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Want To Have A Good Laugh? See This!
Rediff.com7 Dec 2023Meet the winners of The Comedy Wildlife Awards 2023.
'ChatGPT' Vivek Ramaswamy in 2nd spot behind Trump after US debate
Rediff.com24 Aug 2023Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and a Republican presidential aspirant have called his fellow rival Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy a guy who sounds like ChatGPT and described him as an "amateur" Barack Obama.
Probe on into death of 4 Indians along US-Canada border
Rediff.com22 Jan 2022Shand, a 'suspected smuggler of undocumented foreign nationals', was arrested near the US/Canadian border on January 19 for transporting two Indian nationals, who were illegally present in the US.
Family of 4 Indians freezes to death along US-Canada border
Rediff.com22 Jan 2022The Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Thursday said that the bodies of four people -- two adults, a teen and an infant -- were found on the Canadian side of the US-Canada border near Emerson.
'Humans have never learned from history'
Rediff.com17 Dec 2021'We need to retell this history from many different perspectives.'
1971 War: Meet War Hero 'Keen Kumar'
Rediff.com25 Mar 2021'We airlifted army personnel wearing lungis to generally unused landing grounds.' 'We were told to keep quiet about what we did or saw.'
How IAF choppers helped General Sagat liberate Bangladesh
Rediff.com24 Dec 2020The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped at all costs. The Eastern Army Commander, in his orders to General Sagat Singh, had reiterated that he did not want the troops of 4 Corps to cross the Meghna river. But General Sagat had other plans to threaten Dacca and ensure that the pressure would make the Pakistani commanders capitulate. This is where the IAF helicopters came in.
How Pakistan surrendered in 1971
Rediff.com16 Dec 2020'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
Indian Army ignores Chinese propaganda
Rediff.com18 Nov 2020Today, the Ladakhis and Tibetans have been joined by the Sikhs, the Madrassis, the Garhwalis, the Rajputs, who are well trained psychologically and otherwise, to defend the nation, observes Claude Arpi.
'Covid-free' Trump offers to 'kiss everyone' at rally
Rediff.com13 Oct 2020Prior to his speech Trump tossed masks into the crowd.
Want to buy a dinosaur?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2020Standing 13 feet high and 40 feet long, including its tail, Stan is made up of 188 bones, making it one of the largest and most complete T-rex skeletons in the world.
India reports 2nd coronavirus death, several states in shutdown mode
Rediff.com13 Mar 2020The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Elizabeth Warren drops out of US presidential race
Rediff.com6 Mar 2020The 70-year-old leader had a disappointing Super Tuesday that included a third-place finish in her home state of Massachusetts.
What if Nehru had used the IAF in 1962?
Rediff.com2 Mar 2019'If we had sent a few airplanes (into Tibet), we could have wiped the Chinese out.' 'And everything could have been different in the 1962 War.' 'They did not believe me there was no Chinese air force.' 'Can you imagine what would have happened if we had used the IAF at that time?' 'The Chinese would have never dared do anything down the line.'
Polar Vortex freezes US with snow
Rediff.com30 Jan 2019A blast of Arctic air from the polar vortex has brought dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United States on Tuesday, stretching from the Dakotas through Maine, with snow expected as far south as Alabama and Georgia. Arctic air and icy conditions led schools to close, flights to be cancelled and railway officials to set fires on train tracks to prevent them from cracking.
Bomb remark 'misunderstanding': Indian accused of threat in US
Rediff.com2 Feb 2017When Vadodara businessman P Radhakrishnan was told he could not get his bag back when he was offloaded from a flight in the US, he asked the ticketing agent a question. The next thing he knew, he was under arrest, accused of 'terrorising.'
Donald trumps Clinton in US presidential polls
Rediff.com9 Nov 2016The billionaire businessman beat his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States.
These states helped Donald trump Hillary
Rediff.com9 Nov 2016Republican Donald Trump has been elected as 45th President of the United States after winning 276 electoral votes.
IAF lands mighty C-17 Globemaster in Arunachal near Indo-China border
Rediff.com3 Nov 2016At an elevation of 6,200 ft with a landing surface only 4,200 ft long, the plane landed, validating its short field landing performance at high altitude.
