News for 'Pasadena'

Club World Cup PIX: PSG too good for Atletico Madrid

Club World Cup PIX: PSG too good for Atletico Madrid

Rediff.com16 Jun 2025

Champions League winners Paris St Germain crushed fellow European heavyweights Atletico Madrid 4-0 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday to get their Club World Cup campaign off to a winning start.

Brazilian underdogs stun PSG in huge Club World Cup upset

Brazilian underdogs stun PSG in huge Club World Cup upset

Rediff.com20 Jun 2025

Brazil's Botafogo stunned European champions Paris St Germain 1-0 on Thursday to throw Group B at the Club World Cup wide open.

Los Angeles wildfires kill 5; Biden cancels last foreign trip

Los Angeles wildfires kill 5; Biden cancels last foreign trip

Rediff.com9 Jan 2025

The uncontrollable fire has so far burned over 70 sq km in three areas: Palisades, west of Los Angeles; Eaton, north of Pasadena and San Fernando Valley.

24 Dead In Los Angeles Wildfires

24 Dead In Los Angeles Wildfires

Rediff.com13 Jan 2025

16 missing, 150,000 evacuated, 70,000 without power.

Poll: Coldplay Tickets As Wedding Gift Or...?

Poll: Coldplay Tickets As Wedding Gift Or...?

Rediff.com27 Sep 2024

Take this fun poll. Let us know how you will spend the money you would have spent on buying the Coldplay tickets if you decided not to go for the concert.

'Matthew brought so much joy to the world'

'Matthew brought so much joy to the world'

Rediff.com30 Oct 2023

Matthew Perry's family has expressed gratitude to fans and well-wishers for remembering the Friends star, who died at his Los Angeles home on October 28.

In Search For Planet Nine

In Search For Planet Nine

Rediff.com23 Feb 2024

Planet Nine, if it exists, is somewhere between 6-10 times the mass of Earth, and it may have an orbit that takes it around the sun once every 1,500 Earth years or more.

Indian-origin man held in US for driving car off cliff

Indian-origin man held in US for driving car off cliff

Rediff.com4 Jan 2023

Dharmesh A Patel of Pasadena, California, will be booked into San Mateo County Jail after he is released from a hospital, the highway patrol said in a statement.

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

What Swami Vivekananda Thought Of Gau Rakshaks

Rediff.com17 Jul 2023

The gau rakshak stated that the famine-stricken people were suffering because of their past karma and nothing could be done for them. The reply apparently infuriated Vivekananda, who told the gau rakshak bluntly that he had no sympathy to spare for societies which would not lift a finger to help human beings but wasted piles of food on birds and beasts. A fascinating excerpt from Govind Krishnan V's book, Vivekananda The Philosopher of Freedom.

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!

Journalist? Cover California from India

Journalist? Cover California from India

Rediff.com11 May 2007

A California daily is recruiting journalists in India to report what's happening 12,841 km away in Pasadena.

The Indian-American leading NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Marsa

The Indian-American leading NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Marsa

Rediff.com19 Feb 2021

While she has been a member of the Perseverance Rover mission since the beginning at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, Dr Mohan has also been a part of various important missions of NASA. The Indian-American Scientist worked on projects Cassini (a mission to Saturn) and GRAIL (a pair of formation flown spacecraft to the Moon).

Copa America: Rodriguez stars for Colombia, US hammers Costa Rica

Copa America: Rodriguez stars for Colombia, US hammers Costa Rica

Rediff.com8 Jun 2016

Colombia became the first side to book a spot in the Copa America Centenario quarter-finals on Tuesday after beating Paraguay in Pasadena, while the United States kept their hopes of advancing alive by thrashing Costa Rica 4-0. Colombia's 2-1 win put them top of Group A on six points, with the United States on three and the other two teams on one point each. After losing their opener 2-0 to Colombia, the United States were in clinical form against the Costa Ricans in Chicago and scored three times in the first half through Clint Dempsey, Jermaine Jones and Bobby Wood. Substitute Graham Zusi added a fourth in the 86th minute to cap the win and improve the hosts' goal difference.

9 reasons why The Martian shows we ain't far from putting boots on Mars

9 reasons why The Martian shows we ain't far from putting boots on Mars

Rediff.com16 Oct 2015

The Martian is steeped in decades of NASA's real-life Mars exploration

Sports Shorts: Manchester United rout LA Galaxy 7-0!

Sports Shorts: Manchester United rout LA Galaxy 7-0!

Rediff.com24 Jul 2014

Louis van Gaal got off to a perfect start as Manchester United manager with a 7-0 victory over LA Galaxy In front of a crowd of almost 87,000 at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Wednesday night.

Curiosity digs deep, grabs first sample of Mars rock

Curiosity digs deep, grabs first sample of Mars rock

Rediff.com28 Feb 2013

In a hunt for discovering life on Mars, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Curiosity rover has beamed back pictures confirming the first ever sample collected from the interiors of a rock on another planet.

'Lehman investments: JPMorgan must face lawsuit'

'Lehman investments: JPMorgan must face lawsuit'

Rediff.com28 Mar 2013

US District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan denied JPMorgan's bid to dismiss the 2009 lawsuit by the Operating Engineers Pension Trust of Pasadena, California.

