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Mumbai Indians cool off in the pool

Mumbai Indians cool off in the pool

Rediff.com22 Aug 2021

Mumbai Indians celebrated the end of their quarantine with a game of volleyball in the pool at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi.

U'khand glacier burst: 1 more body recovered, toll mounts to 37

U'khand glacier burst: 1 more body recovered, toll mounts to 37

Rediff.com12 Feb 2021

Uttarakhand Director-General of Police Ashok Kumar informed that 168 people are still missing following the glacier burst.

IDBI scouting for buyouts, 2 banks on radar

IDBI scouting for buyouts, 2 banks on radar

Rediff.com25 Nov 2009

After acquiring United Western Bank three years ago, IDBI Bank is now once more on the prowl for acquisitions.

War hit Ukraine set to restart soccer league

War hit Ukraine set to restart soccer league

Rediff.com22 Aug 2022

As Ukrainian soldiers battle Russian forces in the east and south, Shakhtar are due to play Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of Kharkiv

Tatas to scout for coal in Bangladesh

Tatas to scout for coal in Bangladesh

Rediff.com14 Apr 2005

India's Tata group, which plans to invest $2 billion in Bangladesh, wants to explore coal as a source of energy for its proposed steel and power plants in the country.

Godrej scouts for M&A deals abroad

Godrej scouts for M&A deals abroad

Rediff.com16 Mar 2005

When Pelemania Gripped India

When Pelemania Gripped India

Rediff.com2 Jan 2023

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today? Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it. By just being brilliant, captivating crowds, and behaving like a being from the future, doing things that STILL provoke oohs and aahs from watchers. Vaibhav Raghunandan salutes the Incomparable Pele.

BJP scouts for star candidates from Bengal for 2014 elections

BJP scouts for star candidates from Bengal for 2014 elections

Rediff.com17 Dec 2013

List cuts across range of former cricketers to actresses, even a working IPS officer, says Digbijay Mishra.

Vax for 12-14 yr-olds: Parents say apt move ahead of school reopening

Vax for 12-14 yr-olds: Parents say apt move ahead of school reopening

Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

For the first time in two years, schools in the national capital will reopen completely in offline mode from April 1 with the hybrid mode of operation coming to an end.

Reliance may scout for oil with ONGC

Reliance may scout for oil with ONGC

Rediff.com13 Jul 2004

TTK Prestige,India's kitchen 'king' aims to double capacity by FY21

TTK Prestige,India's kitchen 'king' aims to double capacity by FY21

Rediff.com28 Dec 2020

The company has also set a target of achieving Rs 5,000 crore in the next four years, while for the current fiscal the company expect around 15-18 per cent growth in revenue.

Revealed: How Jaish terrorists entered Pathankot airbase

Revealed: How Jaish terrorists entered Pathankot airbase

Rediff.com13 Aug 2021

On January 2, 2016, a team of gunmen wearing Indian army fatigues waded through a branch of the Ravi river on the India-Pakistan Punjab border. Arriving on the Indian side, the men hijacked vehicles and drove towards the sprawling Pathankot Air Force base.

MI players, support staff return negative COVID-19 results after More's positive test

MI players, support staff return negative COVID-19 results after More's positive test

Rediff.com6 Apr 2021

It is learned that Mumbai Indians' training session for Tuesday was cancelled and all the players and support staff underwent COVID-19 tests

Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66

Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66

Rediff.com14 Sep 2021

Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympic champion in the hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation said Sedykh died early Tuesday following a heart attack.

PM celebrates Diwali in Kargil with soldiers; says India never waged war

PM celebrates Diwali in Kargil with soldiers; says India never waged war

Rediff.com24 Oct 2022

Modi invoked the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata to assert that it is in Indian tradition to avoid war be it in Lanka or Kurukshetra and the country stands for world peace.

Watford, Odisha FC sign international club partnership

Watford, Odisha FC sign international club partnership

Rediff.com1 Sep 2021

Watford FC on Wednesday announced that it has signed a three-year International Club Partnership with Indian Super League outfit Odisha FC. This collaboration will be mutually beneficial for the regions where each club operates and will cover both footballing and non-footballing aspects.

Acquisitions on their mind, global majors scout for Indian start-ups

Acquisitions on their mind, global majors scout for Indian start-ups

Rediff.com23 Sep 2014

Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space

Top 10 finish in 2028 Olympics ambitious, not impossible: Rijiju

Top 10 finish in 2028 Olympics ambitious, not impossible: Rijiju

Rediff.com29 Apr 2020

He said the time was right to strengthen and popularise table tennis in India, especially with 27 Indian paddlers currently in top 100 and 17 of them in top 50 in the world rankings.

How Sports Ministry plans to attract top coaches to train elite athletes

How Sports Ministry plans to attract top coaches to train elite athletes

Rediff.com4 Jul 2020

The Sports Ministry removed the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches for training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results. The move is also aimed at attracting former players to become high performance trainers.

Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Vivek stars in Bengal win over Jharkhand

Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Vivek stars in Bengal win over Jharkhand

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

After a first wicket partnership of 60 between Vivek and Shreevats Goswami (27, 28 balls, 3 fours), the home team faltered as none of the other batsmen got going.

'No place in India can compare to the strategic importance of Leh'

'No place in India can compare to the strategic importance of Leh'

Rediff.com1 Jul 2020

'The Ladakh Scouts are a fantastic mountain troops suited to this terrain.' 'Other troops have to first get acclimatised, but these men are tough mountain people.'

Now, Pragyan Ojha takes on Rihanna

Now, Pragyan Ojha takes on Rihanna

Rediff.com3 Feb 2021

'My country is proud of our farmers and knows how important they are. I trust it will be addressed soon,' Ojha, who retired from cricket in February 2020, declared.

Indian Movies I Loved in 2022

Indian Movies I Loved in 2022

Rediff.com22 Dec 2022

In a year of overwrought spectacles that slavishly sucked up to the audience, I found refuge in a bunch of 'mainstream' Indian films that espoused such old-fashioned values as dedication to craft, close observation and casual bravery, explains Sreehari Nair.

Turning waste into fashion

Turning waste into fashion

Rediff.com26 Dec 2020

Wang Li-Ling's fashion show had outfits that were recycled from waste.

6-member panel to scout for BSNL, MTNL chiefs

6-member panel to scout for BSNL, MTNL chiefs

Rediff.com15 Jul 2010

Other members of the search panel are secretary (personnel) Shantanu Consul, telecom secretary P J Thomas, IIT Chennai professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, IIM Ahmedabad professor Samir Baruha and IISC Bangalore professor N Balakrishnan.

IT majors scout for M&As in Europe

IT majors scout for M&As in Europe

Rediff.com6 Feb 2007

Indian information technology companies are all out to aggressively pursue mergers and acquisitions in the $287 billion market in Europe, reported a study by investment bank Avendus Advisors.

'Neeraj Chopra should get Khel Ratna Award'

'Neeraj Chopra should get Khel Ratna Award'

Rediff.com28 Sep 2021

When asked about Indian football, Bhutia said: "There should be long term planning. Lately, we have not been able to do well, it will take time."

How Reliance Retail plans to become 'atmanirbhar'

How Reliance Retail plans to become 'atmanirbhar'

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

A few days ago, Reliance Retail surprised the market by acquiring the Campa brand from Delhi-based Pure Drinks Ltd for Rs 22 crore. A successful cola brand in the eighties, especially in North India, Campa Cola thrived when Coke exited India in the late seventies. When the Atlanta-based major returned and PepsiCo set base in India, it went down fighting.

Eli Lilly scouts for R&D tie-ups

Eli Lilly scouts for R&D tie-ups

Rediff.com13 Oct 2005

'We fear 100-plus people are missing'

'We fear 100-plus people are missing'

Rediff.com8 Feb 2021

The SP of Chamoli district, which faced the brunt of the glacier break in Uttarakhand, provides insights about the rescue operations.

Planning to buy a house? Do it soon

Planning to buy a house? Do it soon

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

If you are scouting for a property, finalise the deal within the next seven months and benefit from this measure, suggests Bindisha Sarang.

GAIL feels blowback from Ukraine war

GAIL feels blowback from Ukraine war

Rediff.com17 Aug 2022

On February 24, when Vladimir Putin announced a military operation on Ukraine, few would have thought that Indian government-owned GAIL India would feel the impact. The tensions over gas supplies were essentially a Europe-Russia problem, related to the sanctions western economies imposed on Moscow. But the EU depends on Russian imports for 40 per cent of its gas stocks, an over-dependence that Russia has underlined with Kremlin-owned Gazprom cutting its supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 20 per cent, citing maintenance issues.

'You don't come halfway around the world just to win a semi-final'

'You don't come halfway around the world just to win a semi-final'

Rediff.com12 Nov 2021

'I'm personally, and we as a team, are not getting ahead of ourselves'

'No Challenge To SBI's Retail Loan Book'

'No Challenge To SBI's Retail Loan Book'

Rediff.com21 Jun 2022

'When we look at the quality of our retail loan book, the non-performing asset percentage is low.'

IPL 2020: CSK, KKR to fly 10 exclusive net bowlers to UAE

IPL 2020: CSK, KKR to fly 10 exclusive net bowlers to UAE

Rediff.com11 Aug 2020

Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals confirmed that they are preparing a roster of net bowlers.

Chinese drones carrying drugs often intrude into India: BSF DG

Chinese drones carrying drugs often intrude into India: BSF DG

Rediff.com30 Nov 2021

Small Chinese-made drones, carrying narcotics in 95 per cent cases, are flying over from across the border into Punjab and Jammu regions and these flights are a "cause of concern" for which technology solutions are being scouted actively, BSF director general (DG) Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Tuesday.