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Protests In Communist China!
Rediff.com11 Jul 2022Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest over the freezing of deposits by some rural-based banks outside a People's Bank of China building in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China
The Man Who Killed Abe
Rediff.com11 Jul 2022Tetsuya Yamagami, who shot former Japanese premier Abe Shinzo, was taken to prosecutors, at the Nara-nishi police station in Nara, western Japan on Sunday, July 10, 2022.
A Mother And Wife Weep For A Life Lost
Rediff.com11 Jul 2022The mother and wife of Major Andrii Verkhohliad, a Ukrainian officer killed in battle against Russian troops, weep by his coffin at his funeral in Kyiv.
Meet Sri Lanka's New 'Wildlife Minister'
Rediff.com11 Jul 2022Mayhem prevails in Colombo after protesters enter President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's home; mysterious vandals set afire Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence.
Aircraft Carrier Ready For Navy Induction
Rediff.com11 Jul 2022The fourth phase of sea trials for the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier was successfully completed on Sunday, July 10, 2022.
War And More War In Ukraine
Rediff.com9 Jul 2022Rockets launched from Donbas, craters formed in Kramatorsk, houses on fire in Donetsk...
Sri Lankan President Flees Protestors
Rediff.com9 Jul 2022Thousands of protesters in Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in the Sri Lankan capital, demanding he resign and accept responsibility for the island's gravest economic crisis that has caused thousands of Sri Lankans to live on one meal a day.
Amarnath Cloudburst Rescue
Rediff.com9 Jul 2022At least 16 people have been killed while 15,000 pilgrims, who were stranded near the Amarnath holy cave in Kashmir due to a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, have been shifted to the lower base camp in Panjtarni, officials said on Saturday.
Tears And Prayers For Abe Shinzo
Rediff.com9 Jul 2022Shocked Japanese paid homage to Abe Shinzo at the site near Yamato-Saidaiji in Nara, western Japan, where the former prime minister was assassinated on Friday, July 8, 2022, morning.
Flash Floods At Amarnath Yatra
Rediff.com8 Jul 2022A cloudburst hit near the base camp of the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir.
Why India Mourns Shinzo Abe
Rediff.com8 Jul 2022Abe Shinzo's murder is a personal loss for Prime Minister N D Modi, one of the Japanese leader's international friends -- Modi was the only world leader Abe followed on social media back in 2014 -- and the two prime ministers charted out a new road map for India-Japan relations that grew stronger in the Abe era and in the years since he stepped down.
The Moment Abe Was Shot
Rediff.com8 Jul 2022Shinzo Abe canvasses votes for Liberal Democratic Party candidates ahead of Sunday's local election, moments before he was shot, in this still image obtained from a social media video.
What's Boris Johnson Doing On The Street?!
Rediff.com8 Jul 2022Shortly after news broke that Boris Johnson had announced that he would step down as Britain's prime minister on Thursday, July 7, 2022, Madame Tussauds Blackpool brought its Boris waxwork putside Blackpool's Jobcentre Plus where jobless folk can apply for a job.
Surrounded By Family, Eknath Shinde Takes Charge
Rediff.com7 Jul 2022When he plied an autorickshaw in Thane in the late 1980s did Eknath Shambhaji Shinde ever dream that he would one day be chief minister of one of the wealthiest states in the Indian Union?
Why Is Air Marshal Patnaik In Arunachal Pradesh?
Rediff.com7 Jul 2022Eastern Air Commander Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik visited the Vijaynagar Advanced Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh to review operational preparedness and interacted with Indian Army troops deployed in the theatre.
When A Country Goes Bankrupt...
Rediff.com7 Jul 2022Sri Lanka is bankrupt, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declared on Tuesday.
Ukraine: Graves. Craters. Firefighters.
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022Fresh holes dug ahead of new funerals sit next to dozens of recent graves, many of which have been filled by those who have died since Russia invaded Ukraine four months ago, in the Walk of Heroes section of the cemetery in Kharkiv.
Not Niagara Falls, But Powai Lake
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022As the rains flood Mumbai, disrupting the flow of life and the momentum of traffic in the city that never sleeps, Mumbaikars will be relieved to know that the Powai lake, which supplies some of the city's water needs, is overflowing.
Making Waves: Dad, Daughter Make History
Rediff.com6 Jul 2022Father-daughter duo, Flying Officer Ananya Sharma and Air Commodore Sanjay Sharma created history when they flew in the same formation of Hawk-132 aircraft at IAF Station Bidar, where Flying Officer Ananya is undergoing her training before she graduates onto superior fighter aircraft.