'Thought of Trump as Prez scares us to death': Kaine, Pence clash in VP debate
Rediff.com5 Oct 2016The moderator, at times, had a tough time in controlling Kaine and Pence.
Clinton creates history, becomes first woman US prez nominee
Rediff.com8 Jun 2016Hillary Clinton on Wednesday claimed the Democratic presidential nomination after decisive victories in the New Jersey and New Mexico primaries, creating history by becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party in the race to the White House.
Clinton on the verge of winning Democratic nomination
Rediff.com6 Jun 2016The former secretary of state posted strong wins over Sanders in the island territory of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Trump vows to cancel Paris Climate Agreement
Rediff.com27 May 2016Noting that the US energy dominance will be declared a strategic economic and foreign policy goal, Trump said America has 1.5 times as much oil as the combined proven resources of all OPEC countries
Hillary takes wafer-thin win in Kentucky, Sanders wins Oregon
Rediff.com18 May 2016Clinton win potentially disrupts a string of expected primary losses this month that had threatened to weaken her even as she turned her focus to her likely matchup against Republican Donald Trump in the general election.
Arunachal Pradesh: Hindi, Hindu, Tribalistan
Rediff.com30 Jan 2016'The Congress, all these decades, worked on a slow Hindi-isation and Indianisation of Arunachal tribes. The RSS wants rapid Hinduisation,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Oil's slide below $30 sends shockwaves far and wide
Rediff.com13 Jan 2016Traders have all but given up attempting to predict where the new-year rout will end
Study abroad tips: How to win a scholarship
Rediff.com20 Dec 2015Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
It's time for brain gain, say Indian scientists in US
Rediff.com12 Oct 2015YIM has been instrumental in more than 90 young Indian scientists going back to India.
20 images of the week that was that will AMAZE you
Rediff.com10 Aug 2015The news of the week gone by that shaped the world
FIFA Women's WC: Opens with brilliance, blowouts and mismatches
Rediff.com11 Jun 2015The Women's World Cup stopped to take a breath on Wednesday following an opening round of games that produced a little bit of everything.
As oil plummets, how much pain still looms for US energy firms?
Rediff.com12 Jan 2015With nearly a quarter of U.S. energy shares' value wiped out by oil's six-month slide, investors are wondering if the sector has taken enough punishment and whether it is time to pile back in ahead of earnings reports later this month.
As 'America's Doctor,' Vivek Murthy will hit the ground running
Rediff.com16 Dec 2014More than a year after he was nominated by President Barack Obama, the US Senate, defying the powerful pro-gun lobby National Rifle Association, voted to confirm Dr Vivek Hellegere Murthy as the first Indian American US Surgeon General and the youngest ever at age 37, in a cliff-hanger of a 51-43 vote.
US midterm elections: Republicans win control of Senate; Democrats suffer massive setback
Rediff.com5 Nov 2014In a debacle for Barack Obama and the Democratic Party, Republicans today gained control of the United States Senate and increased its majority in the House of Representatives in a sweeping midterm election win that could complicate the President's final two years in office.
He brings warmth and smiles... one quilt at a time
Rediff.com18 Jun 2014In the tenth part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Siddharth Gupta whose Quilt for Cure movement is giving cancer patients some much-needed warmth.
Obama touts 'responsible' energy development measures, climate goals
Rediff.com29 Jan 2014Obama said he wants to boost the use of natural gas in transportation
PHOTOS: Surviving the coldest places on earth
Rediff.com8 Jan 2014As the savage Arctic blast threatens the coldest weather in the United States in two decades, Rediff.com looks at some of the coldest places in the world with record-setting low temperatures
POLAR FREEZE: Here's a glimpse from the ice age
Rediff.com7 Jan 2014The brutal Arctic blast threatens the coldest weather in the United States in two decades. Is the worst yet to come?
HCL Tech wins multi-million dollar contract in US
Rediff.com25 Sep 2013HCLA was selected through a highly competitive process where it demonstrated its managed cloud-as-a-service solution called iGOVERN(r).
Oil boom in North Dakota
Rediff.com24 Apr 2013North Dakota is now the second-largest oil-producing state after Texas.
New oil dynamics may challenge growth logic
Rediff.com19 Apr 2013Long-term trends at work in the oil market mean it could stay depressed.