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Wait Till Budget To Start New SIPs?

Wait Till Budget To Start New SIPs?

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

China approves 3-child policy with sops

China approves 3-child policy with sops

Rediff.com20 Aug 2021

The decision to permit the third child came after this month's once-in-a-decade census showed that China's population grew at the slowest pace to 1.412 billion amid official projections that the decline may begin as early as next year.

Beijing bomb threat was a hoax: Police

Beijing bomb threat was a hoax: Police

Rediff.com12 Mar 2003

A high-voltage five-hour drama at the Beijing office of Reuters news agency ended peacefully on Wednesday after Chinese police captured a man who intruded the premises claiming to have a bomb.

Photos: The world's most beautiful women

Photos: The world's most beautiful women

Rediff.com14 Dec 2015

Who is the hottest of them all? Vote for your favourite Miss Universe 2015 contestant!

MF Guru: 'There are too many MFs in your portfolio'

MF Guru: 'There are too many MFs in your portfolio'

Rediff.com16 Feb 2022

Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

ASK AJIT: Stocks To Buy, Sell, Hold

ASK AJIT: Stocks To Buy, Sell, Hold

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.

Suarez accepts bite charge but questions longer ban

Suarez accepts bite charge but questions longer ban

Rediff.com24 Apr 2013

Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has disputed the English FA's view that his punishment for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic at the weekend merits a longer punishment than the usual three-game ban.

Evra pokes fun at Suarez, bites into fake arm

Evra pokes fun at Suarez, bites into fake arm

Rediff.com23 Apr 2013

Manchester United defender Patrice Evra wasted no time in poking fun at Luis Suarez for his latest misdemeanour, pretending to chomp on a fake dismembered arm after his side clinched a 20th English title by beating Aston Villa on Monday.

PHOTOS of the month: May

PHOTOS of the month: May

Rediff.com30 May 2011

We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.

Central trade unions may approach ILO against labour law changes

Central trade unions may approach ILO against labour law changes

Rediff.com11 May 2020

In a joint statement issued on Monday, the central trade unions also threatened to give a call for nationwide agitation to protest against such moves by state governments. "The CTUs consider these moves as....gross violation of the Right to Freedom of Association (ILO Convention 87), Rights to Collective Bargaining (ILO Convention 98) and also the internationally accepted norm of eight hour working day espoused by Core Conventions of ILO)," the statement said.

The Germans do not always win anymore: Pique

The Germans do not always win anymore: Pique

Rediff.com22 Apr 2013

The era when German teams always came out on top is over and Spain have replaced them as the dominant force in the world game, according to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique.

Ask MF Guru: 'How to make 15% returns in 5 yrs in MFs?'

Ask MF Guru: 'How to make 15% returns in 5 yrs in MFs?'

Rediff.com27 Oct 2021

'I started reading your MF articles regularly so requesting your guidance as I would like to start investing in MFs'.

Xi gets the generals he wants

Xi gets the generals he wants

Rediff.com7 Sep 2017

To rise quickly in the PLA's hierarchy, you need to be close to Xi Jinping. Retired RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade on the changes in China's military leadership.

China's population at 1.41bn, may begin to decline by 2022

China's population at 1.41bn, may begin to decline by 2022

Rediff.com11 May 2021

China's birth rate has been in decline since 2017, despite easing of the 'one-child policy' in order to avert an incoming demographic crisis.

Coronavirus: 361 dead in China, cases soar to 17,200

Coronavirus: 361 dead in China, cases soar to 17,200

Rediff.com3 Feb 2020

China's National Health Commission in its daily report on Monday said that 2,829 new cases of coronavirus were reported nationwide on February 2, taking the total number of infection to 17,205.

Indians' schedule at the Games

Indians' schedule at the Games

Rediff.com18 Aug 2008

Following is the schedule of Olympic events in which Indians will be taking part on Monday.

China allows couples to have 3 children amid ageing population

China allows couples to have 3 children amid ageing population

Rediff.com31 May 2021

Despite the relaxation of the one-child policy in 2016, the number of live births per 1,000 people fell to a record low of 10.48 in 2019, down from 10.94 in 2018.

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Can You Watch 384 Films In A Year?

Rediff.com11 Feb 2022

Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2021.

The Giant Mess Called Aadhaar

The Giant Mess Called Aadhaar

Rediff.com16 Jan 2018

'First sold to us as a voluntary scheme for government subsidies, Aadhaar has since sprouted multiple heads and tails, horns, fangs, warts, and a nasty case of halitosis.' 'It is unacceptably intrusive, our data is hilariously unsafe, and fraud, corruption, and criminality is rampant,' says Mitali Saran.

Employee strikes and suicides push up wages

Employee strikes and suicides push up wages

Rediff.com10 Jun 2010

A spate of suicides in Foxconn and employee strikes in Honda Company's plants in China have spurred a major change in "the world's factory", as foreign and domestic enterprises prepare for hefty pay rises in the coming years, a national daily reported on Thursday.

