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Mirabai Chanu Leads India's Strong Weightlifting Team To Glasgow

Mirabai Chanu Leads India's Strong Weightlifting Team To Glasgow

Rediff.com2 days ago

Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Mirabai Chanu will lead India's weightlifting contingent at the upcoming Glasgow Commonwealth Games, which also features other medal winners and debutants, as India aims to continue its strong performance in the sport.

Armadillo-T: A car that folds in half for easy parking

Armadillo-T: A car that folds in half for easy parking

Rediff.com11 Aug 2014

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed the car.

Photos: FIFA World Cup mascots of the decade

Photos: FIFA World Cup mascots of the decade

Rediff.com31 Oct 2012

Spain had Naranjito, the smiling orange in 1982; France, Footix, the football-playing rooster in '98. Now Brazil have chosen the endangered armadillo as the mascot for the 2014 World Cup.

PHOTOS: Messi named world's best player again

PHOTOS: Messi named world's best player again

Rediff.com8 Jan 2013

Lionel Messi, still only 25, was named the world's best player for the fourth time in a row on Monday after a year in which finally produced his best form for Argentina as well as Barcelona.

Football: Brazil's World Cup mascot named 'Fuleco'

Football: Brazil's World Cup mascot named 'Fuleco'

Rediff.com26 Nov 2012

FIFA has named the mascot for the 2014 Brazil World Cup Fuleco, a word which organisers say transmits a message of environmental awareness.

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

Private firms gear up for Moon flights

Rediff.com23 Sep 2009

If a NASA based competition is anything to go by, then private firms seem all eager to conceptualize flights to the Moon. According to a report in Discovery News, the first $1 million prize for demonstrating a lunar landing system is due to be awarded at the end of October. The front-runner is Texas-based Armadillo Aerospace, which this month made back-to-back flights of a vehicle named Scorpius.

Coronavirus a natural evolution, not lab made: Study

Coronavirus a natural evolution, not lab made: Study

Rediff.com18 Mar 2020

Using this sequence data, the researchers traced the origins and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 by focusing on the tell-tale features of the virus.

After hitting a six in IPL, Sony channels eye big sponsors for FIFA World Cup

After hitting a six in IPL, Sony channels eye big sponsors for FIFA World Cup

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

The event will be telecast on MSM's sports channels -- Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English - and Sony Aath, the network's only regional channel, in Bengali.