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Why Does Modi Not Slash Chinese Imports?
Rediff.com16 Jan 2023India's national security focus has shifted from the western border to the eastern one. But our trade with China keeps rising. This trade is against our interest, because most of it comprises of Chinese imports, argues Aakar Patel.
Messi shortlisted for FIFA Best Men's Player award
Rediff.com13 Jan 2023Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, is also in the shortlist.
G20 summit: Delhi civic body makes big plans to fight dengue
Rediff.com10 Jan 2023Municipal authorities have envisioned a comprehensive and pro-active plan to combat dengue this year with focussed fumigation at monument sites and markets in Delhi, which will host the G20 summit in September.
Chaos In Brazil
Rediff.com9 Jan 2023>Two years and two days after Donald J Trump's supporters invaded the US Capitol in Washington, DC, over 3,000 supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro -- who has been described as a South American version of Trump -- stormed the presidential palace, the country's parliament and the supreme court.
Bolsonaro supporters storm key govt buildings in Brazil
Rediff.com9 Jan 2023At least 170 people were arrested after supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government offices.
Soccer: Ronaldo made to wait for Al Nassr debut
Rediff.com7 Jan 2023Bayern's Mazraoui suffers heart complications due to COVID
Tchau, Senhor Pele!
Rediff.com4 Jan 2023Emotional crowds bid soccer legend Pele a final farewell on Tuesday
Oops! Ronaldo calls Saudi Arabia as South Africa during Al-Nassr unveiling
Rediff.com4 Jan 2023Ronaldo joined Al Nassr last week on a 2-1/2 year deal estimated by media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($210.94 million).
EPL PIX: Leaders Arsenal held, Man United win again
Rediff.com4 Jan 2023IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
Adeus Pele: Brazil bids farewell to 'eternal', 'king of soccer'
Rediff.com2 Jan 2023In the early hours Monday, his body arrived under fireworks in the city of about 430,000 people from Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital.
When Pelemania Gripped India
Rediff.com2 Jan 2023The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today? Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it. By just being brilliant, captivating crowds, and behaving like a being from the future, doing things that STILL provoke oohs and aahs from watchers. Vaibhav Raghunandan salutes the Incomparable Pele.
United Cup: Gutsy Evans helps Britain down Spain, reach knockouts
Rediff.com1 Jan 2023Evans, who recovered from illness to be part of the $15 million prize money event, showed his battling qualities to overcome Ramos-Vinolas
When Pele had bewitched Queen Elizabeth II
Rediff.com31 Dec 2022Years later, in 1997, the queen honoured Pele with an honorary knighthood of the British Empire. He remembered the moment in an Instagram post in 2017 when he thanked "all the British people for their affection".
India abstains from UN resolution over 'violation' of Palestinian rights
Rediff.com31 Dec 2022The United States and Israel voted against the resolution while Brazil, Japan, Myanmar and France were among those that abstained.
United Cup: Britain's Norrie stuns Nadal
Rediff.com31 Dec 2022Rafael Nadal's preparations for his Australian Open title defence got off to a wobbly start as Cameron Norrie handed him a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat in the United Cup on Saturday to give Britain a 1-0 lead.
Pele's Story Is A Story Of Hope
Rediff.com31 Dec 2022More than the story of any other footballer or athlete, Pele's life helped democratise his sport; made it the stuff of a widely shared dream. Shyam G Menon salutes the memory of the greatest footballer ever.
Brazil mourns loss of 'King' Pele
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Pele's death has unified Brazil, a country starkly divided by a bruising presidential election.
Guardiola: Pele's legacy will always remain
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022"In this period, everyone's thinking of New Year's Eve, the distraction can be a problem. Two days after Leeds, we have to be ready."
The greatest of all time, finally together in heaven
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022The cases made on both sides came with a host of subtexts: the Argentine versus the Brazilian, the man of the people versus the establishment figure, the party animal versus the quiet man, and the rebel versus the conformist.
Who's The Indian Child With Mbappe?
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022'Historically, Qatar has done wonders as I don't think this will ever be possible with the new format of the World Cup.'
