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North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston

North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston

Rediff.com6 Oct 2023

The Eternal Gandhi Museum is the only Gandhi-related museum in the United States, dedicated to Gandhi, to preserve and promote his ever-lasting legacy of nonviolent conflict resolution.

Should We Ignore Democracy Rankings?

Should We Ignore Democracy Rankings?

Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.

Newcastle back in Champions League

Newcastle back in Champions League

Rediff.com23 May 2023

Qualifying Newcastle United for the Champions League was not even in Eddie Howe's thoughts at the start of the season

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics

3 scientists share Nobel Prize in Physics

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

Last year, Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi won the Nobel Prize for Physics, "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."

Champions League PIX: City top group; Barca, Dortmund in last 16

Champions League PIX: City top group; Barca, Dortmund in last 16

Rediff.com29 Nov 2023

IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.

Women's World Cup PIX: France edge Brazil; Sweden rout Italy

Women's World Cup PIX: France edge Brazil; Sweden rout Italy

Rediff.com29 Jul 2023

Captain Wendie Renard's header seven minutes from time earned France a dramatic 2-1 win over Brazil.

Modi holds talks with counterparts from Nordic countries

Modi holds talks with counterparts from Nordic countries

Rediff.com4 May 2022

India's trade with Nordic countries stands at over USD 5 billion (2020-21) and a cumulative FDI of over USD 3 billion (April 2000- March 2021).

Complaint filed against countries boycotting boxing worlds

Complaint filed against countries boycotting boxing worlds

Rediff.com2 Mar 2023

A total of 11 countries are boycotting the championships due to the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian boxers.

Why Is Gandhinagar Station Special?

Why Is Gandhinagar Station Special?

Rediff.com13 Feb 2023

A Swedish girl waited for 10 years to meet her love, a youth hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Etah, and finally got married on January 29.

I won't become a tennis ghost, says Federer

I won't become a tennis ghost, says Federer

Rediff.com21 Sep 2022

Roger Federer brings down the curtain on his illustrious career later this week but the Swiss maestro has assured his millions of fans that he will not become a tennis ghost.

Mirror Puts The Dance Back Into Lust Stories

Mirror Puts The Dance Back Into Lust Stories

Rediff.com19 Jul 2023

Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.

Will India manage to grow at 6.8% in FY24?

Will India manage to grow at 6.8% in FY24?

Rediff.com22 Mar 2023

The external environment has worsened further. While the Finnish economy entered into a recession, Swedish economic growth also dipped. The Finnish gross domestic product (GDP) dropped 0.6 per cent in October-December, 2022. It was the second quarter of negative growth, which is a technical definition of recession.

French Open PIX: Medvedev loses in first round; Swiatek advances

French Open PIX: Medvedev loses in first round; Swiatek advances

Rediff.com31 May 2023

Images from Day 3 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.

Deepika Leaves For Cannes

Deepika Leaves For Cannes

Rediff.com10 May 2022

Deepika Padukone is a member of the jury at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Kiara Parties With Karan Johar

Kiara Parties With Karan Johar

Rediff.com8 Aug 2022

Karan Johar had a busy weekend doing what he loves best: Partying!

David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian jointly win Nobel Prize for Medicine

David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian jointly win Nobel Prize for Medicine

Rediff.com4 Oct 2021

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, announced the award-giving group on Monday.

FIFA Women's WC PIX: Sweden unstoppable; SA, France enter last-16

FIFA Women's WC PIX: Sweden unstoppable; SA, France enter last-16

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

A much-changed Sweden side reached the Women's World Cup last 16 with a perfect record

3 get Economics Nobel for research on bank regulation, financial crisis

3 get Economics Nobel for research on bank regulation, financial crisis

Rediff.com10 Oct 2022

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was on Monday awarded to Ben S Bernanke, Douglas W Diamond, and Philip H Dybvig for their research work on bank regulation and how financial crises should be managed.

Nobel Prize in literature goes to French writer Annie Ernaux

Nobel Prize in literature goes to French writer Annie Ernaux

Rediff.com6 Oct 2022

The Royal Swedish Academy on Thursday awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature to French writer Annie Ernaux for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory.

Rishi's Day Out!

Rishi's Day Out!

Rediff.com8 Nov 2022

After moving into 10 Downing Street a couple of weeks go, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is making his first outing on the world stage.

These Scientists Shaped India

These Scientists Shaped India

Rediff.com15 Aug 2023

I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims. We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing each scientist mentioned here along with about a dozen of our ancient mathematicians, recommends Professor Kalyan Singhal, historian of science and technology.

