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10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

10 Ways to Survive the Lockdown

Rediff.com3 Apr 2020

Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.

Online scammers using 'FBI message' to extort money

Online scammers using 'FBI message' to extort money

Rediff.com10 Aug 2012

The bogus message goes on to say that the user's Internet address was identified by the FBI or the Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section as having been associated with child pornography sites or other illegal online activity, the FBI said in a statement.

FACTBOX -- The 10 fastest centuries in Test cricket

FACTBOX -- The 10 fastest centuries in Test cricket

Rediff.com13 Jan 2012

Ten fastest Test centuries after Australian opener David Warner hit a 69-ball ton in the third Test against India on Friday.

Who will become the next Pope?

Who will become the next Pope?

Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

Rediff.com takes a look at some of the prominent papabile cardinals who might take over from Pope Benedict XVI.

Belgian footballer, 23, dies of heart attack on pitch

Belgian footballer, 23, dies of heart attack on pitch

Rediff.com12 May 2015

Belgian lower-league defender Tim Nicot, 23, died on Monday after suffering a heart attack during a friendly on Saturday, the second such death in Belgium in two weeks.

ISL: Bengaluru drub Chennaiyin for first win

ISL: Bengaluru drub Chennaiyin for first win

Rediff.com10 Nov 2019

Defending champions Bengaluru FC registered their first victory in this season's Hero Indian Super League, thrashing Chennaiyin FC 3-0, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.

ISL-V: FC Goa beat holders Chennaiyin FC

ISL-V: FC Goa beat holders Chennaiyin FC

Rediff.com6 Oct 2018

FC Goa handed defending champions Chennaiyin FC a 3-1 defeat in an Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Chennai, on Saturday.

Ligue 1: Nadal watches as PSG go top

Ligue 1: Nadal watches as PSG go top

Rediff.com21 Oct 2012

Paris St Germain went to the top of Ligue 1 on Saturday after a Kevin Gameiro header clinched a hard-fought 1-0 home victory over Stade Reims.

Factbox: Fastest centuries in Tests

Factbox: Fastest centuries in Tests

Rediff.com2 Nov 2014

Following is a list of the fastest centuries in test cricket after Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached the mark in 56 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

SPOTTED! Oprah meets Shantaram author

SPOTTED! Oprah meets Shantaram author

Rediff.com17 Jan 2012

The American talk show host is in India to sheet for her new travel show and attend the Jaipr Literature Festival.

Vote: Who will be crowned ISL champs? Bengaluru FC or Chennaiyin FC?

Vote: Who will be crowned ISL champs? Bengaluru FC or Chennaiyin FC?

Rediff.com16 Mar 2018

Chennaiyin FC stand in the way as Bengaluru FC, the model club of Indian football, seek a triumphant conclusion to what has been a remarkable maiden campaign in the Indian Super League, in Bengaluru on Saturday.

IN PICS: Roman Holiday's Vespa comes to India

IN PICS: Roman Holiday's Vespa comes to India

Rediff.com27 Feb 2012

After a long hiatus Piaggio Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. -- the makers of the romantic Vespa Scooters -- is making a comeback in India. Vespa LX125, country's first style-of-living scooter offering, is all set to dazzle on the Indian roads in next couple of months.

Ghosal out of British Grand Prix as Indian challenge ends

Ghosal out of British Grand Prix as Indian challenge ends

Rediff.com21 Sep 2011

The Indian challenge in the ROWE British Grand Prix squash championship came to an end after national champion Saurav Ghosal suffered a straight-game first-round defeat at the hands France's Gregory Gaultier in Manchester.

Airbag for mobile phone? It's possible!

Airbag for mobile phone? It's possible!

Rediff.com17 Aug 2011

Mobile phone could someday have an airbag.

Injuries hit Punj Lloyd PSA Masters

Injuries hit Punj Lloyd PSA Masters

Rediff.com10 Dec 2010

Injuries sustained by top players in this week's Saudi PSA World Open has taken a toll on the draw for next week's Punj Lloyd PSA Masters, the 10th and final PSA Super Series squash event of the year, to be held here from December 14-19.

