The IAF has paid French aerospace firms Dassault and Thales about Euro 350 million for 'performance-based logistics'. This requires the vendors to ensure that 75 per cent of the Rafale fleet is combat-ready at all times, notes Ajai Shukla.
Athletics legend Michael Johnson feels Usain Bolt has surpassed the likes of him and Carl Lewis by his sheer consistency and can easily be considered the 'greatest' track-and-field star in the world at this point.
Those who ditched the sun, a study has revealed, looked up to 20 years younger.
The red clay at Roland Garros might have witnessed the triumph of some of the greatest names in the game but it also had to endure the agony of others being the bridesmaid year after year.
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The Ghost star has reportedly given up all medical treatment after doctors gave him little hope of recovery.
Twenty seven years after Dr Subhas Mukherjee ended his life, unable to bear stinging criticism and government's indifference to the medical technique he pioneered in producing the world's second and India's first test tube baby, the medical fraternity has sought national recognition for him. Considered the father of Indian in-vitro fertilization, Mukherjee used an innovative medical procedure back in 1978 to bring to the world India's first test tube baby.
I have a confession to make as a film journalist. I am a real sucker for movie scenes in which actors are running from a situation and land straight into a wall, a pole or any other man made structure. Naturally such collusion would be very painful, but I find the humor in it irresistible. There is one such moment in Cameron Crowe's brilliant Almost Famous where a clueless Fairuza Balk is running after a bus carrying Patrick Fugit and she slams straight into a wall.
ManchesterCity's hopes of regaining the Premier League title suffered a potentially grievous blow on Saturday as they were held to a goalless draw by struggling NorwichCity at Carrow Road.
Major winners Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Brooks Koepka, Jason Day and Adam Scott shared top spot at the Masters on Friday at the end of the second round, but it was Tiger Woods who commanded the spotlight once again at Augusta National.
K Ananth Krishnan, an M Tech in Computer Science and an M.Sc in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, hosted a chat on rediff.com on Tuesday.
Inter Milan moved within touching distance of retaining their Serie A title after a fluke own goal from Udinese's Mauricio Isla sealed a 1-0 win on Sunday.
But the film's first half is what is imminently watchable.
"Unfortunately fur is being worn by many Koreans," said Fruno on Tuesday, adding that China, the host of the 2022 Winter Games, is one of the world's largest fur exporters.
A top Member of Parliament in the UK has asked if the government knew about the US missile strike in Pakistan which killed an on-the-run militant from the UK.
In-form batsman Usman Khawaja has been selected to play his first one-day international in three years when Australia meet New Zealand in the second match of their series in Wellington on Saturday.
Ana Ivanovic and Gael Monfils led the way for Indian Aces as they edged out Manila Mavericks 26-25 in a thrilling encounter in the India leg of the International Premier Tennis League.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting was fined 30 percent of his match fee for dissent during second ODI against West Indies.
IMAGES from soccer matches played in the EPL, La Liga and Serie A on Tuesday.
The Muslim parties also attacked 2003 ASI report which had found certain remains, idols and artefacts suggesting existence of a structure before Babri Masjid.
Apple promised to appeal.
Germany coach Joachim Loew cut the inexperienced trio of Marko Marin, Jermaine Jones and Patrick Helmes when he named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2008 on Wednesday. Marin, the 19-year-old Borussia Moenchengladbach winger, had yet to win his first cap when he was named to Loew's provisional squad earlier this month, while Schalke midfielder Jones and Cologne striker Helmes had played just five times between them.
Pregnant Nicole Kidman has reportedly followed in the footsteps of Demi Moore, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera and posed in the buff for a magazine cover.
With the cut expected to fall around 5-over, Sharma would require a couple of birdies and play the back under par to stay on in the tournament.
Sunil Chhetri scored a brace to put himself on par with Lionel Messi and lead the home side to Intercontinental Cup title triumph with a 2-0 win over Kenya in the summit clash, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
'Baggy Green worship made me want to puke'
Patrick Turner, Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, offers some solid advice to budding entrepreneurs.
After the game, Kathy Hollins, Lloyd's future mother-in-law, said watching her son's fiancee was: "Like a high. You don't even need drugs ... She's so awesome, she just doesn't give up."
Flexibility will be the watchword for the Bryan brothers as they prepare for Saturday's doubles match against defending champions Russia in the Davis Cup final. Although the Russians nominated world number four Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev in Thursday's draw ceremony, the Americans believe that doubles pairing could be changed.
Patrick Hickey, president of the European Olympic Committees, told the South China Morning Post that the games' governing body could amend its rules so that host nations don't have to take the torch across borders and expose it to security breaches
Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has flagged his retirement after a record 20th campaign at his home Australian Open next year.
Sania Mirza and Leander Paes were on course for a Australian Open showdown as they reached the mixed doubles semifinals with their respective partners, in Melbourne.
'You have been surrounded from all directions, if you want the safety of your troops and your personal safety, we will give you eight hours to make up your mind to surrender.'
The International Olympic Committee has conducted 650 drugs tests since the start of the Olympic period and not yet recorded a positive test, IOC Medical Director Patrick Schamasch said on Thursday. The IOC took over anti-doping controls from the World Anti-Doping Agency on July 27, the official opening of the athletes' village, and will run tests until the end of the Games.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won their mixed doubles opener at the Australian Open tennis tournament on Sunday.
The victory takes Pep Guardiola's side into provisional second spot
As they have for millennia, the world's holy sites continue to exert a powerful draw over the faithful and the curious.
Ailing knees, Father Time and even a resurgent Victoria Azarenka stand in the way of Serena Williams clinching her seventh Australian Open title and giving her one more shot at an achievement that would cap her storied career.
Former World No 1 Kim Clijsters says, "I admire both Serena and Venus because they have a perseverance that is incredible. They're able to do a lot of things that other people can't do, physically and mentally, so I don't doubt that she will come back, I don't doubt it, but it just takes a little bit of time."
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