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Energy sector: The sun gets brighter

Energy sector: The sun gets brighter

Rediff.com7 Dec 2015

Emission norms for automobile industry should be tightened.

FIFA shortlists six venues for U-17 football World Cup in India

FIFA shortlists six venues for U-17 football World Cup in India

Rediff.com29 May 2015

Announcing the window for the 24-team championship, which includes India as hosts, Tournament Director Javier Cepii told a media conference in Mumbai that the D Y Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai is among the four centres, which has been given provisional approval to host matches in the 23-day event.

I'm a big admirer of engineering in India: Carlos Ghosn

I'm a big admirer of engineering in India: Carlos Ghosn

Rediff.com21 May 2015

'I am a big admirer of engineering in India because India has a particular skill in frugal engineering.'

PHOTOS: Rio bids a colourful goodbye to 2016 Games

PHOTOS: Rio bids a colourful goodbye to 2016 Games

Rediff.com22 Aug 2016

A bit of melancholy and unbridled joy converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics on Sunday as Brazil breathed a collective sigh of relief for having pulled off South America's first Games.

Grieving Brazilian town receives bodies of soccer crash victims

Grieving Brazilian town receives bodies of soccer crash victims

Rediff.com3 Dec 2016

The Brazilian town of Chapeco, its streets wet with drizzle and buildings draped in the green of its devastated soccer club, prepared Saturday to receive the bodies of victims of an air crash in Colombia that killed 71 people and wiped out the team.

Australia hails quick fix of problems in athletes' village

Australia hails quick fix of problems in athletes' village

Rediff.com26 Jul 2016

Australia's Olympic delegation in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday that organizers had made "fantastic" progress in fixing problems with unfinished housing, although officials admitted that only two-thirds of the buildings had passed full safety checks.

PHOTOS: Rio scrambles to be ready for Olympics as athletes, soldiers arrive

PHOTOS: Rio scrambles to be ready for Olympics as athletes, soldiers arrive

Rediff.com25 Jul 2016

Olympic organizers are still scrambling to finish everything from a beach volleyball venue to a new subway line, set to open just days before the opening ceremony. At the village, where lines formed Sunday as athletes began checking in, work crews were still making last minute repairs.

Global foodgrain prices slump to 6-month low

Global foodgrain prices slump to 6-month low

Rediff.com8 Aug 2014

The fall in global prices resulted in a drastic decline in the Food Price Index compiled by the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization. Based on the prices of a basket of internationally traded food commodities, the FAO Food Price Index averaged at 203.9 points in July, down 4.4 per cent (2.1 percentage point) from a revised value in June. This level was seen earlier in January, at 203.2 points.

Abu Dhabi to be Jet's hub after deal with Etihad

Abu Dhabi to be Jet's hub after deal with Etihad

Rediff.com12 Sep 2013

The move is likely to impact Jet's operations out of Belgium and India.

Football Extras: Zidane begins second coming; Bayern eye domestic double

Football Extras: Zidane begins second coming; Bayern eye domestic double

Rediff.com14 Mar 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Messi and Argentina at risk of not qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup

Messi and Argentina at risk of not qualifying for 2018 FIFA World Cup

Rediff.com6 Oct 2017

Summary of the South American World Cup qualifiers played on Thursday

How ISRO's new satellite will change India's Internet

How ISRO's new satellite will change India's Internet

Rediff.com5 Jun 2017

A truly 'made in India' satellite that will empower a digital India.

Will Zika virus keep athletes away from Rio Olympics?

Will Zika virus keep athletes away from Rio Olympics?

Rediff.com2 Feb 2016

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and believes the spread of the virus across South America will not adversely affect the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.

Stadium hosting World Cup opener almost ready

Stadium hosting World Cup opener almost ready

Rediff.com21 Jan 2014

The venue that will stage the opening World Cup game in Brazil in June is almost complete, officials said on Monday, even though work has not restarted on the collapsed roof that killed two workers in November.

Meet the 4 candidates bidding for FIFA presidency...

Meet the 4 candidates bidding for FIFA presidency...

Rediff.com2 Feb 2015

Sepp Blatter, Luis Figo, Michael van Praag and Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein have bid to stand for FIFA president.

Lochte apologises, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police

Lochte apologises, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police

Rediff.com20 Aug 2016

US Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology on Friday and his team mate Jimmy Feigen agreed to pay 35,000 reais ($11,000) to a charity after Brazilian police said they lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the weekend.

Jet Airways cancels order for 17 Boeing 737 airplanes

Jet Airways cancels order for 17 Boeing 737 airplanes

Rediff.com16 Apr 2014

The Boeing website lists the price of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft at $90.5 million.

PHOTOS: Rio kicks off Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

PHOTOS: Rio kicks off Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

Rediff.com6 Aug 2016

Fireworks light up the night sky above the Maracana as some 50,000 spectators present, and some 3 billion people tuned in around the world as Brazil lifted the curtain on its second major sporting event in two years, after the 2014 soccer World Cup.

WHO sees 'very low' risk of further Zika spread due to Olympics

WHO sees 'very low' risk of further Zika spread due to Olympics

Rediff.com15 Jun 2016

There is a 'very low risk' of further international spread of Zika virus as result of the Olympic Games to be held in Brazil, the heart of the current outbreak linked to birth defects, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Tuesday.

