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Halloween Takes Over OTT This Week

Halloween Takes Over OTT This Week

Rediff.com28 Oct 2022

Halloween mood looms large on OTT's dark, devilish delights this week.

Low-pressure system forming over Bay of Bengal may develop into Cyclone Yaas: IMD

Low-pressure system forming over Bay of Bengal may develop into Cyclone Yaas: IMD

Rediff.com20 May 2021

A low-pressure area, set to form over east central Bay of Bengal on May 22, is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and strike the Odisha-West Bengal coast on May 26, the Met department said on Thursday, sparking fears of another Amphan-like catastrophe.

Monkeypox threat: BMC readies isolation ward, issues advisory

Monkeypox threat: BMC readies isolation ward, issues advisory

Rediff.com23 May 2022

As on date, there has been no report of any suspected or confirmed case of Monkeypox in Mumbai, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) public health department said.

How AI and machine learning can help in better weather forecast

How AI and machine learning can help in better weather forecast

Rediff.com23 Sep 2022

'AI can be very useful for making analysis and especially making city-based local forecasts.'

WOW! What Katrina, Pooja are Wearing

WOW! What Katrina, Pooja are Wearing

Rediff.com9 Jul 2021

Interesting fashion moments from the week.

Former Davis Cup captain Naresh Kumar passes away

Former Davis Cup captain Naresh Kumar passes away

Rediff.com14 Sep 2022

Naresh Kumar, who famously mentored a young Leander Paes as India's Davis Cup captain, has passed away.

Tata Motors adds the Kaziranga range to its SUVs

Tata Motors adds the Kaziranga range to its SUVs

Rediff.com3 Mar 2022

So what's special about the Kaziranga range? Rajesh Karkera and Hitesh Harisinghani find out.

D-A-R-I-N-G Beachwear!

D-A-R-I-N-G Beachwear!

Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

Flattering swimsuits you need to include in your wardrobe.

Breakfast Recipe: Pelakkai Gatti

Breakfast Recipe: Pelakkai Gatti

Rediff.com1 Jul 2022

A delicious traditional recipe using ripe jackfruit.

Recipes: Kerala-Style Ragi Puttu

Recipes: Kerala-Style Ragi Puttu

Rediff.com3 Sep 2022

Onam festivities have begun and you can join in the celebration with a traditional Kerala-style dish.

UAE stadiums to be at 70% capacity for T20 World Cup

UAE stadiums to be at 70% capacity for T20 World Cup

Rediff.com4 Oct 2021

Stadiums in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will operate at 70% of capacity for the Twenty20 World Cup, the organisers said.

Delhi's air 'very poor' on morning after Diwali but better than previous yrs

Delhi's air 'very poor' on morning after Diwali but better than previous yrs

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

According to forecasting agencies, the city is set to record its best air quality for the day after Diwali since 2015 on Tuesday.

Cyclone Mandous disrupts life in Andhra; TN; 1 hurt, many areas submerged

Cyclone Mandous disrupts life in Andhra; TN; 1 hurt, many areas submerged

Rediff.com11 Dec 2022

According to the officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, one of their sanitary workers was badly injured due to the storm and calamitic conditions in the state.

OTT This Week: Watch Jugjugg Jeeyo

OTT This Week: Watch Jugjugg Jeeyo

Rediff.com22 Jul 2022

You'll need extra eyes for the amount of OTT content available this week. Sukanya Verma invites you to take your pick.

Biological E plans to make 100m Corbevax jabs per month from Feb 2022

Biological E plans to make 100m Corbevax jabs per month from Feb 2022

Rediff.com28 Dec 2021

Biological E Limited plans to complete production at a rate of 75 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax per month, anticipating over 100 million doses per month from February 2022 which will enable the Hyderabad-based company to deliver 300 Million doses as promised to the Centre, BE said on Tuesday.

'Nothing new about cyclones in May'

'Nothing new about cyclones in May'

Rediff.com11 Jun 2021

'It is the most prone month for the development of cyclones in the pre-monsoon period.'

The Soldier Who Was A Chinese PoW For 7 Months

The Soldier Who Was A Chinese PoW For 7 Months

Rediff.com22 Nov 2022

'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.' 'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.' 'My clothes were in tatters due to walking through bushes and sliding down thorny slopes,' Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi wrote of his capture during the 1962 War.

46 killed in floods triggered by Hurricane Ida in US

46 killed in floods triggered by Hurricane Ida in US

Rediff.com3 Sep 2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said that the majority of the deaths have occurred as people, who were caught in their car, and were 'overtaken by the water'.

Crawley century puts England in control against Windies

Crawley century puts England in control against Windies

Rediff.com12 Mar 2022

Zak Crawley (117) and Joe Root (84) scored freely for an unbeaten 193-run second-wicket partnership, pushing England to 217 for 1 in North Sound on the island of Antigua, where stumps were drawn early due to a late afternoon tropical downpour.

PIX: Nushrat's bikini holiday in Thailand

PIX: Nushrat's bikini holiday in Thailand

Rediff.com7 Oct 2019

Nushrat Bharucha set social media on fire with pictures of her bikini holiday in Thailand.

Bairstow's century rescues England on Day 1

Bairstow's century rescues England on Day 1

Rediff.com9 Mar 2022

An unbeaten century by England's Jonny Bairstow, his second in as many Tests, lifted the tourists back from the brink of disaster on the first day of their three-Test series against West Indies on Tuesday.

Mala, Helen, Nargis: How are cyclones named?

Mala, Helen, Nargis: How are cyclones named?

Rediff.com3 May 2019

The World Meteorological Organisation/Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Panel on Tropical Cyclones, at its twenty-seventh session held in 2000 in Muscat, Oman, agreed to assign names to the tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.

Explained: What is monkeypox?

Explained: What is monkeypox?

Rediff.com20 May 2022

Monkeypox is a rare zoonotic disease that is caused by infection with monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, which also includes the viruses causing smallpox and cowpox disease

Weather left no time for vessel master, explains Afcons

Weather left no time for vessel master, explains Afcons

Rediff.com20 May 2021

Afcons Infrastructure, whose chartered barge P305 with 261 personnel at the Bombay High offshore oilfield was wrecked by cyclonic storm Tauktae earlier this week, on Thursday said the weather deteriorated rapidly and reached levels far worse than forecasts.

Test Your Big Cat IQ

Test Your Big Cat IQ

Rediff.com13 Oct 2022

Do you know the differences between the cheetah and the leopard?

The odd, odd world we live in!

The odd, odd world we live in!

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

These eight images prove it's an odd, odd world!

Olympics: Golfer Aditi misses medal by whisker

Olympics: Golfer Aditi misses medal by whisker

Rediff.com7 Aug 2021

In the final round, she fired five birdies -- on the 5th, 6th, 8th, 13th and 14th holes -- against two bogeys on the 9th and 11th.

Olympics Golf: India's Ashok in contention for silver

Olympics Golf: India's Ashok in contention for silver

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

The 23-year-old rolled in five birdies to be placed second on twelve-under 201 ahead of a New Zealander, an Australian, a Japanese, and a Danish golfer (203) -- who all are tied on third place. The Indian finished round three with 68 (-3) for Day 3.

Lessons from Cyclone Tauktae

Lessons from Cyclone Tauktae

Rediff.com26 May 2021

'Storms push a lot of water into land, then there is heavy rainfall due to the cyclone.' 'Along with this, we see the gradual rising of the sea level.' 'We see this during and after the latest Cyclone Tauktae.' 'This kind of overlapping events are increasing and we do not know much about how to tackle them.'

SPECTACULAR Mango Recipes!

SPECTACULAR Mango Recipes!

Rediff.com1 Jun 2021

Recipes =to brighten up your day.

Photos! Josephine Skriver is an underwater baby

Photos! Josephine Skriver is an underwater baby

Rediff.com20 Jan 2019

VS model Josephine Skriver, who has just returned from Ecuador, shared pics of her holiday.

Good Samaritans work to rescue animals from Hurricane Florence

Good Samaritans work to rescue animals from Hurricane Florence

Rediff.com19 Sep 2018

Hurricane Florence hammered the Carolinas in America with damaging winds, storm surge and catastrophic flooding. The damage is so catastrophic that experts are pegging property damage and disruption from Hurricane Florence to total at least $17 billion to $22 billion. Additionally, the storm has claimed 32 deaths as of Monday, most of them in North Carolina, a number that had nearly doubled since a day earlier. Dogs, domestic animals and livestock took a hit from the record-breaking rainfall, surging floodwaters and brutal winds. Here are some of the most heart-warming images from the rescue.

Supermodel Joan Smalls flaunts curves in a sexy bikini

Supermodel Joan Smalls flaunts curves in a sexy bikini

Rediff.com29 Jan 2020

One celeb, two looks. Let us know which cover is your favourite.

Why this tiny plant was sold for Rs 4 lakh

Why this tiny plant was sold for Rs 4 lakh

Rediff.com4 Sep 2020

It was a rare variegated rhaphidophora tetrasperma that sparked a bidding war on a trading website of New Zealand. The plant, also known as Philodendron Minima, has yellow variegation on each of its four leaves -- an extremely rare one.

The Best Weapon To Deal With China Is...

The Best Weapon To Deal With China Is...

Rediff.com19 Aug 2022

If you are serious about countering the Chinese threat, then the best weapon is investing in real freedom, plurality, elections and democracy. Unfortunately, it isn't an approach all Indians currently seem to agree on, asserts Shyam G Menon.

Navrasa, Mr Corman, Vivo: BEST of OTT

Navrasa, Mr Corman, Vivo: BEST of OTT

Rediff.com10 Aug 2021

Blood sucking locusts on the loose, a honeymoon gone awry, a disenchanted school teacher and a singing tropical rainforest mammal, Sukanya Verma lets you take your pick from the OTT spread this week.

China sees red over new US-led Indo-Pacific grouping, calls it 'economic Nato'

China sees red over new US-led Indo-Pacific grouping, calls it 'economic Nato'

Rediff.com24 May 2022

As US President Joe Biden launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations, including India, to enhance trade, economic and investment opportunities, China, which sees the pact as a threat to its dominance in the region, went on the offensive against it, promising more opening up, while the official media here termed it as "economic Nato".

By end of century, India may be hotter by 4.4 degrees

By end of century, India may be hotter by 4.4 degrees

Rediff.com15 Jun 2020

In the 30-year period between 1986 and 2015, temperatures of the warmest day and the coldest night of the year have risen by about 0.63 degree Celsius and 0.4 degree Celsius, respectively.

India's COVID vaccine rollout has rescued the world: Top US scientist

India's COVID vaccine rollout has rescued the world: Top US scientist

Rediff.com7 Mar 2021

During the webinar, 'COVID-19: Vaccination and Potential Return to Normalcy - If and When', Dr Hotez, an internationally-recognised physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development, said that the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is "India's gift' to the world in combating the virus.

Animal rescues during Hurricane Harvey

Animal rescues during Hurricane Harvey

Rediff.com6 Sep 2017

A teeming multitude of pets and other assorted animals are among those still being rescued from Hurricane Harvey-ravaged parts. Here's some of the most heart-warming images from the rescue.