Modi To Stay Put In New York On US Visit

Over 24,000 people have registered for the 'Modi & US Progress Together' event in Uniondale, New York. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Christmas celebrated with fervour after 2 yrs of subdued festivities

After two years of muted festivities due to COVID-19, crowds thronged churches across the country this Christmas on Sunday for special prayers as people celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ.......

How will you live, work, eat post-coronavirus world

The deadly coronavirus has forced us to adopt new ways of life with wearing masks, maintaining social distancing becoming the ‘new normal’. Normal life of people is likely to be......

'Fight!': Japan cheerleaders root for Olympic athletes

IMAGE: Cheerleaders from the ‘All Japan Cheer Organisation’ perform to cheer people up in front of Shimbashi Station, one day before the start of the Tokyo 2020......

Rishabh Pant nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards

'My journey back to competitive cricket was incredibly challenging.' IMAGE: Rishabh Pant was fortunate not to lose a leg and suffered multiple critical injuries in December 2020 before beginning a......

Japan 'cornered' into holding Games, says local Olympian

'I believe we have already missed the opportunity to cancel ... We have been cornered into a situation where we cannot even stop now. We are damned if we do, and damned if we do not.'   IMAGE:......

Olympics: Japan to ask fans for negative COVID tests, vaccinations?

  IMAGE: Foreign spectators have already been banned and organisers are expected to make a decision next month on whether Japanese fans will be able to attend the Games, set to run between......

High fives, smiles but no cheers as Olympic torch relay gets going

IMAGE: Members of Nadeshiko Japan, Japan's women's national soccer team, lead the torch relay during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay Grand Start in Naraha, Fukushima. Photograph: Kim......