Male tennis players from the United States are almost as rare as hen's teeth at Wimbledon this year, but a hawk native to North and South America definitely rules the roost when it comes to clearing the championship courts of pigeons.
The urban jungle still retains some precious wild spaces inhabited by not frequently seen birds and animals. The author spends a day exploring them
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
Rediff.com reproduces the 1997 feature about Laxman, his passion for crows, and of course, his genius.
The year 2014 easily earns for itself the title of annus horribilis, says Malavika Sangghvi
Kailash Satyarthi, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, in front of packed crowd made a rousing speech asking every person to come together and set our children free. He honoured those who came before him and also said that he accepted this honour on behalf of all the martyrs and activists in India. Here's the transcript of his moving acceptance speech.
This was the highest rated show in the week under consideration (August 17-23, 2014). The show outdid shows like Diya Aur Baati Hum (Star Plus), Jodha Akbar (Zee Tv) and Kumkum Bhagya (Zee TV).
Most yoga teachers are not driven towards popular acclaim or fame. But Bellur Krishnamachar Sunderaraja Iyengar was goaded by the challenge to prove himself to all those who had dismissed him as a madcap yogi in the early days, and by a burning need to make yoga available to all.
The White Crow by Neera Maini is an inspiring work of fiction and makes for an interesting read across all ages. We bring you an excerpt from the book.
Manipur beat defending champions Orissa 3-1 in the final to win the 20th women's National Football Championship for the 17th time, at the Golaghat stadium in Assam, on Monday.
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres is set to face a four-match ban for a 'gouging' attack on Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen in a 1-1 draw between the two teams on Saturday.
Title favourites India produced yet another clinical performance as they outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in a high-voltage group league encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy in Birmingham on Saturday.
The CBI's feathers were trimmed from the start, its beak trained to give friendly pecks to its masters, says Sunil Sethi
Divij Sharan and Purav Raja had to be content with a runners-up finish at the ATP Challenger event in Leon as they lost the summit clash in straight sets to Chris Guccione and Matt Reid.
Companies now look at the adversity quotient scores of their leaders.
The World Gold Council recently listed Suhani Pittie as one of the top ten inventive and ingenious jewellery designers in the world. Pittie who showed at the recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week talks about how she made it.
Pune Warriors beat Kochi Tuskers Kerala by four wickets in the battle of debutantes in an Indian Premier League clash at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Wednesday.
Sania Mirza entered the main draw of the US Open, beating Columbia's Catalina Castano in the final qualifying round on Friday. The Indian ace, ranked 160th, got the better of the 188th-ranked Columbian 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
Despicable Me's strength is good old fashioned storytelling -- excellent characters, attention to detail and a journey that is just pure fun.
Whether the audiences can warm up to the elegant but slow-moving The City of Your Destination, which is released by an independent distributor and with low key publicity, is anyone's guess.
Mahesh Vijapurkar smells a scandal in the BOT model for road projects.
Greed lies at the heart of all governance failures too and we, who hopefully are now a little bit more aware and wiser of the consequences of greed, may differ with Gordon Gekko.
How ITC plans to dominate the ready-to-eat snack market.
Amitabh's Hindi narration adds cosiness to the Oscar-winning March Of The Penguins.
Ornithologists across the world are celebrating the news that a wetland bird, that has eluded scientists ever since its discovery in India in 1867, has been found again.
Import duty on a business jet is merely 3 per cent, on a yacht 10 per cent, but it's 60 per cent on cars and a mind-boggling 213 per cent on one's favourite tipple.
Four of Nadal's closest rivals failed to make the last 16, however, as third seed Ivan Ljubicic, fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko, eighth seed James Blake and ninth seed Marcos Baghdatis were upset in their ties.
Yasin Merchant and Pankaj Advani were one of the most successful of nine pairs, recording two victories
The scientists found one of the two new pterosaurs, the Feilongus Youngi or Young's flying dragon was closely related to a family of pterosaurs found in southern France and Germany.
Disney will mark Donald's seven-decade career achievement with festivities at its parks around the globe.
Flintoff is sixth in the bowling lists and 20th in batting in the latest PwC world cricket rankings.
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