'Maybe Hollywood wasn't for me'

'Maybe Hollywood wasn't for me'

Rediff.com25 Jul 2023

'I never got respect as an actress.' 'But when I became a director and worked with actresses like Cate Blanchett and Jessica Chastain, I felt such pride of being an actress.'

Swedish pact sought in Assange impasse

Swedish pact sought in Assange impasse

Rediff.com19 Aug 2012

As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepares to make a public statement, sources close to him on Sunday said that an assurance by Sweden that he would not be extradited to the United States could be a way out of the current impasse over his extradition.

Football: Ibrahimovic nets landmark goal

Football: Ibrahimovic nets landmark goal

Rediff.com7 Feb 2021

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the 500th club goal of his career

Pragya Kapoor Is A Style Star

Pragya Kapoor Is A Style Star

Rediff.com31 Dec 2021

Say hello to the stylish producer who has been winning hearts with her effortless style.

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

Rediff.com27 Aug 2023

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.

IKEA Comes to Mumbai

IKEA Comes to Mumbai

Rediff.com9 Dec 2021

IKEA's Worli City Store is a first in India for the company.

Norway tells Russia 'do not want your participation'

Norway tells Russia 'do not want your participation'

Rediff.com26 Feb 2022

Norwegian Ski Federation said it does not want Russian athletes

Belarus activist, Russian, Ukrainian groups get Nobel Peace prize

Belarus activist, Russian, Ukrainian groups get Nobel Peace prize

Rediff.com7 Oct 2022

The Center for Civil Liberties, another awardee of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, was founded for the purpose of advancing human rights and democracy in Ukraine. It has taken a stand to strengthen Ukrainian civil society and pressure the authorities to make Ukraine a full-fledged democracy.

AltNews' Pratik-Zubair, Harsh Mander on Nobel Peace Prize shortlist

AltNews' Pratik-Zubair, Harsh Mander on Nobel Peace Prize shortlist

Rediff.com5 Oct 2022

Co-founders of fact-checking website AltNews Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair and Indian author Harsh Mander are among the favourites to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to shortlists released ahead of the announcement.

Perumal Murugan first Tamil writer to make it to Booker prize longlist

Perumal Murugan first Tamil writer to make it to Booker prize longlist

Rediff.com14 Mar 2023

Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation in London on Tuesday.

In-form Chopra eyes maiden Diamond League podium

In-form Chopra eyes maiden Diamond League podium

Rediff.com29 Jun 2022

Buoyed by a strong start to the season, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is primed to clinch his maiden Diamond League podium finish in his first appearance in four years in the prestigious one-day meet in Stockholm on Thursday.

Bharat Forge buys Swedish firm

Bharat Forge buys Swedish firm

Rediff.com22 Sep 2005

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 2021

3 Americans win Economics Nobel 2021

Rediff.com11 Oct 2021

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 with one half to David Card "for his empirical contributions to labour economics" and the other half jointly to Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens "for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships". Card is the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Angrist is an Israeli American economist and Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Imbens is Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business since 2012. After earning his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1991, he taught at Harvard University, UCLA, and UC Berkeley.

Europa League PIX: Manchester United, Arsenal script wins

Europa League PIX: Manchester United, Arsenal script wins

Rediff.com14 Oct 2022

IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday.

India banking on Swedish surprise

India banking on Swedish surprise

Rediff.com12 Sep 2003

Deepika, now on Cannes Duty

Deepika, now on Cannes Duty

Rediff.com27 Apr 2022

Other jury members include actor-film-maker Rebecca Hall, Swedish actor Noomi Rapace, Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca, Iranian film-maker Asghar Farhadi, French film-maker-actor Ladj Ly, film-maker Jeff Nichols and director-screenwriter Joachim Trier from Norway.

Swedish ice hockey player Backstrom fails dope test

Swedish ice hockey player Backstrom fails dope test

Rediff.com23 Feb 2014

Sweden's Nicklas Backstrom missed Sunday's Olympic ice hockey final at the Sochi Winter Games after testing positive for a banned substance.

Canada 'shoot-out' Sweden for women's football gold

Canada 'shoot-out' Sweden for women's football gold

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

Julia Grosso kept her cool with the decisive penalty in sudden death to give Canada top spot on the podium after bronze medals at London and Rio.

Sathiyan wins Czech Open Table Tennis crown

Sathiyan wins Czech Open Table Tennis crown

Rediff.com25 Aug 2021

The top seeded Indian, ranked 39 in the world, beat Yevhen Pryshchepa of Ukraine 11-0, 11-6, 11-6, 14-12 in the final.