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Record 16L diyas light up Ayodhya on Deepotsav as Modi attends

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Lord Ram's rule was the inspiration behind his government's sabka saath, sabka vikas motto, as he spent an evening in Ayodhya where lakhs of diyas lit up......

Yash-Jignesh Patel's Giant Tribute To Queen

'Queen's mural is going to stay here for years and years to come.' IMAGE: Yash Patel with the queen's mural in the background. Photographs: Yash Patel and Jignesh Patel If you take the Piccadilly......

A Tiranga Flies Over Manhattan!

Glimpses from the Federation of Indian Associations' Indian Independence Day parade in Manhattan on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The FIA states it now holds two Guinness World Records -- for the most......

SEE: World's largest human formation of waving national flag

The Chandigarh University on Saturday set a new Guinness World Record for the world's largest human formation of a waving national flag in Chandigarh. IMAGE: Students form a human chain to......

NYC has great plans for I-Day with khadi tricolour, giant flag over Hudson

A fly-past by a 220-ft-long majestic Indian tricolour, made of khadi, over the iconic Hudson river and the display of a giant billboard at Times Square are among the highlights of the grand......

National Highway Authority creates Guinness World Record

State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometres in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati......

NFTs, Metaverse prices follow crash of cryptos

While stablecoins in particular and cryptocurrencies in general have fallen sharply recently, other virtual assets in the Web 3.0 ecosystem like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Metaverse (or......

'Tatas will bring Air India to former glory'

'All they need is proper leadership.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Dear guests, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard this historic flight, which marks a special event. Today,......

Jan-Dhan Yojana: Most customers have no clue what to do with it

The Jan-Dhan accounts are zero balance accounts, comes with a life cover of Rs 30,000 per person, and an accidental cover of Rs 100,000. An active user of the account can also get overdraft......

'Award Raju Srivastav Bharat Ratna'

'Today's generation can learn from him how not to hurt anyone's sentiments at a time when many stand-up comedians deliberately set out to do so.' Photograph: PTI Photo On September 21,......

Just How Many Songs Did Lataji Sing?

Photograph: PTI Photo Lata Mangeshkar will always remain one of the towering figures of Indian music and it is often claimed that she recorded songs that run into tens of thousands. However, the......

'They call me King of Disco'

'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......

The MANY, MANY FACES of Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar has given us seven decades of songs to remember her by. She was the first Indian to perform at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1974. She made many public appearances in India and......

Abhishek Bachchan's #RoadTo20

Abhishek Bachchan is 20 years old. In show business, guys! His first film Refugee, directed by J P Dutta and co-starring Kareena Kapoor, released on June 30, 2000. Abhishek has been posting fond......

Narendra Modi stadium sets new world record!

IMAGE: BCCI secretary Jay Shah receiving the record from Guinness. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The Board of Control for Cricket in India said the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has entered the......

Belgian teen youngest to fly solo around the world

IMAGE: 17-year-old Mack Rutherford landed at an airfield near the Bulgarian capital Sofia after flying 54,124 km (33,631 miles) and visiting more than 30 countries since he departed from the same......

Record $5M price-tag for Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt

IMAGE: Diego Maradona's Argentina shirt from the 1986 FIFA World Cup Quarter Final match against Engand. Photograph: Kind Courtesy AFA/Twitter The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored his......

Radwanska, 33, vs Stanislavskyi, 98

Photograph: Kind courtesy Agnieszka Radwanska/Instagram Polish tennis star Agnieszka Radwanska returned to the tennis court to play Leonid Stanislavskyi, the oldest active tennis player in......

World's oldest tennis player stays put in Ukraine war zone

'I hope I live to reach 100. I have to survive this frightening situation' IMAGE: The world's oldest tennis player Ukrainian Leonid Stanislavskyi, 97, takes part in an award ceremony of the......

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