Next on terror hit list: Pak's nuke installations

Next on terror hit list: Pak's nuke installations

Rediff.com12 Oct 2009

Shaun Gregory, a professor at Britain's Bradford University and an expert on Pakistan's nuclear weapons, said though severely bruised in its own back yard, the Pakistan Army is the only determining factor that stands between the nuclear weapons and terrorist organizations such as the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Bell offers help to probe YSR's chopper crash

Bell offers help to probe YSR's chopper crash

Rediff.com4 Sep 2009

The manufacturer of Bell helicopters has offered its assistance to authorities in probing the crash of the Bell-430 chopper which claimed the lives of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhar Reddy and four others.

With eyes on ISL's domestic draft, Zico to arrive in Goa on Monday

With eyes on ISL's domestic draft, Zico to arrive in Goa on Monday

Rediff.com2 Jul 2015

FC Goa's chief coach Zico will arrive in the state on July 6 to take stock of all new signings.

US protocol on nuclear safeguards comes into force

US protocol on nuclear safeguards comes into force

Rediff.com9 Jan 2009

An additional protocol to the nuclear safeguards agreement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the US, giving the agency better access to nuclear sites has entered into force, making America the last of the five atomic-weapon states party to the global non-proliferation pact.

PIX: Priyanka's lovely Prague holiday

PIX: Priyanka's lovely Prague holiday

Rediff.com21 Jun 2017

It's time to travel to Prague with our desi girl.

US Open Golf: Fowler back in the thick of action

US Open Golf: Fowler back in the thick of action

Rediff.com18 Jun 2017

Fowler birdied the 14th, 15th and 16th holes to lift himself to 10 under par, two strokes off the pace at a generous ErinHills layout that has been softened by rain.

Ajax hit five against nine-man Feyenoord

Ajax hit five against nine-man Feyenoord

Rediff.com2 Nov 2009

Dutch international Demy de Zeeuw scored twice in Ajax Amsterdam's 5-1 thrashing of arch rivals Feyenoord, who finished with nine men, in the Dutch league on Sunday.

'Doubts persist about Pak's commitment to denying terrorists safe harbour'

'Doubts persist about Pak's commitment to denying terrorists safe harbour'

Rediff.com4 Nov 2017

Two influential Congressional sub-committees will hold a joint hearing on Pakistan's commitment in the fight against terrorism

Chetan, Arvind in 2nd round of Bitburger Open

Chetan, Arvind in 2nd round of Bitburger Open

Rediff.com30 Sep 2009

Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat and Anand Pawar advanced to the second round of the men's singles at Bitburger Open badminton tournament in Germany on Wednesday.

Golf: Justin Thomas back at No 1 after winning in Memphis

Golf: Justin Thomas back at No 1 after winning in Memphis

Rediff.com3 Aug 2020

Justin Thomas clinched his 13th PGA Tour victory on Sunday, winning the WGC FedEx St. Jude Invitational by a three-stroke margin and claiming the world number-one ranking in the process. Danielle Kang held her nerve to claim a one shot victory over France's Celine Boutier at the Drive On Championship on Sunday, as the LPGA Tour made a dramatic return from a near six-month COVID-19 shutdown.

Beware of second wave of swine flu: WHO

Beware of second wave of swine flu: WHO

Rediff.com23 Aug 2009

The World Health Organisation is urging people around the world to brace themselves for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic as the heavily populated northern hemisphere edges towards the cooler season when flu thrives. WHO Director General Margaret Chan warned on Friday that there had been instances of second and third waves when pandemics had struck earlier."We cannot say for certain whether the worst is over or the worst is yet to come," Chan said.

Number crunching: McCullum belts fastest ever Test century

Number crunching: McCullum belts fastest ever Test century

Rediff.com21 Feb 2016

Brendon McCullum - playing his last Test match- produced a sensational display of stroke-play, blasting to the fastest hundred in Test cricket history. McCullum took 54 balls to reach the three-figure mark, two less than the previous record. Viv Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq held the previous record with 56-ball hundreds. In terms of time taken, McCullum's hundred in 78 minutes is the joint fourth fastest in Test cricket. Statistician Rajneesh Gupta glances at the records of the fastest hundreds in Test cricket:

Kanoute blasts Sevilla to win, third place

Kanoute blasts Sevilla to win, third place

Rediff.com14 Dec 2009

Frederic Kanoute's emphatic finish early in the first half fired Sevilla to a 1-0 win at Sporting Gijon in La Liga on Sunday to lift the Andalusians above Valencia into third.

