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COVID-19 reinfection 'very rare': ICMR DG

COVID-19 reinfection 'very rare': ICMR DG

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

The remarks come amid suspected cases of COVID-19 reinfection being reported from abroad and from Indian states like Telangana, Karnataka, Gujarat, Punjab and Maharashtra.

The Dream Goals of Euro 2020

The Dream Goals of Euro 2020

Rediff.com5 Jul 2021

Lorenzo Insigne curled a quite wonderful shot beyond the reach of Belgium goal-keeper Thibaut Courtois after jinking in from the left flank.

US trio win Nobel Physics for gravitational waves

US trio win Nobel Physics for gravitational waves

Rediff.com3 Oct 2017

All three scientists have played a leading role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or Ligo, experiment, which made the first historic observation of gravitational waves in September 2015.

Automakers told to stop selling vehicles with lower safety standards

Automakers told to stop selling vehicles with lower safety standards

Rediff.com9 Feb 2021

The government on Tuesday expressed concern over reports that automobile manufacturers are selling vehicles with purposefully downgraded safety standards in India and asked them to stop the 'unpardonable' practice. Speaking at a seminar on implementation of vehicle location tracking devices in order to enhance the safety on road, organised by auto industry body SIAM, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) secretary Giridhar Aramane also noted that only a few manufacturers have adopted vehicle safety ratings system and that too used only for their high-end models.

Serum Inst gets DGCI notice over continuation of vaccine trial

Serum Inst gets DGCI notice over continuation of vaccine trial

Rediff.com9 Sep 2020

The show-cause notice was issued following reports that human trials of the most promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate, being developed by the University of Oxford, have been put on hold after a United Kingdom participant had an adverse reaction to it.

EPL: Spurs up to second as Everton fall, Gunners beat United

EPL: Spurs up to second as Everton fall, Gunners beat United

Rediff.com2 Nov 2020

Manchester United remain winless at home in the league this season after Arsenal enjoyed their first win at Old Trafford

Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

Rediff.com3 Aug 2021

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals. Now that switchback ride between hopes for the technology and fear of it seemed to have taken us on another upward path, as the virus made us fall back in love with it. Read on for an intriguing excerpt from Rory Cellan-Jones's Always On: Hope And Fear In The Social Smartphone Era.

Battle of the brands: H&M takes on Zara

Battle of the brands: H&M takes on Zara

Rediff.com16 Dec 2020

Zara could rake in Rs 1,571 crore sales in 2019-2020. H&M, which came in five years later, grew its revenue to Rs 1,729 crore.

Amid concern, guidelines for JEE, NEET released

Amid concern, guidelines for JEE, NEET released

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

The National Testing Agency said it has planned several steps to conduct the papers safely which include increasing the number of examination centers, alternate seating plan, fewer candidates per room and staggered entry and exit.

REWIND: Best of the month -- August

REWIND: Best of the month -- August

Rediff.com3 Sep 2019

Here are the images that encapsulated the biggest moments in the month of August.

Decoding the Kamala Harris Phenomenon

Decoding the Kamala Harris Phenomenon

Rediff.com20 Jul 2021

Kamala succeeded as she identified herself with the larger minority groups rather than narrow ethnicity, prodded by her mother who did not want to return to India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has done multiple stints in India's embassy in Washington, DC.

ABBA reunites, performs for the first time in 30 years

ABBA reunites, performs for the first time in 30 years

Rediff.com7 Jun 2016

The Swedish pop group performed together on stage on June 5 at in Stockholm.

Ecuador grants citizenship to Assange

Ecuador grants citizenship to Assange

Rediff.com11 Jan 2018

The country's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa confirmed that Assange was 'naturalised' as an Ecuadorean.

Fashion for a cause: Evelyn Sharma leads the way

Fashion for a cause: Evelyn Sharma leads the way

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

The actor raised funds to clothe the needy.

Football PIX: Everton avoid Cup scare

Football PIX: Everton avoid Cup scare

Rediff.com9 Jan 2021

Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure scored an extra-time winner as they edged Rotherham United 2-1 in an absorbing FA Cup

Serum gets nod for phase 2, 3 trials of Covid vaccine in India

Serum gets nod for phase 2, 3 trials of Covid vaccine in India

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

Currently, phase 2 and 3 clinical trials of the Oxford vaccine candidate is going on in the United Kingdom, phase 3 clinical trial in Brazil and phase 1 and 2 clinical trials in South Africa.

Amazing and historical photos of Saab's cars

Amazing and historical photos of Saab's cars

Rediff.com26 Dec 2011

Swedish car manufacturer, Saab, has filed for bankruptcy.

Foreign powers want to 'defame' Indian tea, Modi says in Assam

Foreign powers want to 'defame' Indian tea, Modi says in Assam

Rediff.com7 Feb 2021

The prime minister was apparently referring to Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg's controversial 'toolkit', which she tweeted and then deleted, outlining ways in which people can participate in the farmers protest.

How models are spending their time in self-isolation

How models are spending their time in self-isolation

Rediff.com31 Mar 2020

Staying at home is the best way to fight coronavirus and this is how models are self-isolating themselves.

