'Senior Vatican officials were pleasantly surprised at the number of Indians who had come to witness the ceremony.' IMAGE: Pope Francis speaks with new Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad during a......
During these seven decades, the IAF has lost 2,374 aircraft to crashes.They include 1,126 fighters and 1,248 non-combat aircraft.In addition, 229 trainers and 196 helicopters have crashed.These......
Father Nicholas Dias, secretary for the liturgy commission for the Delhi Archdiocese, has described United States President Joe Biden as a 'very humble' person who expressed that his grandmother......
King Charles III spent 70 long years as the heir to the British throne. In those years as a prince -- a record number among royal families -- he led a colourful and unusual life, indulging so many......
Glimpses from Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square at the Vatican City, January 5, 2023. Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, serving as head of the......
Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present. IMAGE: Modern folks would not even think of the ballpoint pen as an innovation. It seems to be an inexpensive writing instrument,......
Should next month's Budget, the first for the new government, start the process of fiscal consolidation or should this consolidation be deferred for some time? One perspective on this question is......
Economists mostly failed to predict the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Now they can't agree how to solve it. People are starting to wonder: What good are economists anyway? A commenter on a......
As staff at the College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering wait patiently in a conference room, a loud rumble shatters the silence. "Must be him," someone says. Alain E. Kaloyeros has just pulled......
As the House of Representatives prepares for a Jan. 28 vote on the $825 billion Obama fiscal stimulus bill, politicians want to know: How much does boosting government spending or cutting taxes......
Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts. IMAGE: Carrie Fisher's digital ghost in Star Wars 5. In July 2023, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and......
Thousands of fans and well-wishers lined up the streets of Bray in Ireland to say their last goodbyes to Sinead O'Connor on August 8. The funeral procession went past her home, as people celebrated......
IMAGE: Sinead O'Connor in the Nothing Compares 2 U video Sinead O'Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s and was known as much for her private struggles......
The Emmy nominations for 2018. Game Of Thrones led the 70th Emmy awards with the highest nominations at 22. It was followed by Saturday Night Live and Westworld at 21, and The......
Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com picks his 10 favourite movies from the Telluride Film Festival. The Telluride Film Festival was a terrific opportunity to view some of the best films of the year. While the......
PHEW! What a decade of glorious sporting events we have witnessed. Sportsmen falling from grace, India winning the ICC Cricket Cup in 2011 and then coming up short in the following two editions,......
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: USA's women soccer players celebrate as they arrive at the Newark International Airport with the trophy for the FIFA Women's......
Some 13,000 athletes will compete in 40 sports and 67 disciplines, including new additions such as bridge, jet skiing and roller skating in the biggest multi-sport extravaganza outside the......
Alfredo Di Stefano may have kicked a ball about with Argentine compatriot Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was elected Pope Francis I last week, when they were growing up around the same time in Buenos......
Sunil Chettri scored twice as India thrashed Portuguese second division side Uniao Desportiva da Serra 3-1 in their first practice match of the week at the Pope John Paul II stadium, Fatima in......