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Nico Rosberg cruises to victory in Azerbaijan
Rediff.com19 Jun 2016Nico Rosberg cruised to victory in the first Formula One race held in Azerbaijan on Sunday and increased his championship lead over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to 24 points. While the German enjoyed an uneventful drive in the late afternoon sunshine, triple world champion Hamilton worked up a head of steam as he wrestled with his car's settings without the team being able to help.
Euro 2016: Expanded format exposes Europe's flabby middle
Rediff.com19 Jun 2016When UEFA decided eight years ago to expand the European Championship from 16 to 24 teams, its then president Michel Platini promised the standard of the tournament would not drop.
Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs
Rediff.com16 Jun 2016Nokia dominated around 40 percent of the world's mobile phone industry in 2008, but its products were eclipsed by touch-screen smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.
10 amazing inventions by women
Rediff.com14 Jun 2016You cannot imagine your life without these modern inventions, can you?
Formula One: Hamilton wins fifth Canadian win
Rediff.com13 Jun 2016Lewis Hamilton survived another first corner clash with Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg on Sunday to take a fifth Canadian Grand Prix victory and cut the German's championship lead to nine points.
Euro 2016: Italy thrash Finland 2-0 in warm-up
Rediff.com7 Jun 2016Italy midfielder Antonio Candreva gave a dazzling performance as he scored a penalty and set up a second goal in a 2-0 win over Finland in their fast-paced final Euro 2016 warm-up in Verona on Monday. The 29-year-old winger coolly converted a 27th-minute spot kick after being brought down and delivered an inch-perfect cross for Daniele De Rossi to head home midway through the second half. Thriving on the right flank in an adventurous 3-4-3 formation, Candreva was a handful for the visitors throughout the evening, showing blistering pace as well as neat footwork. With their coach Antonio Conte fielding a three-pronged attack of Stephan El Shaarawy, Ciro Immobile and Simone Zaza, the Italians pressed high and hard to keep the Finns on the back foot from the start.
Rajyavardhan's son bags gold as Indians on target at Junior Shotgun Cup
Rediff.com30 May 2016Manavaditya Rathore, son of former Olympic Silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, won the gold medal at 8th International Junior Shotgun Cup in Finland, on Sunday.
Hamilton and Rosberg have moved on... it's just 'pure respect' for each other
Rediff.com26 May 2016Triple Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton expressed 'pure respect' for Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg on Wednesday after the pair cleared the air following their Spanish Grand Prix collision.
Microsoft to 'streamline' smartphone business, axes 1,850 jobs
Rediff.com25 May 2016Microsoft had acquired Nokia's phone business for $7.2 billion two years ago under its then CEO, Steve Ballmer.
Rosberg aims for another winning streak
Rediff.com24 May 2016One winning streak ended with a bang for Nico Rosberg in Spain but Monaco's tight, metal-fenced streets could see the continuation of another remarkable run for the Formula One championship leader on Sunday.
Microsoft sells Nokia branding rights to HMD Global, Foxconn
Rediff.com18 May 2016Nokia Technologies will receive royalty payments from HMD for sales of Nokia-branded mobile products, covering both the brand and the intellectual property rights.
Spanish Grand Prix: Verstappen makes F1 history; Mercedes crash out
Rediff.com15 May 2016Dutch teenager Max Verstappen became Formula One's youngest race winner on Sunday in a sensational Spanish Grand Prix that saw dominant Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collide on the opening lap.
Chopper scam: CBI questions Tyagi again, ED team to travel to S'pore, other countries
Rediff.com9 May 2016The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday questioned former Indian air force Chief S P Tyagi and two others in connection with alleged irregularities in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal.
Volvo S 60 Cross country: A luxury sedan with sporty features
Rediff.com9 May 2016The Volvo S60 Cross Country is a very capable car that can be handled across all weather and terrain conditions, says P Tharyan.
Pakistan, Indonesia lead in malware attacks
Rediff.com5 May 2016Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Pakistan, India lead in malware attacks
Rediff.com5 May 2016Russian Grand Prix: Rosberg on pole; Hamilton hits trouble
Rediff.com30 Apr 2016Nico Rosberg secured pole position for the Russian Grand Prix after Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton suffered more misfortune in Saturday's qualifying.
He made education accessible to over 11,000 rural kids
Rediff.com22 Apr 2016From 17 pre-school centres to 285 in less than five years - Hippocampus has brought the joy of learning to kids.