PSA Masters Squash: Top seed Gaultier toppled

PSA Masters Squash: Top seed Gaultier toppled

Rediff.com6 Dec 2009

Unheralded Englishman Daryl Selby caused the biggest upset of the $152, 000 Punj Lloyd PSA Masters squash tournament on Sunday when he shocked top seed Gregory Gaultier of France in the opening round.

Review: Salala Mobiles fails as a love story

Review: Salala Mobiles fails as a love story

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

Salala Mobiles is an average film, according to Paresh C Palicha.

US lawmaker on Obama and the Indian connection

US lawmaker on Obama and the Indian connection

Rediff.com28 Jan 2009

Gregory Meeks, speaking to nearly 150 Indian Americans who had come to Capitol Hill as part of a Task Force to express outrage over the Mumbai terror attacks, couldn't contain his euphoria over the swearing in of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American President and the indirect connection to Mahatma Gandhi

Netherlands rout Japan 3-0 in friendly

Netherlands rout Japan 3-0 in friendly

Rediff.com5 Sep 2009

Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored second-half goals to hand the Netherlands a 3-0 home win over Japan in a low-key international friendly match on Saturday.

Rohit Sharma, Bravo fined for verbal volleys

Rohit Sharma, Bravo fined for verbal volleys

Rediff.com14 Aug 2016

India's Rohit Sharma and Darren Bravo of the West Indies have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for verbally engaging with each other in a manner that was not in keeping with the spirit of the game during the final day's play in the third Test.

'Four or five new Blackberry models in 2008'

'Four or five new Blackberry models in 2008'

Rediff.com20 Nov 2007

Gregory Wade, vice-president (customer accounts), RIM, spoke to Business Standard about how the company is planning to fight the challenges as rivals offer similar devices across price segments.

French Cup: PSG land unique treble as Cavani grabs winner

French Cup: PSG land unique treble as Cavani grabs winner

Rediff.com31 May 2015

Paris St Germain achieved a unique domestic treble when Edinson Cavani's goal secured a 1-0 French Cup final victory over Ligue 2 team AJ Auxerre on Saturday.

ISL: FC Goa rally to hold Atletico de Kolkata

ISL: FC Goa rally to hold Atletico de Kolkata

Rediff.com7 Oct 2015

FC Goa fought back from a goal down to hold defending champions Atletico de Kolkata 1-1 in their second round match of the Indian Super League at the Nehru stadium, in Fatorda, Goa, on Wednesday.

'Keep the faith with India and Bombay'

'Keep the faith with India and Bombay'

Rediff.com2 Dec 2008

The Melbourne, Australia-born Roberts who, since escaping from Pentridge Prison has made a new life in India and who, famously, wrote his best-selling novel Shantaram seated in a corner table of Leopold's Cafe in South Mumbai, makes an eloquent plea on behalf of the country that changed him from convicted bank robber to much lionized author

France missing Zidane's magic

France missing Zidane's magic

Rediff.com15 Jun 2008

France's Euro 2008 squad are missing Zinedine Zidane, playmaker Franck Ribery and goalkeeper Gregory Coupet said on Sunday. Coupet said Zidane's retirement was one of the reasons why France, thrashed 4-1 by Netherlands on Friday after drawing 0-0 with Romania on Monday, were toiling at these finals.

Aditya Ghosh to step down as IndiGo president

Aditya Ghosh to step down as IndiGo president

Rediff.com27 Apr 2018

Rahul Bhatia, a promoter of the company, has been appointed as the interim CEO.

UK teenagers plead guilty to killing Indian sailor

UK teenagers plead guilty to killing Indian sailor

Rediff.com24 Feb 2009

Three British teenagers have pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack on a ship in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Gregory Fernandes, 32, was set upon by a group of teenagers who boasted that they wanted to 'beat a Paki' when they saw him and his colleague, Vinod P, return to their ship near Southamton after a drink in a local hotel in Fawley.