La Liga Photos: Leaders Barca stumble to draw at Sociedad

La Liga Photos: Leaders Barca stumble to draw at Sociedad

Rediff.com14 Dec 2019

Real Sociedad are fourth in the table on 28 points, three points behind third-placed Sevilla.

PIX: Real Madrid seal last-16 berth; Man City sink PSG

PIX: Real Madrid seal last-16 berth; Man City sink PSG

Rediff.com25 Nov 2021

Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday night.

Cosmology trio win Nobel Physics Prize

Cosmology trio win Nobel Physics Prize

Rediff.com8 Oct 2019

The Nobel Prize in Physics was on Tuesday awarded with one half to James Peebles for his theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

Time to Lockout the Lockdown

Time to Lockout the Lockdown

Rediff.com1 May 2020

'We need to have the courage to take a rational look at known facts and act accordingly,' advises Mohan Guruswamy.

Royal wedding dresses from around the world

Royal wedding dresses from around the world

Rediff.com17 May 2018

Will Meghan Markle's wedding dress match up to these?

Oxford jabs effective against severe Covid: US trial

Oxford jabs effective against severe Covid: US trial

Rediff.com22 Mar 2021

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is also being produced as part of a tie-up by the Serum Institute of India.

Xiaomi allowed to sell Qualcomm-based handsets till Jan 8

Xiaomi allowed to sell Qualcomm-based handsets till Jan 8

Rediff.com16 Dec 2014

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi to sell and import Qualcomm chipset based handsets till January 8, as a temporary measure.

Trio win Nobel in physics for invention of blue LEDs

Trio win Nobel in physics for invention of blue LEDs

Rediff.com7 Oct 2014

Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and US scientist Shuji Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes, a breakthrough that spurred the development of LED technology used to light up computer screens and modern smartphones.

Indian weightlifters 'boycott' China-made equipment

Indian weightlifters 'boycott' China-made equipment

Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

Claiming to be saddled with faulty equipment from China, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) on Monday called for a boycott of sports apparatus made in that country after the violent face-off in eastern Ladakh killed 20 Army personnel last week. The IWLF ordered four weightlifting sets, comprising barbells and weight plates, from Chinese company ZKC last year. The body said that the equipment turned out to be faulty and the weightlifters are no longer using them.

Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is engaging

Review: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is engaging

Rediff.com22 Dec 2011

The $100 million film is poised to become a box office hit.

Ibrahimovic to play last game at PSG on Saturday

Ibrahimovic to play last game at PSG on Saturday

Rediff.com13 May 2016

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said on Friday he would leave Paris Saint Germain after four years during which he played an integral part in turning the club into a force to reckon with on the European stage.

Srikanth sets up clash with Lin Dan at Denmark Open

Srikanth sets up clash with Lin Dan at Denmark Open

Rediff.com17 Oct 2018

Srikanth needed 35 minutes to get the better of local hope Vittinghus 21-16, 21-10 in the opening round of the US$7,75,000 tournament.

How can anyone eat so much and yet stay fit?

How can anyone eat so much and yet stay fit?

Rediff.com8 Jun 2018

American model Hilary Rhoda's Insta food feeds are so tempting you'll fall in love immediately.

Serum Institute to start phase-2 trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Serum Institute to start phase-2 trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Rediff.com19 Aug 2020

The institute expects to complete both, phase-2 and 3 trials in India by the end of this year.

Transfer talk: Serie A strugglers Parma sign Varela, Rodriguez

Transfer talk: Serie A strugglers Parma sign Varela, Rodriguez

Rediff.com21 Jan 2015

Parma, joint bottom of Serie A alongside Cesena, have signed Uruguay midfielder Cristian Rodriguez and Portugal forward Silvestre Varela, both on loan, the club said on Tuesday.

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

Economics Nobel for India-born Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, M Kremer

Rediff.com14 Oct 2019

Banerjee, 58, was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

'Tallest political leader was killed brutally'

'Tallest political leader was killed brutally'

Rediff.com21 May 2021

'And no one expected the case to be detected, because there was nothing.'

IKEA acquires 14-acre plot in Bengaluru for third India store

IKEA acquires 14-acre plot in Bengaluru for third India store

Rediff.com1 Jun 2017

Store will directly employ 500-700 people, half of them women, and create 1,500 jobs indirectly

Cop-drug nexus: Goa home minister's son named

Cop-drug nexus: Goa home minister's son named

Rediff.com14 Jul 2011

Lucky Farmhouse, a prime witness in the Goa drug peddler-policemen nexus case, on Thursday said she has given a detailed deposition before the Swedish police in which she has named Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik's son Roy.

Delhi pollution choking boxers ahead of world championships

Delhi pollution choking boxers ahead of world championships

Rediff.com13 Nov 2018

The AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships is taking place in an indoor stadium from Thursday through to November 24 but teams are complaining about a toxic smog hanging over the city, caused by seasonal burning of crop stubble and emissions from vehicles and industry.

Brazil opens the door for Indian navy and Gripen

Brazil opens the door for Indian navy and Gripen

Rediff.com30 Oct 2014

SAAB's Sea Gripen constitutes a new option as the INS Vikrant's light fighter