'Our only intent was to test our limits'
Rediff.com21 Apr 2016Nidhi Tiwari speaks about her road trip from Delhi to London.
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.
'Ferrari haven't shown what they are able to do yet'
Rediff.com5 Apr 2016Ferrari are closer to Mercedes than results have suggested in this season's two races and look like posing a real challenge, according to Formula One world championship leader Nico Rosberg.
Ferrari ramps up Mercedes challenge, finish final practice on top
Rediff.com2 Apr 2016Sebastian Vettel led a Ferrari one-two at the top of the timesheets in final practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, ending the stranglehold of previously dominant champions Mercedes. Vettel lapped the Sakhir Circuit in a best time of one minute 31.683 seconds, 0.040 faster than team mate Kimi Raikkonen on the supersoft tyres. It was the first time this season that any driver from outside the Mercedes pairing of Nico Rosberg and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton had ended practice on top. Hamilton was quickest in all three sessions in Australia two weeks ago while championship frontrunner Rosberg led his team mate in Bahrain practices one and two on Friday. Rosberg was third fastest in practice three, his time of 1:32.104 slower than Friday when he did 1:31.001, with Hamilton fourth.
Markets end lower amid weak global cues
Rediff.com1 Apr 2016Capital goods shares continued to trade firm in late noon despite weak market trend on the back of encouraging core sector growth in February.
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.
Check out the Formula 1 favourites this season...
Rediff.com17 Mar 2016Ferrari showed impressive pace during pre-season testing and are considered the team most likely to dethrone Mercedes.
Swiss Open: Praneeth, Prannoy, Jayaram, Sameer in Round 2
Rediff.com16 Mar 2016India made a resounding start to their campaign at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold with four Indian shuttlers advancing to the second round of the men's singles competition, in Basel, on Wednesday.
F1 set for hefty shuffling and shoving as new talent look for race seat
Rediff.com11 Mar 2016The clock is ticking for some of Formula One's big name drivers, with world champions and race winners out of contract at the end of the season and a restless young generation eager to take their places.
All you need to know about Formula One teams is HERE!
Rediff.com11 Mar 2016Team by team prospects for the 2016 Formula One season.
Winter testing: Button hails 'biggest improvement' in 14 months
Rediff.com3 Mar 2016Jenson Button hailed Honda's latest power unit as a good step forward for McLaren after completing 121 laps and finishing fifth fastest on the second day of Formula One's final pre-season test on Wednesday.
Formula One: Hamilton says new Mercedes feels like the old one
Rediff.com22 Feb 2016'It's a great job by the team. Usually in the first day you don't get that many laps so I'm really happy'
Make in India Week nets Rs 15.2 lakh cr commitments
Rediff.com18 Feb 2016Maharashtra could become the gateway for the rest of the country.
Why is the world economy being shaky?
Rediff.com17 Feb 2016One has to wonder what is so wrong with the European Union.
Dutch football has 'lost its innocence' after fixing attempt comes to light
Rediff.com15 Feb 2016Probe had uncovered a bid by Ibrahim Kargbo, then a player at Willem II Tilburg, to fix the outcome of a league match against FC Utrecht in August 2009 in co-operation with convicted Singaporean fraudster Wilson Raj Perumal
How 10,000 Mumbai cops will secure PM at Make in India event
Rediff.com13 Feb 2016There will be three-tiered security arrangements in view of PM's visit.
Check how India has scored in Rule of Law index among other countries
Rediff.com10 Feb 2016India has ranked 59th in the Rule of law index 2015 compiled by The World Justice Project gaining an overall score of 0.51 out of 1.
India's rank improves among world's most corrupt nations
Rediff.com27 Jan 2016'Not one single country, anywhere in the world, is corruption-free,' the report said.
Perfect 10: The world's most beautiful women
Rediff.com20 Dec 2015Saving the best for last! Here's the final round of Miss Universe 2015 contestants.
Baku to make Formula One debut in 2016
Rediff.com3 Dec 20152016 F1 calendar to feature record 21-race campaign
F1: Rosberg ends season on a hat-trick high with Abu Dhabi win
Rediff.com29 Nov 2015Nico Rosberg ended the Formula One season on a winning high in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with team mate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton following him home in a record 12th one-two finish for dominant Mercedes.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Six of the best for pole sitter Rosberg
Rediff.com28 Nov 2015Nico Rosberg stormed to his sixth pole position in a row and denied Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton a landmark 50th in Formula One's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday.