Does the 21st century indeed belong to the Asian nations?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday voted in favour of awarding hosting rights for the 2024 and 2028 summer Olympics at the same session in September, pending agreements with Paris and Los Angeles.
According to the research, consumers are willing to spend small monthly sums to receive news on their personal computers and mobile devices.
In a shocking incident, two Muslim women were escorted off of a plane by the police after a cabin crew member accused them of "staring" at her.
The Los Angles Lakers rallied from a big early deficit to win their second successive NBA championship with a cliff-hanging 83-79 Game Seven victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
While the whole world grapples to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, the sporting world has been brought to a complete standstill. A lot of top sportsperson around the world have also tested positive for COVID-19 as major events like Tokyo Olympics, Formula One, Indian Premier League and the top football leagues in Europe all face long-term suspension.
Global wealth staged a remarkable comeback in 2009, increasing by 11.5 percent to $111.5 trillion, just short of the year-end peak set in 2007.
According to a new study, the more attractive you are, the higher your paycheck will be!
Notwithstanding their increasing economic power, women are made to feel underserved and ignored by companies they are associated with, said a global study by the Boston Consulting Group.
Reliance Industries has been named as the world's fifth biggest 'sustainable value creator' globally in terms of investor returns over a decade.
Steve Finn helped England dominate Australia in another Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead. A day later, there were celebrations across China as Beijing won the rights to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. And, on Sunday, Premier League club Arsenal finally won bragging rights after beating Chelsea 1-0 to clinch the Community Shield to kick-start their season on a positive note. Rediff.com has all this and a lot more action from the week gone by, snapped right here!
Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.
Companies are cutting back on recruitment and training in their bid to cut costs and cope with the current economic slowdown.
The six-member government-appointed board of scandal-hit Satyam Computer Services today appointed investment banks Goldman Sachs and Avendus to explore various strategic options for the company, which include identifying strategic investors and obtaining expressions of interest from them in a fair and transparent manner.
The BCG analysis shows Lupin gave an annualised average TSR of 29.9 per cent, ahead of the 18.4 per cent of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical, the world's largest generics maker. Teva is next on the list. Another Indian generic maker, Glenmark, occupies third position, with an 18 per cent TSR to its investors.
Reader Radhakrishna Gowrishankara spotted Mahesh Bhupathi and Sitaram Sudarwa at the US Open and sent us these photographs.
'We are working to put up an actual plan in play to deal with the banking situation, which is top of our agenda,' finance minister tells Harvard University students.
The new application uses the HealthMap technology, an online resource that collects, filters, maps and disseminates information about emerging infectious diseases, and provides a new, contextualised view of a user's specific location.
Several buildings across the world lit up bright green on Thursday night in support of the Paris climate accord.
Ram Shriram, founding investor and board member of Google, thinks the Indian government should focus on better Internet access to create a conducive business environment.
'There is indeed a link between BCG vaccination and resistance to COVID-19.'
Tennis star Venus Williams plays soccer during a "Play with the Pros" event at EA Sports studios during the unveiling of their fall video games in Burnaby, British Columbia on Monday.
'It is inevitable that people around the world -- including from America and China -- will have different viewpoints over different issues'
In a major breakthrough that might increase the survival rate of cancer patients, an American research team has identified a protein that inhibits spread of affected cells to other parts of the body from a carcinogenic tumour
The change in stance follows a strong opposition by automakers of the proposed government plan to ban two-wheelers (below 150cc) and three-wheelers by 2023 and 2025, respectively
A state of emergency has been declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
From speed dating to listening to thought provoking talks by professor Tarun Khanna of the Harvard Business School, over 800 members of the Network of Indian Professionals recently spent three days in Boston.
Delhi on Wednesday got its third case of swine flu with a person who has returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus. The result for the latest case was positive, National Institute of Communicable Diseases Director Shivlal said.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Global wealth fell from $104.7 trillion in 2007 to $92.4 trillion in 2008.
22-year-old Noah Lyles is expected to top the podium in Doha but it will take more than silver hair and a gold medal to make people forget about Usain Bolt.
'It's not easy to handle a team at a big, big club... always demanding to win competitions and every manager needs time. I have the feeling United started to play the way he wants'
The award was presented by Dr Martin Mackay, pesident Global R&D, Pfizer and Karun Rishi, president, USA-India Chamber of Commerce, at a function in Boston recently, according to a release by the chamber.
Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata are cities of global repute.
They suggest that this method could be applied to help identify warning signs in search data before a range of real world events
Simanta Sharma, MD and CEO of bolohealth.com, shares his success mantras.
Among the other recipients of South Asian origin this year were Dr Shaheen Lakhan of Arleta, California; Shetty Shohan of North Palm Beach, Florida; Amoha Bajaj of Montgomery, New Jersey; Shabnum Gulati of Edison, New Jersey; and Sheel Tyle of Pittsford, New York.
The Telugu flick starring Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja will release in 14 countries.
