Breakdancing, considered one of the pillars of hip-hop culture, will also make its Asian Games bow in 2022, two years before it features in the Olympics for the first time in Paris.
Hit by a needle controversy but in high spirits nonetheless, the jumbo Indian contingent would be aiming to make it all good with strong medal-winning performances.
Gee, look at what these tinsel town folk are doing these days!
India has always been a dominant force in Kabaddi, which is part of the Asian Games.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal look likely to contest the title at Roland Garros, says A Seshan.
Former International Cricketing Council president Ehsan Mani has urged the governing body to safeguard the sanctity of cricket following the spot-fixing scandals that has surrounded the Indian Premier League
The company operated chartered flights from London Gatwick and Manchester airports to Goa between November and March and its closure will adversely impact local tourism.
'Each part of India has something to offer -- the mountains in the north, the sand dunes in the west, the heavenly valleys in the east, the sun, surf and sea in the south...With the Paradise on earth and God's own country here, we have the best, in any direction,' says popular television actress Sakshi Tanwar in Rediff.com's continuing series where well-known Indians speak about the India they love.
The second triple-header of a pandemic-hit season will be in front of empty grandstands and behind closed doors at Silverstone, celebrating 70 years since the first world championship grand prix there in May 1950.
According to a survey, people who used dating apps reported negative outcomes such as missing class or work or getting in trouble because they were on their phones.
Photos that will make you forget everything you thought you knew about the state.
Snapshots from the Bondi Bather show at New York Fashion Week.
Skateboarders have waited a long time for their first appearance in the Olympics but rather than be despondent over the one-year delay announced on Tuesday, one top-ranked contender said it would give the sport more time to win over fans.
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Aborigines inhabited Australia more than 50,000 years before the First Fleet sailed into Botany Bay near Sydney in 1788 after the country had been declared 'terra nullius', or unoccupied.
Researchers at the Swansea University's College of Human and Health Sciences, in a first of its kind study into the immediate negative psychological impacts of Internet, have found that spending long hours surfing the Web left people in 'negative moods'.
Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com tells you what you must keep in mind.
Rediff.com encapsulates all the sporting action from the past week in this eye-catching photo feature.
Here's an innovative home loan product that is gaining popularity amongst borrowers.
The new flights come against the backdrop of the Indian government's move to boost air connectivity with Central Asia and tap the interest of Russian investors in India.
The study suggests that by giving users round the clock access to emails, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to their working day.
Rajendra Kokkarne, 37, was checking cricket results, looking at news, doing personal banking and reading e-mails during working hours when he prescribed the doses.
Rediff.com encapsulates all the sporting action from the past week in this eye-catching photo feature.
It is easy to see why employers might be tempted to peer into applicants' online lives. Worldwide, people's social lives have moved online to a far greater degree than they have earlier.
Browsing news website is the top activity when they are 'wastig time'.
As many as sixty-six per cent of Asians, 56 per cent of Hispanics and 55 per cent of African-Americans use smartphones to check e-mails, play games and surf the Web, the Neilson study found.
Apple's iPhone 5 has a larger screen but a thinner profile and is 20 per cent lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.
Some other sites that allow repayment over longer tenures also waive off interest cost but that might be built into the product price.
Shah Rukh Khan became the first Bollywood personality to be made a Chubb Fellow at the Yale university. He addressed students and fans on April 12.
Going for a tablet purchase? Don't let price points persuade you. Frugal innovation in tech may be grabbing headlines these days, but the bottom line remains very much the same -- 'cheap ain't better'. The 'affordable' breed of tablet PCs are in stores, but their ilk may not be relied upon.
A softball game in Fukushima prefecture will give the Tokyo 2020 Olympics a symbolic start
Get set for the sun, sea and surf with designer Chaitanya Rao's latest collection at the LFW!