The brain behind the Creo Mark1 smartphone

The brain behind the Creo Mark1 smartphone

Rediff.com11 May 2016

Bengaluru-based Creo offers an operating system that promises unique features and frequent updates.

There is no corruption in football, reckons FIFA chief Blatter

There is no corruption in football, reckons FIFA chief Blatter

Rediff.com25 Aug 2015

"If there are people who don't like the organisation or don't like me, they will realise they have been wrong... they will realise that."

US embarrassed! Says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

US embarrassed! Says sorry as swimmers leave Brazil to jeers

Rediff.com19 Aug 2016

Two US Olympic swimmers flew home from Brazil on Thursday after a local crowd jeered them, calling them "liars" and "fakes", and police accused them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games.

Hindu country, secular Constitution

Hindu country, secular Constitution

Rediff.com22 Apr 2016

Why not agree that, yes, India is a Hindu country though not all Indians are Hindus? And that for those who are not, our Constitution is sturdily secular and always will be, says Karti Sandilya.

Salary cap for youngsters would help English soccer: Campbell

Salary cap for youngsters would help English soccer: Campbell

Rediff.com18 Oct 2013

Former England international defender Sol Campbell says English soccer would benefit from a salary cap for youth players which would make academies less attractive for overseas talent.

Football Briefs: Portugal thrashed by Netherlands 3-0 in friendly

Football Briefs: Portugal thrashed by Netherlands 3-0 in friendly

Rediff.com27 Mar 2018

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Brazil arrests 10 for 'amateur' terror plot against Rio Olympics

Brazil arrests 10 for 'amateur' terror plot against Rio Olympics

Rediff.com22 Jul 2016

Brazil arrested 10 people on Thursday suspected of belonging to a poorly organised group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Companies that made shareholders RICH

Companies that made shareholders RICH

Rediff.com18 Jan 2018

The one common theme across companies that have rewarded shareholders is consumption.

Stunning images of the month: May

Stunning images of the month: May

Rediff.com1 Jun 2015

We present some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of May.

Birlas give junk rating to Moody's Novelis claim

Birlas give junk rating to Moody's Novelis claim

Rediff.com23 Mar 2014

The Aditya Birla group has slammed rating firm Moody's for placing Novelis, the group's aluminium products subsidiary, in line for a possible downgrade to default.

Peekaboo: Road to FIFA elections is full of surprises

Peekaboo: Road to FIFA elections is full of surprises

Rediff.com17 Apr 2015

CONCACAF's congress witnessed an outburst of support for incumbent Sepp Blatter.

World's 10 longest non-stop flights

World's 10 longest non-stop flights

Rediff.com14 Aug 2015

The world's 10 longest non-stop flights criss-cross the world, cutting down travel time and making journeys easier and comfortable.

Brazil didn't mess up Olympics, nor did it make most of them

Brazil didn't mess up Olympics, nor did it make most of them

Rediff.com24 Aug 2016

The enduring images of the Games will be not just the great sporting achievements - from US swimmer Michael Phelps' 28th Olympic medal to Usain Bolt's historic sprint 'triple triple' - but also the organizational problems, empty seats and crime.

Football Roundup: Mourinho targets 15-year stay at Man United

Football Roundup: Mourinho targets 15-year stay at Man United

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

This and more from the happenings in the world of footbal.

Top official leaves FIFA; EU urges Blatter to go NOW!

Top official leaves FIFA; EU urges Blatter to go NOW!

Rediff.com12 Jun 2015

FIFA's director of communications Walter de Gregorio is to resign after making a joke on television.

FIFA's Blatter faces division and suspicion as fifth term begins

FIFA's Blatter faces division and suspicion as fifth term begins

Rediff.com30 May 2015

FIFA President Sepp Blatter began his fifth term at the helm of football's governing body on Saturday facing the daunting task of restoring public faith in an organisation tainted by allegations of corruption and deeply divided over his re-election.

Tata Motors eyeing S America, new products on anvil

Tata Motors eyeing S America, new products on anvil

Rediff.com18 Oct 2013

The Indian car market was on a record nine months decline till July and sales picked up only in August and September.

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel

Plane carrying Brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel

Rediff.com1 Dec 2016

The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian football team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot's final words. The disaster on Monday night killed 71 people and sent shock waves round the global football world. Only six on board the LAMIA Bolivia charter flight survived, including three of the Chapecoense football squad en route to the biggest game in their history: the Copa Sudamericana final.

Delhi airport could rise high in the global hub club

Delhi airport could rise high in the global hub club

Rediff.com23 Sep 2013

Tata-SIA will kick off with full-service domestic operations.

US Cyber Command ready for war

US Cyber Command ready for war

Rediff.com9 Apr 2016

Cyberspace is a battleground as important as the traditional domains of air, land, sea and space, says US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, who visits India next week.

Friendlies: Brazil fired by Neymar hat-trick; England struggle against Denmark

Friendlies: Brazil fired by Neymar hat-trick; England struggle against Denmark

Rediff.com6 Mar 2014

Neymar's hat-trick lit up a powerful Brazil performance as the 32 nations taking part in this year's World Cup tested out their squads on a busy night of friendlies on Wednesday which also brought victories for Spain, Germany and France.