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India's population to surpass China's around 2024, says UN
Rediff.com21 Jun 2017"In roughly seven years, or around 2024, the population of India is expected to surpass that of China," a UN report said.
India re-nominates Bhandari for another term as ICJ judge
Rediff.com20 Jun 2017During his term at the ICJ, Bhandari has delivered individual opinions in 11 cases covering a broad spectrum of subjects such as maritime disputes, whaling in Antarctica, crime of genocide, delimitation of continental shelf, nuclear disarmament, financing of terrorism and violation of sovereign rights.
India doesn't require lessons on freedom of press from NYT: CBI
Rediff.com16 Jun 2017CBI's press information officer and spokesman R K Gaur said the editorial "gives the impression" that action is not being taken against other big loan defaulters and that the raids on NDTV's founders were a part of a "vendetta" against the broadcaster.
Woman raped by Uber driver in India sues firm for breaching privacy
Rediff.com16 Jun 2017A woman who was raped by an Uber driver in India in 2014 filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing company and its embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick for "unlawfully" obtaining and sharing her medical records related to the sexual assault.
Neeru Chadha becomes 1st Indian woman as member of UN law board
Rediff.com15 Jun 2017Chadha got 120 votes, the highest in the Asia Pacific group
At Rs 4 trillion, India received maximum inflows in 2016
Rediff.com15 Jun 2017The study said India was the top receiving country for remittances in 2016 at USD 62.7 billion, followed by China (USD 61 billion), the Philippines (USD 30 billion) and Pakistan (USD 20 billion).
Desis in US Internet scam to pay $1m as settlement
Rediff.com9 Jun 2017Rajiv Chhatwal, Rupinder Kaur and Harinder Singh and companies Global Access Technical Support, Source Pundit and Helios Digital Media LLC were the defendants that had been charged in October 2016 by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of its ongoing crackdown against tech support scams.
CNN anchor 'mocks' Indian-American spelling bee champ
Rediff.com5 Jun 2017Asking 2017 desi spelling bee winner Ananya Vinay to spell Trump-invented 'covfefe' wound up less of a joke.
Missing Indian-origin student found dead in US
Rediff.com20 May 2017Aalaap Narasipura, a senior electrical engineering student at Cornell's College of Engineering was reported missing since Wednesday.
Horror@Times Square: 1 dead, 22 hurt as car mows down pedestrians
Rediff.com19 May 2017Witnesses said the motorist had driven against traffic and onto the sidewalk, striking pedestrians.
Sikh man in US for two decades detained, fears deportation
Rediff.com9 May 2017Gurmukh Singh, a 46-year-old taxi driver from Punjab who sneaked into the US without a visa through the border with Mexico in 1998, was taken into custody on Monday after failing to get a stay in his deportation case, amid a clampdown by the Trump administration against undocumented immigrants.
US: Sikh stabbed to death for refusing to sell cigarettes
Rediff.com8 May 2017Jagjeet Singh, who was a clerk at the Hatch Food and Gas convenience store, came to the US 18 months ago and stayed with his sister and brother-in-law in Modesto.
100 days of Trump: Only 32% millennials approve of US president
Rediff.com28 Apr 2017The national poll by Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics said 32 per cent of 18-29 year-old Americans approve of Trump's job performance overall.
Indian Army reached a new low in Kashmir: NYT on man tied to jeep
Rediff.com24 Apr 2017The editorial said, "Such posturing will only doom Kashmir to a deadly spiral, where more brutal military tactics will feed more despair and more militancy".
Paytm founder among Time's most influential people
Rediff.com20 Apr 2017As Indians scrambled to exchange the banned notes for new currency, Paytm, Sharma's digital payments startup, went on a promotional spree, inviting Indians to start using Paytm's digital wallet to pay for everyday goods and services.
Sikh cabbie assaulted, turban snatched in US
Rediff.com18 Apr 2017The New York Police Department is investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
Philippine President Duterte wins TIME 100 Reader Poll
Rediff.com17 Apr 2017Duterte had consistently led the Time 100 Reader Poll, an online survey in which the publication had asked its readers to vote for who should be included in this year's Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
Not in position to comment on Jadhav's sentence: UN
Rediff.com13 Apr 2017The UN asked India and Pakistan to engage in a dialogue.
Malala named youngest UN Messenger of Peace
Rediff.com11 Apr 2017Men should not clip the "wings of women and let them fly", Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai said as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres designated her as the youngest-ever 'Messenger of Peace'.
Haley defends Trump travel ban, says it is meant to keep the country safe
Rediff.com30 Mar 2017Haley said that she believes that legal immigration is the "fabric" of America, pointing out that she is the "proud daughter" of Indian immigrants.