As the world celebrates the season to be merry, we bring you some goofy images of Santa Claus this Christmas
The figure, mentioned in his affidavit filed along with the nomination papers, is over five times the assets of his parents, which as per MP CM Nath's affidavit stood at over Rs 124 crore.
Even though Hillary won fewer states as compared to Obama, she retains more number of delegates, who would ensure her nomination in the Democratic National Convention. She has 668 candidates as compared to Obama's 653.
Sudiksha, an academically bright student, was pursuing a graduation course in entrepreneurship at Babson College, Massachusetts, US, on a scholarship and was scheduled to go back on August 20.
As per a new study, people who were physically active were less likely to experience a new episode of depression.
Three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology sought hospital care in November 2019, weeks before Beijing disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, a United States media report said, citing a previously undisclosed American intelligence document that could add weight to growing calls for a full scale probe of whether the coronavirus may have escaped from China's top bio lab.
'My mission is to bring the world together by the game of basketball.'
Here are some of the best sports photographs of the week. First, scantily-clad Santas runners on the streets of Chicago to raise money for charity. Then, action from the English Premier League and the Ashes Down Under. Take a Look!
IMD has said the temperature in April-June across most parts in India is expected to be 0.5-1 degrees Celsius warmer than normal. However, doctors and scientists say they haven't found any direct correlation between the speed of COVID-19 spread and warm weather.
Rediff.com looks back at some of the candid moments from Hillary Clinton's tenure as US Secretary of State.
Indian-American economist Abhijit Banerjee and his French-American wife Esther Duflo along with their colleague Michael Kremer received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Tuesday for their work to alleviate global poverty that has helped millions of children in an experimental approach that favours practical steps over theory.
Warren urged India to respect the rights of the people of Kashmir.
Meet Sudhanshu Mishra, 17-year-old who turned rejection to his advantage.
Masood, his son Hassan, and a Chelmsford cleric were picked up by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on November 15.
Parents should enroll their children in coding classes only as a leisure time activity, that too with strict curbs on screen time.
While a recent study has claimed that dining out, and grocery shopping could be more dangerous than air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to special ventilation systems in airplanes, some scientists say such a comparison cannot be made without knowing if mask-wearing and social distancing norms are properly followed in each of these scenarios.
We bring you a presentation of some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.
Simanta Roy meets Kirin Sinha, who is turning how to teach girls to SHINE in math on its head, with dance
Meet Sayamindu Dasgupta!
'A lot of young people, especially women, usually go on in their career path thinking to just put their head down and work hard, and the opportunities will come to them.' 'The only reason I became CEO of Vimeo was because I was pushing to create an opportunity to take the company into a different direction.'
Hiriko is a folding two-seat urban electric car.
'The immune protection may well wane somewhat, and that's what we have to monitor.' 'Should it wane to the point where vaccinated individuals are getting severe disease, then we really will need to give them booster shots and that'll apply regardless of what vaccine they've got the first time.'
Ashish Jha, the head of Harvard's Global Health Institute, said the 200,000 death toll is "not just a guess". Currently 800-1000 people are dying daily in America from the virus and all data suggest that the situation is going to get worse.
Sathwik Karnik, an Indian-origin boy from Massachusetts has won this year's National Geographic Bee contest after gruelling rounds testing his geographic knowledge about lions in Botswana, mountain ranges in Asia and port cities in England.
The student went to discuss his poor grades with his assistant professor and ended up stabbing her in the neck.
Do you need to know what you should pack if you are going to the US to study?
For Duflo and Banerjee, an important part of their work has been ensuring that the agency of the "beneficiaries" -- usually, in developing countries like India, poorer individuals -- is put at the centre of any policy design. This is a crucial way in which experimental results are often better than large scale data-based inference, says Mihir S Sharma.
The ability to operate it from remote locations makes it a unique proposition, says Khalid Anzar.
Let's have a look at countries that enjoy high broadband speed and see where India ranks.
A state of emergency has been declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
The ministry further stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19 as this will help in developing a strong immune response against the disease.
Three Indian universities feature in the top 200.
A Massachusetts state police photographer has released never-before-seen photos of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev just before he was taken into custody.
Medical experts have warned that the volume of vaccine available to fight the coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2 in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand, despite an unprecedented effort to manufacture billions of doses.
In a first, a third year Economics student from Jaipur has been offered the role of an analyst in a leading financial institution with an annual salary of US $70,000.
'As an international student, I am constantly living in fear.' 'You're always on guard as to what will happen next.'
The Trump administration announced those F-1 and M-1 (non-academic and vocational students) visa holders planning to take online classes only will not be allowed to remain in the United State.
The innovators are blazing new paths in a wide range of fields.
32nd Miss India USA, Monica Gill, and Miss Teen India USA Alycia Rehmatullah tell George Joseph what makes girls successful.
The winner will receive USD 50,000 in college scholarship and lifetime membership of the National Geographic Society.
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