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British Open: Zach attack earns Johnson victory

British Open: Zach attack earns Johnson victory

Rediff.com21 Jul 2015

American Zach Johnson claimed the second major triumph of his career after winning a four-hole playoff at the end of a captivating, cliffhanger of a final round in the British Open on Monday.

'Hope I can be part of a futuristic fantasy'

'Hope I can be part of a futuristic fantasy'

Rediff.com7 Jan 2022

'Dune deserves all the raves it has been getting.'

Looking out of the Maratha Empire's two crown jewels

Looking out of the Maratha Empire's two crown jewels

Rediff.com25 Sep 2014

Rediff reader Rashmi Parab trekked to the twin forts of Lohgad and Visapur this monsoon. Here's an account of her trek in breathtaking photographs!

Final phase of Bihar elections on Saturday

Final phase of Bihar elections on Saturday

Rediff.com6 Nov 2020

About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly segments of the 243-strong assembly, will decide the fates of 1,204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.

Kohli aims to 'keep things simple' in WTC final

Kohli aims to 'keep things simple' in WTC final

Rediff.com17 Jun 2021

For the Indian captain and his team, the WTC final is like their Test debuts as young players trying to come up the ranks.

French Open: Djokovic keeps title defence on track, Zverev survives scare

French Open: Djokovic keeps title defence on track, Zverev survives scare

Rediff.com25 May 2022

IMAGES from Day 4 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Wednesday.

'I have been hit!'

'I have been hit!'

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

Air Commodore Jawahar Lal Bhargava recalls how he ejected from his failing aircraft in Pakistan during the 1971 War.

Kerala 2021: Advantage Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala 2021: Advantage Pinarayi Vijayan

Rediff.com15 Mar 2021

In four years, the state has had to battle cyclones, two floods, and two epidemiological disasters. If people bring Pinarayi Vijayan back to power, he must have done something right, obsevers Aditi Phadnis.

'Getting Kohli early was massive!'

'Getting Kohli early was massive!'

Rediff.com21 Feb 2020

New Zealand's debutant pacer Kyle Jamieson says with his height, he "can afford to go a fraction fuller", especially at the Basin Reserve which has extra bounce.

Priority is to keep 'alive' oxygen plants during Cyclone Yaas: NDRF DG

Priority is to keep 'alive' oxygen plants during Cyclone Yaas: NDRF DG

Rediff.com24 May 2021

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has directed its rescue teams to ensure that the country's major medical oxygen generation plants based in Odisha and West Bengal are 'running and alive' during Cyclone Yaas that is developing in the Bay of Bengal, a senior officer said.

Hudhud: AP, Odisha mount massive relief efforts, death toll rises to 24

Hudhud: AP, Odisha mount massive relief efforts, death toll rises to 24

Rediff.com13 Oct 2014

After being pounded for an entire day by Cyclone Hudhud, the storm is weakened on Monday leaving behind a trail of destruction in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

Indian Navy teams join Lanka flood rescue ops; toll reaches 193

Indian Navy teams join Lanka flood rescue ops; toll reaches 193

Rediff.com30 May 2017

The Indian contingent of more than 300 navy personnel was assisting in the relief, with divers searching the brackish waters and medical teams seeing patients in makeshift tents set up at shelters.

Cos take green path to save costs and sustain growth

Cos take green path to save costs and sustain growth

Rediff.com29 Sep 2018

A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.

Cos take green path to save costs and sustain growth

Cos take green path to save costs and sustain growth

Rediff.com29 Sep 2018

A selection of Indian corporations are cutting costs and contributing to a green economy by embracing clean fuel and India Inc sees a strong business case in adopting renewable energy to power their operations.

