PHOTOS: The top 15 most popular world leaders on Twitter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the fourth most "followed" world leader on Twitter, has overtaken the White House in terms of number of followers on the microblogging site, an annual global study of......

20 most powerful women in politics

Here’s a Forbes annual list of the extraordinary women from across the world that dominate the world of politics. From heads of state to first ladies, these women with all their political......

DON'T MISS! The most POWERFUL women in the world

Rediff.com presents the list of the most powerful women in the world, as per the latest Forbes rankings. Sonia Gandhi Congress party president Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday ranked the sixth most......

Meet the women who RULE the world

Yingluck Shinawatra formally took over as Thailand's first woman prime minister on August 5 after she led her party to a landslide victory in the general election. Shinawatra is a......

India can grow at 8.5% in 2 years: Montek

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Thursday said there is no reason why India, despite the current global financial turmoil, could not get back to earlier......

ILO on India's scourge: Bonded labour

Bringing to the fore the ugly face of 'forced labour' in India, a new study by the International Labour Organisation has said bonded labourers often lose their freedom to choose employment due to......

BRICS seek to limit fallout of strong US dollar

Major emerging-market nations will work together to limit the effects that a strong US dollar could have on their economies as the Federal Reserve signals plans to scale back its massive stimulus......

Modi proposes 10-point initiative for BRICS nations

Calling it 'Das Kadam: Ten Steps for the Future', Modi put forward new initiatives for the BRICS grouping that is formed by major emerging economies Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian......

Top Celeb Hat Wearers

French First Lady Carla Bruni has topped the list of celebrity hat wearers among the females. The former model and singer has beaten the Queen to make it to the top of list, reports British......

Blatter, Rousseff brush off World Cup problems

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff brushed off concerns about their troubled World Cup preparations after meeting FIFA's Sepp Blatter on Thursday, reiterating that her country would stage the "Cup......

Meet the sporting and the unsporting politicians

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez admitted on Monday she had not watched a single one of the country's matches in the World Cup soccer tournament, including the final, a blunder that some......

Sexy Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen to present World Cup trophy?

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has been asked by FIFA to present the World Cup trophy in place of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, whose popularity has taken a sharp dip, according to the......

Brazil's President defends World Cup spending, urges warm welcome

Less than 48 hours before the month-long soccer World Cup kicks off in Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff defended the cost of hosting the tournament, vowed to punish corruption and urged her......

Sports Shorts: Internacional hero Fernandao dies in helicopter crash

Fernandao, the swashbuckling striker who led Internacional to Copa Libertadores and World Club Cup triumphs in 2006, has died in a helicopter crash in central Brazil, his former club said on......