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Hamilton equals hero Senna with pole in Canada
Rediff.com11 Jun 2017Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton produced a moment of Montreal magic on Saturday to put his Mercedes on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix and equal Ayrton Senna's career haul of 65.
Indian Army ready to recruit women in combat roles: Gen Bipin Rawat
Rediff.com4 Jun 2017Currently women are allowed in a number of select areas including in medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the army.
Putin: Relations with Pak will not dilute Indo-Russia ties
Rediff.com1 Jun 2017"We do not have any tight (military) relations with Pakistan," Putin said.
Is Ferrari favouring Sebastian Vettel?
Rediff.com29 May 2017Ferrari are giving Sebastian Vettel the Michael Schumacher treatment, according to the German's main title rival Lewis Hamilton.
F1: Vettel first Ferrari driver since Schumi to win Monaco GP
Rediff.com28 May 2017Finnish team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who started on pole for the first time in nine years but lost the lead in the pitstops, made sure of a Ferrari one-two with Hamilton finishing seventh for Mercedes after starting 13th.
Justice Mudgal elected head of FIFA Governance Committee
Rediff.com11 May 2017Justice Mukul Mudgal was on Thursday elected as head of FIFA's governance committee at the world football governing body's 67th Congress in Bahrain's capital city of Manama.
Bottas wins in Russia for his first F1 victory
Rediff.com30 Apr 2017Finland's Valtteri Bottas seized the first Formula One victory of his career at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping both Ferraris at the start and then holding his nerve over the tense closing laps.
India ranks 136 on World Press Freedom Index, slips 3 places
Rediff.com27 Apr 2017In the list of 180 countries mapped, India stands at 136, down from last year's 133, colour-coded again in red to show the situation as "difficult".
'I have been able to convince GE to be more aggressive'
Rediff.com24 Apr 2017Over lunch with Jyoti Mukul, Banmali Agrawala, president and CEO, GE South Asia, discusses how GE is transforming itself into a digital industrial company.
Monte Carlo Masters: Bopanna, Cuevas reach quarters
Rediff.com21 Apr 2017Rohan Bopanna and his partner Pablo Cuevas knocked out fifth seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram after a three-set battle to progress to the quarterfinals of the ATP Monte Carlo Masters.
F1: Sebastian Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix for Ferrari
Rediff.com17 Apr 2017Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix to go seven points clear at the top of the Formula One standings on Sunday, with Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton staging a late charge to finish second.
F1: Bottas ends Hamilton's pole run in Bahrain
Rediff.com15 Apr 2017Finland's Valtteri Bottas took his first Formula One pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday with a sizzling lap that ended Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton's bid for a seventh in a row.
The world's 10 weirdest festivals
Rediff.com12 Apr 2017We take a look at the world's quirky, colourful - and downright bizarre - events.
Say goodbye to baldness without medicines or hair transplant
Rediff.com7 Apr 2017Say goodbye to baldness without medicines or hair transplant
OnePlus positions itself uniquely: Cheap but high-end
Rediff.com3 Apr 2017With actor Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador, Chinese phone maker OnePlus moves away from its digital-only ad strategy.
Hyderabad, India's first 1Gbps-enabled city
Rediff.com31 Mar 2017A recent study on internet speed in India put Hyderabad on top with 6.5 Mbps download and 4.5 Mbps upload speed
Trump thinks meet with Xi will be 'very difficult'
Rediff.com31 Mar 2017We can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses, the US President said.
Football PHOTOS: Spain, Italy register easy wins
Rediff.com25 Mar 2017Spain strolled to a 4-1 win at home to Israel, while Italy survived some first-half scares on the way to a 2-0 win and Ukraine registered a 1-0 home win over Ukraine in an action-packed game.
STUNNING Sports photos of the weekend!
Rediff.com6 Mar 2017There is never a dull moment in the sporting world and this weekend was no different.
The Nokia 3310 is back!
Rediff.com27 Feb 2017Do we have to say more? An icon of a phone for many, this retro phone is back with a bang, says Ashish Narsale.
Shooting World Cup: Ghatkar wins bronze, Deepak finishes 5th
Rediff.com24 Feb 2017Pooja Ghatkar overcame technical issues to clinch the women's 10m air rifle bronze medal as hosts India opened their account on a positive note in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in New Delhi.
PHOTOS: Check out Ferrari's new car for the 2017 F1 season
Rediff.com24 Feb 2017Ferrari unveiled their new Formula One car, the SF70-H, with the minimum of fanfare after a disappointing 2016 season but plenty of hope among fans that the Italian team will return to winning ways.
La Liga takes legal action over threats to Zozulya
Rediff.com10 Feb 2017La Liga has taken legal action against 10 people who allegedly threatened Ukraine international Roman Zozulya following his move to Rayo Vallecano last week, the Spanish league said in a statement on Thursday.
2017 begins with a bang for outbound M&A deals
Rediff.com31 Jan 2017Indian companies have made acquisitions of $1 billion so far in January
Universal Basic Income: Modiji's ultimate poverty killer
Rediff.com31 Jan 2017The Survey estimated that a UBI that reduces poverty to 0.5 per cent would cost 4-5 per cent of GDP, assuming that those in the top 25 per cent income bracket are not part of the loop.
Hot curves ahead: Miss Universe 2016 hopefuls
Rediff.com27 Jan 2017We're back... Round Two of the line up of Miss Universe 2016 contestants.
302 films in 365 days!
Rediff.com18 Jan 2017Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube.
New year celebrations ring in 2017 around the world
Rediff.com1 Jan 2017As 2016 came to an end, countries across the globe rung in the new year. Hello, 2017 -- here we come!
Massa likely to come out of retirement, Bottas closer to Mercedes move
Rediff.com21 Dec 2016Formula One's post-season shake-up took another spin on Tuesday with Williams announcing the departure of technical head Pat Symonds while Valtteri Bottas moved closer to Mercedes and Felipe Massa's retirement looked to be coming to an end.
Reindeer at work: It's Christmas after all
Rediff.com21 Dec 2016And we can't get enough of these whimsical creatures.
Jayalalithaa's legacy: Industrial, social, crime rankings among India's best
Rediff.com7 Dec 2016Tamil Nadu now has India's lowest fertility rate - lower than Australia, Finland and Belgium - second best infant mortality and maternal mortality rate; records among the lowest crime rates against women and children; and has more factories and provides more industrial employment than any other Indian state.
Heart of Asia conference begins with focus on tackling terror
Rediff.com3 Dec 2016Being attended by nearly 40 countries and leading groupings like the European Union, the annual conference of the Heart of Asia -- Istanbul Process is deliberating on various challenges facing Afghanistan, including revival of a peace process in the conflict-ridden country.
Why Heart of Asia will have no love for Pakistan
Rediff.com30 Nov 2016Identifying terror emanating from Pakistan as the "greatest threat" to regional peace and stability, India and Afghanistan have said that setting up an effective counter-terror framework to deal with the challenge will be a major focus at the two-day Heart of Asia conference beginning Saturday.
7 nature trails in the world you cannot miss in 2017
Rediff.com24 Nov 2016You don't need to be a fan of Jurassic Park or Jungle Book to head out on these holidays!
Hamilton vs Rosberg: Who will win the F1 title?
Rediff.com24 Nov 2016Lewis Hamilton feels he faces "pretty impossible odds" going into Formula One's Abu Dhabi title-decider while Mercedes team mate and rival Nico Rosberg says he will treat Sunday's race like any other. Both are being disingenuous, of course. Hamilton knows he still has a real chance and Rosberg is well aware just how much is at stake. While Rosberg is the favourite to win the 'Duel in the Desert', needing only to finish on the Yas Marina podium to become Germany's third world champion after Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, he will still be on tenterhooks.
Murray defeats Djokovic to end year as world No1
Rediff.com21 Nov 2016His season had already provided several unforgettable chapters but Andy Murray saved the best to last as he eclipsed Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 to claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title and rubberstamp the year-end top ranking on Sunday. Against a man who has so often been his nemesis, Britain's golden boy Murray produced a relentless display to claim a ninth title of a year which included a second Wimbledon crown and Olympic gold in Rio.
Why the world books a holiday in Bhutan
Rediff.com11 Nov 2016Claude Arpi, who spent 10 days in the Land of the Dragon, tells us how Bhutan is different from the rest of the world.
Bhutan, where GNH is more important than GDP
Rediff.com11 Nov 2016Claude Arpi, who spent 10 days in the Land of the Dragon, tells us how Bhutan is different from the rest of the world.
Bitburger Open GP: Easy opening round wins for Verma brothers
Rediff.com2 Nov 2016India's Verma brothers -- Sourabh and Sameer -- advanced to the second round of the men's singles competition of the $120,000 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Saarbrucken, Germany.
SHOCKING! Every 7 seconds, a girl under 15 is married
Rediff.com13 Oct 2016According to a report by Save the Children, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18.