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Prevent undue panic: Centre advises states on mpox
Rediff.com9 Sep 2024The Centre on Monday advised states and union territories to screen and test of all suspect mpox cases.
THRILLING PIX: World Aquatics Championships
Rediff.com28 Jul 2023Capturing the drama at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Friday.
New rules to hit Semenya, others hard
Rediff.com24 Mar 2023The council also voted to cut the maximum amount of plasma testosterone for athletes with Differences in Sex Development (DSD) in half, to 2.5 nanomoles per litre from five.
India's Global Hunger Index rank is 102
Rediff.com11 Nov 2021After decades of decline, the global prevalence of undernourishment is increasing.
Change in authority in Kabul was neither through negotiations, nor inclusive: India
Rediff.com13 Oct 2021Addressing the UNSC High Level Open Debate on 'Peacebuilding and sustaining peace: Diversity, state building and the search for peace', Muraleedharan said the expectations of the international community on Afghanistan, including on combating terrorism, are set out clearly in the UN Security Council Resolution 2593, that was adopted under India's Presidency of the 15-nation Council in August.
Italy split over season re-start; Turkmenistan league set to resume
Rediff.com16 Apr 2020The Italian federation (FIGC) is determined to complete the season and its president Gabriele Gravina has been presenting new ideas on an almost daily basis of how that can be done. Meanwhile, Turkmenistan in Central Asia is set to resume its soccer season with spectators at the weekend, making it only the second country in the world to let fans attend matches as the new coronavirus shuts down almost all of world football.
Soccer Extras: City earn record revenue for 2018-19
Rediff.com20 Nov 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Soccer Extras: AC Milan banned from Europa League
Rediff.com28 Jun 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Football Extras: Rooney scores stunning goal for DC United
Rediff.com27 Jun 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Semenya wins 2000m; intends to defend 800m world title
Rediff.com12 Jun 2019The double Olympic champion won her race in five minutes 38.19 in front of 1,650 spectators on the outskirts of Paris.
Semenya to contest 3,000-metres at Prefontaine Classic
Rediff.com21 May 2019The race will be her first since the new rules went into effect
Semenya says NO to medication to lower testosterone
Rediff.com4 May 2019Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya's future was in doubt on Friday after she said she would not take medication to lower her testosterone levels to comply with new rules for the 800 metres.
India wins election to UN Human Rights Council
Rediff.com12 Oct 2018The 18 new members were elected by absolute majority through a secret ballot.
UN report names India among countries where rights activists intimidated
Rediff.com13 Sep 2018The report documents allegations of reprisals and intimidation in 38 countries, some of which are members of the Human Rights Council.
Sports Shorts: Peaty's world record amended after timing problem at Euros
Rediff.com6 Aug 2018A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Sports Shorts: Chong Wei wins Malaysia Open for 12th time
Rediff.com1 Jul 2018A summary of sports events and persons in the news over the weekend.
Want to be happy? Try moving to Finland
Rediff.com15 Mar 2018The World Happiness Report published on Wednesday ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, based on factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption.
World Athletics PIX: US reclaim 4x400m title, more injury woe for Jamaica
Rediff.com14 Aug 2017Olympic champions the United States reclaimed their women's 4x400m relay world title as Jamaica suffered more injury heartbreak in the World Championships final on Sunday.*
World Championships PHOTOS: Carter earns shock 400m hurdles win from outside lane
Rediff.com11 Aug 2017A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
Bolt breaks 10 seconds for first time this season in Monaco win
Rediff.com22 Jul 2017Usain Bolt ran under 10 seconds for the first time this year as he narrowly won the 100 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
WADA leaks: Russian hackers publish medical data for Farah, Nadal
Rediff.com20 Sep 2016Documents relating to Farah, and published on the fancybear.net website, showed that the distance runner had no active Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) at the time of the Olympics. TUEs allow athletes to take banned substances for verified medical needs and there is no suggestion any of those named have broken any rules
PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 15 at Rio Olympics
Rediff.com21 Aug 2016Check out the gold medallists on Day 15 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday:
South Africa's Semenya takes 800 meters gold
Rediff.com21 Aug 2016Caster Semenya of South Africa took the gold medal in the Olympic 800 meters on Saturday in a personal best time of 1:55.28 seconds.
India at a low 105 on human capital index, Finland tops
Rediff.com28 Jun 2016India ranks low at 105th on human capital index, Finland tops
India ranks 133 on Press Freedom Index, worse than Afghanistan
Rediff.com20 Apr 2016The report shows that there has been a deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom at both the global and regional levels.
Archbishop of Canterbury learns he was born illegitimate
Rediff.com10 Apr 2016The Archbishop of Canterbury, disclosed that he has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill's private secretary.
Want to be happy? India is not the place for you
Rediff.com23 Mar 2016Click on the flag to see what makes that country so happy.
Myanmar puts India to shame, emerges as the world's most generous nation
Rediff.com10 Nov 2015Globally, the proportion of people who said they volunteered time fell slightly, to 21.0 per cent from 21.3 per cent.
Pakistan loses UN human rights council election
Rediff.com29 Oct 2015Pakistan on Wednesday failed to win a re-election to the United Nations' human rights body. The 193-member General Assembly voted here to elect 18 new members of the UN Human Rights Council.
Football shorts: Spurs mourn lost love as West Brom rule out Berahino move
Rediff.com28 Aug 2015West Bromwich Albion have ruled out the prospect of Saido Berahino leaving the club during the current transfer window, leading Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino to compare his club's pursuit of the striker to a frustrated love affair.
10 most dangerous nations in the world
Rediff.com31 Jul 2015The ninth edition of the Global Peace Index, which ranks the nations of the world according to their level of peacefulness, has ranked Syria as the most dangerous country in the world.
Blatter backs German proposal for FIFA integrity checks
Rediff.com20 Jun 2015FIFA president Sepp Blatter endorsed a German proposal for stronger integrity checks to vet top soccer officials as the sport's global governing body grapples with the fallout of a massive corruption scandal.
REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was
Rediff.com25 May 2015Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 16 images
REWIND: Best images in the past 24 hours
Rediff.com18 May 2015Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours.
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.
Happiness index: India ranks 117, below Pakistan!
Rediff.com24 Apr 2015Switzerland has been named the happiest country in the world.
Poor Giriraj Singh, condemned for speaking the ugly truth
Rediff.com4 Apr 2015The Bharatiya Janata Party minister was merely voicing what we already know -- that most Indians are an inherently racist people, says Indulekha Aravind
UNHRC unanimously adopts resolution against Boko Haram
Rediff.com2 Apr 2015To provide more active support to African countries fighting the Nigerian Islamist militant group.
Income inequality: India among worst-performing countries
Rediff.com28 Oct 2014India has performed poorly in removing gender-based disparities, ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index, scoring below average on parameters like economic participation, educational attainment and health and survival.
India scores badly on Hunger Index, lags behind Nepal
Rediff.com15 Oct 2014Though hunger levels are not alarming in India, it still fares badly, lagging behind Nepal and Sri Lanka on the Global Hunger Index.