RIP Pele: 'The most divine of footballers and joyous of men'
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Brazil soccer great Pele died on Thursday, aged 82, after a long battle with cancer.
This Indian footballer left Pele awestruck...
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Playing against Mohun Bagan on a slushy and jam-packed Eden Gardens on September 24, 1977 in the twilight of his career, the three-time World Cup winner was overwhelmed by the depth of talent a "little known" Indian club possessed.
Football's 'Eternal great' Pele passes away
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82.
Check out Pele's astonishing goal record!
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Precisely how many time Pele hit the net is a matter of debate, with most statisticians agreeing the number is between 1,281 and 1,283.
How Pele transformed Brazil into footballing superpower
Rediff.com30 Dec 2022Pele's greatest contribution to both soccer and Brazil was to transform his underachieving nation into a footballing superpower.
Kyrgios withdrew to be physically good for Aus Open
Rediff.com29 Dec 2022Kyrgios added that he had been in communication with Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley and United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow about his injury.
Would Messi Have Won World Cup Without Di Maria?
Rediff.com26 Dec 2022Eight years is a long time in the life of an athlete. But just like Messi, Di Maria has preserved and persisted towards his childhood dream, points out Deepti Patwardhan.
Ready to work with India for 'steady growth' of ties: Chinese FM
Rediff.com25 Dec 2022Addressing a symposium on the international situation and China's foreign relations in 2022, Wang said both countries have maintained communication through diplomatic and military-to-military channels.
Regulatory changes may usher new dawn for insurers
Rediff.com24 Dec 2022The regulatory changes brought in by the insurance regulator and the amendments proposed to the Insurance Act by the Centre may herald a new dawn for the sector in India. This may result in insurers bringing out more consumer-led products, top honchos of general insurance companies of the country concurred at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2022.
Mandatory RT-PCR tests for passengers from China, 4 other nations
Rediff.com24 Dec 2022Any passenger from these countries found symptomatic or testing positive for coronavirus would be quarantined, Mandaviya said.
India doesn't need to ban int'l flights or impose lockdown: Experts
Rediff.com24 Dec 2022The current Covid situation in India is under control and there are no reasons to panic, said Dr N K Arora, the chairperson of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI).
Mock drill across India on Dec 27 to check Covid preparedness
Rediff.com23 Dec 2022During a virtual meeting with health ministers and senior officials of states in view of the recent surge in coronavirus cases in some parts of the world, he said, "The Centre and states need to work in tandem and in a collaborative spirit as was done during the previous surges for Covid prevention and management."
Why does China have Covid surge and not India?
Rediff.com23 Dec 2022Most Indians have acquired hybrid immunity which means immunity developed through vaccines and also natural infection protecting them from different COVID-19 variants.
Random Covid testing for arriving foreign flyers from Dec 24
Rediff.com23 Dec 2022Following random testing, if anybody is found Covid-positive, the sample should be sent for genomic testing at the designated INSACOG laboratory network, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote in a letter to his civil aviation ministry counterpart Rajiv Bansal.
Avoid public gatherings, international travel: IMA
Rediff.com22 Dec 2022In an advisory, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) also appealed to people to take COVID-19 vaccines, including the precaution dose, and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour such as using masks in public places and maintaining social-distancing norms to 'overcome the impending Covid outbreak'.
5 Strikers Who Stunned The World
Rediff.com22 Dec 2022Five strikers who surprised us in World Cup 2022.
Mask Up, Covid Is Not Over Yet
Rediff.com22 Dec 2022'If there are any symptoms/variants of concern, states can prepare accordingly.'
Messi's footprints will join those of the greats
Rediff.com21 Dec 2022The historic Maracana stadium has hosted two World Cup finals, in 1950 and 2014, and saw Messi and his squad become 2021 Copa America champions by beating Brazil 1-0.
Centre advises use of mask in crowded areas amid fresh Covid scare
Rediff.com21 Dec 2022He urged people not to panic and clarified that there was no change in the guidelines for international air travel so far.
Centre to hold meet amid massive Covid spike in China, elsewhere
Rediff.com21 Dec 2022The minister will review the COVID-19 situation at 11:30 am on Wednesday 'considering the international scenario', they said.