When iPhone photos become works of art

When iPhone photos become works of art

Rediff.com31 Jul 2019

In the hands of skilled photographers, smartphones are capable of producing works of art - as these stunning images show. Now in its twelfth year, the iPhone Photography Awards competition aims to find the best photographs taken using just an iPhone. Every year since it was founded in 2007, the IPPAWARDS has selected the very best shots among thousands submitted by iPhone photographers from more than 140 countries around the world. This year's grand prize went to Gabriella Cigliano for a mesmerising image shot on an iPhone X of two young girls in Tanzania. Scroll down to take a look at the stunning photos that made the cut.

How The Boy From Khandra Became A Man In Tokyo

How The Boy From Khandra Became A Man In Tokyo

Rediff.com1 Feb 2022

Neeraj ran in fast, did the crossover. The javelin flew out of his hands and he did not look towards the sector. He just knew he had bettered the first attempt. The moment the javelin left his hand, he knew he had done it.

League Cup: Man United, Spurs seal semis spot

League Cup: Man United, Spurs seal semis spot

Rediff.com24 Dec 2020

Edinson Cavani and Anthony Martial struck late goals as Manchester United claimed a scrappy 2-0 victory over Everton at a bitterly cold Goodison Park,

Woods endures nightmare day at Torrey Pines

Woods endures nightmare day at Torrey Pines

Rediff.com26 Jan 2014

Defending champion Tiger Woods plunged to new depths when he missed a secondary cut on the PGA Tour for the first time after struggling badly in Saturday's third round of the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego.

Silent guns on LoC raise hopes of peace

Silent guns on LoC raise hopes of peace

Rediff.com1 Mar 2021

An agreement between India and Pakistan, however tenuous, has its own meaning and impact. We have not heard the last word about the ceasefire agreement, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.

Breathtaking images from Sony World Photography Awards

Breathtaking images from Sony World Photography Awards

Rediff.com20 Apr 2020

Behold the breathtaking winning and shortlisted images from one of the world's most prestigious photography contests. The amazing shots are from the open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, which received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. Scroll down and feast your eyes on our pick of the shortlisted and category-winning entries.

'Investors who feel nervous at higher valuations should not exit equities'

'Investors who feel nervous at higher valuations should not exit equities'

Rediff.com6 Apr 2021

'They can shift to dynamic asset allocation funds to automatically rebalance their equity exposure.'

IndiGo's flights from Delhi lands in Istanbul without passengers' luggage

IndiGo's flights from Delhi lands in Istanbul without passengers' luggage

Rediff.com16 Sep 2019

Because of strong headwinds on Delhi-Istanbul route for the last two days, the low-cost carrier has been unable to take most of the check-in luggage in the same aircraft along with passengers, said an airline spokesperson.

The human price of climate change

The human price of climate change

Rediff.com14 May 2018

What are the most worrisome aspects of climate change for India? Can they be solved?

Long jumper Prem Kumar fails to qualify for World Championships

Long jumper Prem Kumar fails to qualify for World Championships

Rediff.com20 Jul 2013

Promising Indian long jumper Kumaravel Prem Kumar's hopes of qualifying for next month's World Championships virtually ended as his creditable 8.12m effort at a meet at Chula Vista in the United States turned out to be wind-assisted and hence cannot enter record books.

Three stocks that can make you RICH!

Three stocks that can make you RICH!

Rediff.com29 Sep 2016

With the government's focus on environment-friendly fuel, Indraprastha Gas, Mahanagar Gas and Suzlon's earning prospects look bright

Gujarat heaves sigh of relief as 'Nilofar' fizzles out

Gujarat heaves sigh of relief as 'Nilofar' fizzles out

Rediff.com31 Oct 2014

Gujarat on Friday heaved a sigh of relief as the severe cyclonic storm 'Nilofar' further weakened and will have no major impact except moderate rains along with windy weather in some coastal areas of the state.

Can Stalin keep BJP out of Tamil Nadu?

Can Stalin keep BJP out of Tamil Nadu?