How vampires took over the silver screen

How vampires took over the silver screen

Rediff.com3 Nov 2009

Bloodsuckkers have always been a part of Hollywood even before True Blood and Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.

China captain Zheng Zhi gets four-game ban for handshake snub

China captain Zheng Zhi gets four-game ban for handshake snub

Rediff.com7 Jul 2017

China captain Zheng Zhi was handed a four-match suspension by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Friday following his failure to lead his Guangzhou Evergrande team mates into a post-match handshake with match officials last weekend.

Indian archers settle for silver in World Cup

Indian archers settle for silver in World Cup

Rediff.com12 Jun 2011

The Indian pair of Jayanta Talukdar and Deepika Kumari had to be content with a silver medal as they lost to Chinese duo of Dai Xiaoxiang and Fang Yuting in the Archery World Cup Stage II in Antalya on Sunday.

Meet the players of Twilight Eclipse

Meet the players of Twilight Eclipse

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Here's a look at the principal characters in the upcoming blockbuster.

China launches first Mars mission

China launches first Mars mission

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

The Chinese Mars probe named Tianwen 1, or Quest for Heavenly Truth 1, will fulfil three scientific objectives: orbiting the red planet for comprehensive observation, landing on Martian soil and sending a rover to roam the landing site.

ASK MF GURU: MFs you must buy, hold or exit

ASK MF GURU: MFs you must buy, hold or exit

Rediff.com16 Sep 2021

Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

COVID-19: Major decision awaits Modi on May 4

COVID-19: Major decision awaits Modi on May 4

Rediff.com27 Apr 2020

Even though he consults chief ministers at regular intervals, the ultimate decision is still his own. He will be blamed, nobody else, if, god forbid, there is a huge spurt in fatalities after the reopening, notes Virendra Kapoor.

China gets tough with Bangladesh

China gets tough with Bangladesh

Rediff.com17 May 2021

We can expect to see more Chinese wolf warrior diplomats on the prowl, in India's neighbourhood, though its mailed fist is not so visible while dealing with India, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd).

China's all-pervading eye-in-the-sky

China's all-pervading eye-in-the-sky

Rediff.com9 Oct 2007

The network could serve in all-weather conditions, Fang Lei, of the air force headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was quoted as saying by the state media.

Biden will keep the pressure on Xi

Biden will keep the pressure on Xi

Rediff.com8 Feb 2021

Neither Biden nor his successors can any longer ignore the threat China has come to pose to the US in both economic and military fields, observes Virendra Kapoor.

Neha Aggarwal's Olympics over in 34 minutes

Neha Aggarwal's Olympics over in 34 minutes

Rediff.com18 Aug 2008

Young Neha Aggarwal's tryst with the Olympics lasted precisely 34 minutes. India's lone woman paddler in Beijing began with a bang but ran out of steam and crashed in the first round on Monday. The Delhi teen, playing an opponent almost twice her age, lost 12-10, 8-11, 11-13, 8-11 and 4-11 to Chinese-born Australian Jian Fang Lay in little more than half an hour.

Next RBI chief faces balancing act on bank clean-up

Next RBI chief faces balancing act on bank clean-up

Rediff.com27 Jun 2016

As the clean-up has taken hold, loan growth slipped to 10.7 per cent in the last fiscal

Ask MF Guru: 'I want Rs 50 lakhs in 5 years'

Ask MF Guru: 'I want Rs 50 lakhs in 5 years'

Rediff.com9 Sep 2021

Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.

Chawrasia, Lahiri end up way down

Chawrasia, Lahiri end up way down

Rediff.com15 Aug 2016

India's campaign in golf at the Olympics ended on a disappointing note as SSP Chawrasia and Anirban Lahiri finished tied 50th and tied 57th respectively after going through contrasting days at the Olympic golf course in Rio de Janeiro.

Randhawa loses ground, McGrane in the lead

Randhawa loses ground, McGrane in the lead

Rediff.com8 Feb 2008

Jyoti Randhawa tumbled off the perch while Jeev Milkha Singh and Ryder Cup star David Howell fell by the wayside as the Delhi Golf Course bared its fangs on day two of the $ 2.5 million Indian Masters in New Delhi on Friday.

Musharraf's moment of truth

Musharraf's moment of truth

Rediff.com19 Jul 2007

'Storming a mosque, that too with a VIP tag, would have been impossible in India.'

Xi begins 2nd term, asks PLA to be combat-ready

Xi begins 2nd term, asks PLA to be combat-ready

Rediff.com27 Oct 2017

Xi ordered country's 2.3 million-strong military to be absolutely loyal to the party, to focus on how to win in wars, to pioneer reforms and innovation, to scientifically manage commanding a unit, to lead troops in accordance with the strictest standards and to take the forefront in complying with laws and regulations.

Jeev tied 77th after opening round

Jeev tied 77th after opening round

Rediff.com15 Jun 2007

The ace golfer had to settle for a card of five-over 75 to be tied 77th after the opening round of the US Open.