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Twitter, twitter on the wall: The best hashtags of 2015
Rediff.com12 Feb 2016Rediff.com takes a look at the great moments on Twitter in 2015, from single Tweets that captured our imagination to hashtags that sparked global conversations.
We are one American family: Obama in US mosque
Rediff.com4 Feb 2016Amid growing anti-Muslim rhetoric in the US poll campaign, President Barack Obama today made his first visit to a mosque as part of his effort to assure the religious minority of their safety and security and celebrate religious diversity of the country.
US struggles to recover after storm dumps 40 inches of snow
Rediff.com25 Jan 2016States across America are beginning the process of digging their way out of record-breaking snowfall on Monday after Winter Storm Jonas battered the nation's East Coast, wreaking havoc on millions and turning major cities into ghost towns.
PHOTOS: America prepares for 'Snowmageddon'
Rediff.com22 Jan 2016A state of emergency has been declared in Washington, DC and five states as 30 inches of snow and high winds may shut down up to a third of the country.
'In death, Arthur's own story was the most life affirming'
Rediff.com14 Jan 2016Arthur J Pais charmed her and exasperated her. But, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel as she bids him goodbye, it is the 'irrevocability' of death that 'stingingly puts into focus what you never realised you would miss terribly.'
'Can I study abroad after class 10?'
Rediff.com9 Dec 2015In an online chat with readers, Sri Akella, director of Dream Seekers Academy shared advice on how to pick the right international course and career.
New York police chief apologises to arrested ex-tennis star Blake
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton apologised on Thursday to former US tennis star James Blake, who was arrested after being wrongly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring and said he is concerned over how much force is used.
10 BEST Sports Photos of the Week!
Rediff.com24 Aug 2015Rediff.com recaptures these and other exciting sporting moments from the week gone by....
Dual-mode tourist buses: Go Goa, the amphibian way
Rediff.com9 Aug 2015Amphibian buses have a capacity to carry 32 persons and cost Rs 2 cr. Amphibian Tours plans to introduce six such buses for tourists over a year
Gold Cup: Dempsey hat-trick helps US reach semis
Rediff.com19 Jul 2015Clint Dempsey recorded his first hat-trick for the United States in a dominant 6-0 win over Cuba on Saturday that put theAmericans into a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final against Jamaica.
IIT to soon produce doctors
Rediff.com22 Jun 2015IIT Kharagpur set to be a one-stop-shop for all your parents' 'doctor-engineer' dreams! :-)
Finding peace, lessons learnt, in Texas
Rediff.com12 Jun 2015Though Texas was very much a work related stop, I received my opportunity for something similar to peace during my stay there, says N N S Chandra.
Modinomics: Indianised capitalism is the need of the hour
Rediff.com5 Jun 2015The temptation to rehash Manmohanomics is not going to deliver the achche-din that Narendra Modi has promised, warns Sriram Balasubramanian.
Stunning images of the month: May
Rediff.com1 Jun 2015We present some of the best photographs clicked across the globe in the month of May.
STUNNING images from the week gone by
Rediff.com4 May 2015We bring you a collection of some of the best photographs taken this week by ace Reuters photographers.
Baltimore riots: Violence, looting and fires engulf city
Rediff.com28 Apr 2015The family of African American Freddie Gray in Baltimore has condemned the violence that spread across the city after his funeral following his death from a severe spinal injury he suffered in police custody a week ago.
REWIND: 'Our politics is so sad, if I hadn't been a cartoonist, I'd have committed suicide'
Rediff.com26 Jan 2015Rediff.com republishes an old interview of the cartoonist on politics
Domestic violence case against US soccer star dismissed
Rediff.com14 Jan 2015The domestic violence case against Hope Solo, a goalkeeper for the US women's soccer team, was dismissed by a Seattle-area judge on Tuesday, local broadcaster King 5 reported.
Two NYPD Officers killed in Brooklyn ambush; suspect commits suicide
Rediff.com21 Dec 2014Two New York Police Department officers were shot and killed at point blank range in their patrol car in New York by a man who later shot himself at a nearby subway station, an attack described as an 'assassination'.
US swimmer Phelps sentenced to 18 months probation for drunken driving
Rediff.com20 Dec 2014American swimmer Michael Phelps pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and received 18 months of supervised probation and a one-year suspended jail sentence.
