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Over 200 world leaders urge G7 to help vaccinate world's poorest

Over 200 world leaders, including former presidents, prime ministers and ministers have backed a campaign urging the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to help vaccinate the world's poorest from......

President Pranab to attend Mandela's memorial service

President Pranab Mukherjee will join 52 other heads of state and government at memorial events for former South African president Nelson Mandela this week. South African Foreign Minister Maite......

Will focus on Bihar to end child marriage: Desmond Tutu

Concerned over high rate of child marriage in Bihar, Nobel laureate and anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Ireland President Mary Robinson, former Norway Prime Minister Gro Harlem......

PM's daughter co-authors book on US torture

In a strong indictment of the Bush administration's treatment of detainees in its war on terror, a book co-authored by Amrit Singh, the US-based lawyer daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,......

Kannada author in Man Booker Prize shortlist

Kannada author UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted among 10 other authors for the international Man Booker Prize for fiction. Ananthamurthy, 80, is the only Indian among to have made it to the......

Ruia joins Branson to fund 'The Elders' group

Essar Group Chairman Shashi Ruia has joined entrepreneur Richard Branson and activist Peter Gabriel to fund a group of world leaders -- The Elders -- who will contribute their wisdom to tackle some......

It's another world in Mumbai

The throbbing beat of drums, adivasi dances and soul-stirring performances by Pakistani rock band Junoon and South African dance troupe Siwela Sonke-- which means to cross over to a new......

India natural ally in economic ties: Ireland

Relations between India and Ireland are expected to take a quantum jump forward when Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern makes a six-day visit to India in January with new frontiers being attempted......

When did Coca-Cola re-enter India?

Coca-ColaWhen did Coca-Cola re-enter India?Coca-Cola is the world's leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Take the Rediff Business Quiz......

'Drinking goat brain mixed with blood was tough'

Model-turned-choreographer Marc Robinson became the latest celebrity to be evicted from reality TV show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao last week. He was pitted against Mona Wasu in the final......

Complete list of Sports Illustrated's 'Sportsperson of the Year' winners

Women's tennis star Serena Williams was named the 2015 winner on Monday. Williams is the first woman to be recognized with the honor as an individual since Mary Decker in 1983, and the magazine......

C'wealth Youth Games: Manuel, Das win bronze in athletics

IMAGE: India’s Abitha Mary Manuel (left), Amy Harding-Delooze of Australia and Carys McAulay of Scotland race in the girls’ 800m final at the Apia Park Sports Complex on Day 3 of the......

Sports sagas: When real life inspired reel...

It was double whammy for Indian sports lovers over the weekend as two big biopics hit cinema screens on Friday, the 13th. Pele: Birth of a Legend and Azhar, biographical films on two sports icons,......

Crashes, upsets mark BMX Olympic debut

Anne-Caroline Chausson of France and Latvian Maris Strombergs won gold medals in the debut Olympic finals of BMX on Friday after crash-filled runs that showed the extreme edge of the rough and......

Here's a complete list of Aus Open women's champions

Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4 to become the first Japanese player to win the Australian Open on Saturday. The win made fourth seed Osaka the first player from an Asian country to......

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