ever think that China will not attack us.'

Stunning winners of this year's Ocean Art underwater photo contest

Stunning winners of this year's Ocean Art underwater photo contest

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

The Underwater Photography Guide has announced the winners of their 8th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photography Competition: a selection that runs the gamut between beautiful, eye popping and, in the case of the Conservation category winner, tragic and unnerving. This year's contest attracted "thousands" of entries from 78 countries across the world.

Mind bending photographs that will shock you

Mind bending photographs that will shock you

Rediff.com3 Jun 2016

Self-taught Swedish photographer and retoucher Erik Johansson turns outrageous scenarios into surreal yet familiar fragments of reality.

First look: What's new in PUBG Mobile Lite?

First look: What's new in PUBG Mobile Lite?

Rediff.com29 Jul 2019

Ashish Narsale finds out what's so exciting about Player Unknown's Battlegrounds latest version.

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency following riots in Kandy

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency following riots in Kandy

Rediff.com6 Mar 2018

Violence erupted on Monday following which police imposed curfew in the Theldeniya area.

Writing tips from Ruskin Bond

Writing tips from Ruskin Bond

Rediff.com5 Nov 2020

Who better than India's beloved storyteller to teach you how to spin a yarn?

CAA is a self-inflicted problem

CAA is a self-inflicted problem

Rediff.com20 Dec 2019

'The north east does not want the solution that the BJP has given and it has become clear that it has not been fully thought through,' says Aakar Patel.

Panama Papers fallout: Iceland PM resigns

Panama Papers fallout: Iceland PM resigns

Rediff.com6 Apr 2016

Becoming the first casualty of the Panama Papers scandale, Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned on Tuesday.

The ODDEST moments of 2018

The ODDEST moments of 2018

Rediff.com20 Dec 2018

These 22 bizarre photos are perfect examples of the weird and sometimes hilarious world we live in.

India gives Cyprus 2 months to share information

India gives Cyprus 2 months to share information

Rediff.com17 Dec 2013

India and Cyprus had entered into a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in 1994.

Once Upon A Time in the Maldives...

Once Upon A Time in the Maldives...

Rediff.com20 Feb 2018

30 years ago, after India sent in troops to resolve a crisis in the Maldives, Ambassador B S Prakash was part of an Indian government team assigned to the islands to help the then president. This is what he discovered. A Must Read!

India successfully test-fires Agni-I missile

India successfully test-fires Agni-I missile

Rediff.com27 Nov 2015

Agni-I missile is equipped with sophisticated navigation system which ensures it reaches the target with a high degree of accuracy and precision.

HOT PICS: 9 new faces to rock Victoria's Secret fashion show

HOT PICS: 9 new faces to rock Victoria's Secret fashion show

Rediff.com8 Nov 2016

These girls are so H-O-T you just can't take your eyes off them!

Pakistan cries foul over India's Prithvi-II missile test

Pakistan cries foul over India's Prithvi-II missile test

Rediff.com16 May 2016

Reacting to the recent supersonic interceptor missile test by India, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister's adviser on Foreign Affairs, has said that Islamabad will acquire advanced technology to improve its defence and will also raise the matter at the international arena.

Agni-V, India's most advanced nuclear-capable ballistic missile, launched

Agni-V, India's most advanced nuclear-capable ballistic missile, launched

Rediff.com15 Sep 2013

India on Sunday conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-V long-range ballistic missile, which has a strike range of more than 5000 km, from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

Japan unveils biggest warship since WWII

Japan unveils biggest warship since WWII

Rediff.com7 Aug 2013

The Japanese navy has reportedly unveiled its biggest warship since the World War II which is speculated to double up as an aircraft carrier amid growing tensions with China over some disputed islands.

When Mallya bought Lewis Hamilton's dad's home

When Mallya bought Lewis Hamilton's dad's home

Rediff.com19 Mar 2021

This property has all the hallmarks of being owned and occupied by Vijay Mallya. A fleet of supercars making their way down the drive, hordes of people descending to party all night long and a constant delivery of goods and services.

Hingis tops list of 2013 Hall Of Fame Class

Hingis tops list of 2013 Hall Of Fame Class

Rediff.com5 Mar 2013

Swiss former World No. 1 Martina Hingis, a winner of five Grand Slam singles titles, headlined the International Tennis Hall of Fame's list of inductees for the 2013 class.