Being undocumented in the United States
Rediff.com16 Dec 2014There are 2.5 lakh undocumented Indians across the United States. While President Barack Obama's executive order last week does help, only the US Congress can really address the needs of those caught in the immigration tangle.
It's Bizarre: Phelps' 'girlfriend' was born male but did not tell swimmer
Rediff.com21 Nov 2014Most decorated Olympian Michael Phelps' self-proclaimed girlfriend has come out with a shocking revelation, saying that she was born intersex and lived as a boy until her teens.
Sports Shorts: Olympic champ Phelps suspended for six months
Rediff.com7 Oct 2014American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was suspended for six months by USA Swimming on Monday following his recent arrest on a drunken driving charge.
Swimming legend Phelps to take break after drunken driving arrest
Rediff.com5 Oct 2014US swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, said on Sunday he would take a break from swimming and undergo treatment after his recent arrest for drunken driving.
Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving
Rediff.com30 Sep 2014Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was arrested for drunken driving early on Tuesday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said.
119 warships built, naval design celebrates golden jubilee
Rediff.com26 Sep 2014A day after the Indian Space Research Organisation highlighted India's scientific capability by placing the spaceship, Mangalyaan, in orbit around Mars, another milestone in indigenous design was celebrated in New Delhi on September 25: The 50th anniversary of the Directorate of Naval Design.
Meet Dev Patel's onscreen wife
Rediff.com10 Sep 2014'Dev Patel and I hung out together to get to know one another. It's very important to understand your co-star before you begin a project.' Devika Bhise gets ready for The Man Who Knew Infinity.
Dr Devinder Singh to head Maryland Board of Physicians
Rediff.com13 Aug 2014Dr Devinder Singh, associate professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, has become perhaps the first second-generation Indian American to head a state medical board.
India's women can't live in constant fear, Mr Prime Minister
Rediff.com7 Jul 2014Enrich a woman and you can enrich a nation. Hurt women, deny women equitable rights, and a nation's death sentence will soon commence, says Dr Krishan Jeyarajasingham.
He is helping young Americans eat healthy
Rediff.com19 Jun 2014In the eleventh part of a series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles Karthik W Rohatgi who is helping low-income children to eat more fruits and vegetables AND promoting small-scale farmers.
Mathuram Santosham feted for vaccine that saves millions of children
Rediff.com6 Jun 2014Mathuram Santosham has been conferred the Albert B Sabin Gold Medal for his pioneering role in the prevention of deadly H influenza type b (Hib) diseases, including paediatric bacterial meningitis and pneumonia. George Joseph reports
Indian students from US write to Pranab against Assam violence
Rediff.com5 Jun 2014Several Assamese-origin students studying in American universities met with Indian embassy officials to deliver a letter to President Pranab Mukherjee on the killing of over 32 Muslims in Assam as a result of election-related violence there. Aziz Haniffa reports
'We want to bring trauma care based on the US model to Gujarat'
Rediff.com8 Jan 2014The idea is to provide prompt and proper emergency care to all, especially for our middle and lower classes for whom availing emergency care is difficult and sometimes just impossible, says Dr Navin Shah, former president, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Google buys start-up founded by Indian-origin techies
Rediff.com4 Oct 2013Google has acquired Flutter, a San Francisco-based company founded by two persons of Indian origin - Navneet Dalal and Mehul Nariyawala.
Phelps turns up at Worlds with fractured foot
Rediff.com28 Jul 2013American swimming great Michael Phelps turned up to watch the world championships in Barcelona with his foot in a hefty support brace after injuring it on the golf course.
Ranbaxy to pay $500 mn to settle US fraud charges
Rediff.com14 May 2013Firm pleads guilty to lying to US FDA; says it had set aside the money.
Indian-American attorney to prosecute Boston bomber
Rediff.com23 Apr 2013The high profile case of prosecuting Boston Marathon bombing suspect -- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- has been entrusted to two noted American attorneys one of whom is an Indian-American.
Manil Suri: India should be sensible. Pakistan is very dysfunctional
Rediff.com30 Jan 2013Novelist Manil Suri tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar why India needs to avoid a full-blown hostile reaction to Pakistan.
This aspiring doctor wants to cure mental disorders
Rediff.com21 Dec 2012In the fourth and final part of a series on Indian Americans who have won the George Marshall Scholarship in 2012, Arthur J Pais profiles microbiology student Paras Minhas, who wants to pursue a doctorate at the University College of London and treat mental disorders.