Galacticos bring Galaxy back down to earth

Galacticos bring Galaxy back down to earth

Rediff.com8 Aug 2010

Real Madrid overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-2 in a pre-season friendly at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Saturday.

Indian student shot dead in US during robbery

Indian student shot dead in US during robbery

Rediff.com26 Dec 2010

A 22-year-old Indian hailing from Andhra Pradesh was shot dead early on Christmas morning during a robbery at a convenience store where he was working part time as a clerk.

Lighting up moon's dark craters

Lighting up moon's dark craters

Rediff.com22 Jun 2009

Astronomers have created a new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region, which they claim provides new data on some of the Earth's natural satellite's dark craters.

US: Navar's success mantra: 'I did not know'

US: Navar's success mantra: 'I did not know'

Rediff.com11 Aug 2010

Among the many things that led to her success as an entrepreneur, Indu Navar confesses that just admitting that she 'did not know' has played a very important role.

Kashe, 2, has an IQ of 146!

Kashe, 2, has an IQ of 146!

Rediff.com18 Jun 2021

At 12 months, Kashe -- the youngest member of Mensa International - was identifying alphabets, even if she could not say them. By 18 months, she was identifying shapes, colors, all the fifty states of America and naming planets by memory. The 2 year old can also, hold your breath, identify the periodic table.

NASA tests deep space Internet successfully

NASA tests deep space Internet successfully

Rediff.com19 Nov 2008

Working as part of a NASA-wide team, engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking to transmit dozens of space images to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about 20 million miles from Earth.

8 reasons why you should head to Rashtrapati Bhavan's Mughal Garden

8 reasons why you should head to Rashtrapati Bhavan's Mughal Garden

Rediff.com6 Feb 2019

Calling out to all those who love nature and flowers! Rashtrapati Bhavan's lush green Mughal Garden in Delhi is all set to welcome visitors from Wednesday. Visitors will be in for a treat as there will be 70 varieties of seasonal flowers, including specially imported flowers from the Netherlands and Japan from February 6 to March 10. Take a look at what's bloomin'.

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

Rediff.com19 Feb 2021

Packed with groundbreaking technology, the Mars 2020 mission launched July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Perseverance rover mission marks an ambitious first step in the effort to collect Mars samples and return them to Earth, according to an official statement.

There's an Indian link to Mars landing

There's an Indian link to Mars landing

Rediff.com27 May 2008

Prasun Desai is the project's senior engineer and Entry, Descent and Landing lead engineer, Langley Research Centre, Virginia, one of the four agencies working on the Phoenix project. The other three are NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin Space Systems

The odd, odd world we live in!

The odd, odd world we live in!

Rediff.com24 Aug 2018

These images prove we live in a wonderfully weird world.

Copa America: Ecuador hold Brazil; Peru sole winners

Copa America: Ecuador hold Brazil; Peru sole winners

Rediff.com5 Jun 2016

Eight time champions Brazil were held 0-0 by Ecuador in the glamour game as the second day of the centenary Copa America tournament mustered up only one, albeit spectacular, goal from three matches on Saturday.

Touchdown on Mars!

Touchdown on Mars!

Rediff.com26 May 2008

Radio signals received at 7:53:44 Eastern Time confirmed that the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes earlier. The signals took that long to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light.

Mankind should find a habitat in the galaxy: Kalam

Mankind should find a habitat in the galaxy: Kalam

Rediff.com25 Sep 2007

Mankind needs to find an alternative habitat in another planet with the Moon serving as the human space technological industrial belt and Planet Mars as an alternate human habitat, Kalam said at the International Aerospace Conference.

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Europe's Mars lander lost? Fears grow after craft's signal disappears

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

Tracking of the Schiaparelli robot's radio signals was dropped less than a minute before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet's surface.

Was actor Mickey Rourke's bout fixed?

Was actor Mickey Rourke's bout fixed?

Rediff.com1 Dec 2014

Mickey Rourke returned to the boxing ring after 20 years on Friday and defeated Elliot Seymour, who's 33 years his junior, within two rounds.

NASA probe hits comet

NASA probe hits comet

Rediff.com4 Jul 2005

The cosmic smash-up did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and NASA said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth.

J Lo sued by ex-husband!

J Lo sued by ex-husband!

Rediff.com24 Dec 2004

Victoria Beckham to perform with Spice Girls?

Victoria Beckham to perform with Spice Girls?

Rediff.com14 Jan 2016

The latest updates from Hollywood.

Close encounter with Mars at 14

Close encounter with Mars at 14

Rediff.com17 Oct 2003

Delhi boy chosen NASA's 'student astronaut'

Delhi boy chosen NASA's 'student astronaut'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2003

Saatvik Agarwal, a standard X student at Amity International School in South Delhi, is among the 16 students selected from all over the world through a global contest.

Melbourne to host final of men's, women's 2020 World T20

Melbourne to host final of men's, women's 2020 World T20

Rediff.com30 Jan 2018

The women's tournament, made up of 10 teams, will be held from February 21 to March 8 before 16 men's teams play from October 18 to November 15.

Trump test awaits NASA-ISRO's most expensive satellite

Trump test awaits NASA-ISRO's most expensive satellite

Rediff.com25 Jun 2017

If all goes on well, the NISAR satellite will be launched in 2021 from India using the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).