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'Masks definitely are not 100 percent effective'

'They should always be used in combination with social distancing and hand washing and other recommendations.' IMAGE: A traveller wearing a protective mask at the Indira Gandhi international......

Battalion commander, 17 other NDFB-S militants nabbed in Assam

In a major breakthrough, security agencies on Monday arrested a total of 18 National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Songbijit terrorists, including the commanding officer of its 13th battalion......

When terror struck the media

The media has always been at the centre of condemnation and often violent retaliation from those its criticism seems to sting. Even as far back as the turn of the century when......

'The sentence is a catastrophe for the family'

'Serious crimes of this sort cannot be excused merely because he has a family.' P Rajendran/Rediff.com was in the courtroom last week when Mathew Martoma was sentenced to nine years in prison for......

The Credila Success Story

Education finance is a complex and dynamic sector.There are too many variables -- the course, the calibre of students, the universities, and the job prospects once the course is over, notes Tamal......

Indian-origin fund manager indicted in insider trading

Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager Mathew Martoma has been indicted in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes ever involving $276 million and will be arraigned in a court here......

Indian-origin fund manager freed on $5 million bond

An Indian-origin hedge fund portfolio manager, charged with participating in one of the "most lucrative" insider trading schemes ever, has been released on a $5 million bail after he appeared in......

Obama pushes for higher taxes on the wealthy

Intensifying his populist pitch, US President Barack Obama has made an aggressive case for imposing more taxes on the rich and criticised those opposing his 'Buffet Rule'."You might have heard of......

Why you can't fool this computer

Florida Atlantic University engineers in Boca Raton are working on a superior new face recognition technique that can see through disguises. Lin Huang, from the university's department of......

Who Says Lata Couldn't Be Sensuous?

Lata Mangeshkar was famously prim and propah to the point of being particular about the songs she sang. Double meaning or vulgar lyrics were a hard no, but the legendary singer didn't hold out......

Lataji: Khayyam was among my favourite composers

IMAGE: Khayyam with Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film History Pics/Twitter There is much reason for Lata Mangeshkar to mourn the passing of music composer Khayyam. "Among......

First look: Tiger Shroff in Baaghi

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Shraddha Kapoor took to Twitter to wish her Baaghi co-star Tiger Shroff a happy birthday. She posted a poster of the film,......

Sania enters semi-final

India's Sania Mirza remained on course for yet another ITF title when she sailed into the semi-final of the Boca Raton Winter Classic ITF World Ranking Tennis tournamentat Florida, USA.The......

Sania advances to quarters

India's teenage tennis sensation Sania Mirza advanced to the singles quarter-finals at the Te Boca Raton Winter Classic ITF Women's World Ranking tournament in Florida, USA.Sania outplayed Tetiana......

Sania bags first senior title

India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza defeated third seed Cory Ann Avants of USA 6-2, 6-3 in the finals of the Boca Raton Classic Women's ITF tennis tournament at Florida, USA. This is the seventh......

Why 40-year-old Grand Slam champion is real possibility

Stanislas Wawrinka started the run at last year's US Open, followed by a 35-year-old Federer at Melbourne Park and Rafael Nadal in Paris 'Players today are incorporating massive amounts of......

'India a key market to spread women's tennis'

The Women's Tennis Association, which has turned to Asia to grow its sport, is unclear how the International Tennis Premier League is going to pan out. “We are still learning about it, just......