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

With the Tamil Nadu electorate having given him an unprecedented mandate that had eluded his father the late M Karunanidhi, Stalin has to prove his worth, ensuring at the same time that the Dravidian drag on the AIADMK's side does not open up space for the BJP to make inroads in the state, says N Sathiya Moorthy.

Despite the 1962 China scar, Tawang is flourishing

Despite the 1962 China scar, Tawang is flourishing

Rediff.com7 Dec 2021

Tawang wears its history -- and also its present -- with ease. The flourishing town, with restaurants selling everything from noodles to dosas and locals returning home to new business prospects, shows little sign of the tension building up at the border about 40 km away to the north.

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Lijo Jose Pellissery's Women And Mine

Rediff.com11 Jul 2022

Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.

REpower buy to power ahead Suzlon

REpower buy to power ahead Suzlon

Rediff.com26 May 2007

The Rs 6,130 crore (Rs 61.3 bn) Suzlon Energy is all set to storm into the world's top four wind turbine manufacturers with the acquisition of the Hamburg-based REpower.

The Vata, Pitta, Kapha Way to Good Health

The Vata, Pitta, Kapha Way to Good Health

Rediff.com17 May 2021

Yogini and wellness entrepreneur Radhika Iyer Talati tells you how simple modifications in your lifestyle can help you lead a healthy life.

What Modi-Shah Should Worry About

What Modi-Shah Should Worry About

Rediff.com20 Mar 2022

The seat-share progression should worry the BJP. From the previous assembly polls of 2017, through the assembly segments in its favour in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and now in 2022, the BJP's seat-share has come down from a high 312 to 275 to 255. N Sathiya Moorthy reads the political tea leaves after the UP and Punjab election verdicts.

Will CSK play spoilsport as desperate KKR eye victory?

Will CSK play spoilsport as desperate KKR eye victory?

Rediff.com28 Oct 2020

KKR with 12 points from 12 games would like to win the next two encounters to ensure a smooth passage while CSK, currently at the bottom of the eight-team table, are only playing for pride.

De Kock, De Villiers centuries steer South Africa to series win

De Kock, De Villiers centuries steer South Africa to series win

Rediff.com12 Jul 2014

Outstanding centuries from Quinton de Kock and captain AB de Villiers helped South Africa coast to a series-clinching 82-run win over Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international on Saturday.

BJP Tactics Won't Cut Much Ice In TN

BJP Tactics Won't Cut Much Ice In TN

Rediff.com3 Jun 2022

The Hindutva social media continues to present the DMK especially as anti-god, anti-Hindu and anti-Brahmin. The strategy did not work in the past, it has not worked in the present, and would not work in the future, as a massive vote-getter, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.

Typhoon leaves Philippines in a nightmare, crashes into Vietnam

Typhoon leaves Philippines in a nightmare, crashes into Vietnam

Rediff.com11 Nov 2013

After causing unimaginable devastation in Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the worst storms recorded in history, has made a landfall in Vietnam.

Mumbai rain 'red alert' forecast a damp squib

Mumbai rain 'red alert' forecast a damp squib

Rediff.com19 Sep 2019

While the city received some showers late Wednesday night, it remained almost dry on Thursday.

REVEALED! Sachin Tendulkar's mantra for success in World Cup

REVEALED! Sachin Tendulkar's mantra for success in World Cup

Rediff.com11 Feb 2015

Sachin Tendulkar gave batsmen a peek into his mantra for success.

Bihar police bill passed by assembly amid unprecedented chaos

Bihar police bill passed by assembly amid unprecedented chaos

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Unprecedented chaos erupted inside the Bihar assembly on Tuesday when police was called inside to assist the marshals in evicting unruly opposition members who tried to physically prevent the Speaker from taking his Chair.

Wimbledon PIX: Nadal, Kyrgios in quarters; Halep mauls Badosa

Wimbledon PIX: Nadal, Kyrgios in quarters; Halep mauls Badosa

Rediff.com5 Jul 2022

Images from Day 8 of Wimbledon 2022 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, on Monday.