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SHOCKING! 2,374 IAF Crashes. 1,305 Pilots Killed

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......

Defiant Trump insists he will 'win' Prez election

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that he will 'win' the November 3 presidential election once the final votes are tallied and certified. He has refused to concede......

What George Harrison learnt from Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar was George Harrison's link into the Vedic world.A fascinating excerpt from Kavita Das's Poignant Song: The Life And Music Of Lakshmi Shankar to mark Pandit Ravi Shankar's birth......

Trump picks Kavanaugh to succeed Kennedy as US Supreme Court judge

IMAGE: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh as the latter's wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh and children look on in the East Room of the White House......

'It's heartbreaking and shocking': Richardson mourns death of Sherin

The Richardson community in the United States was mourning the death of Sherin Mathews, the 3-year-old Indian girl whose foster father has claimed that she choked while drinking milk, with many......

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down......

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

'We get to know secrets such as some of India's top-rated firms do not always make payments when due and many State-owned, listed, enterprises that borrow in bond markets default......

Viral Acharya new RBI deputy governor

The government on Wednesday appointed Viral V Acharya, a New YorkUniversity economics professor who once called himself ‘poor man’s Raghuram Rajan’, as new deputy governor at the......

'India's in a sweet spot, but that's not going to last forever'

India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options. P Rajendran/Rediff.com listens in. India has......

Defence outlines Rajaratnam's research

Sri Lanka-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam's defence teamon Wednesdaytold a US jury that his trading in Goldman Sachs was not based on insider information, but a great deal of research and......

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

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......

Crime, Cricket, Christmas On OTT!

Sukanya Verma lists her OTT recommendations. Killers of the Flower MoonWhere to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime Video or BookMyShow StreamLanguage: English Adapted from David Grann's book......

Box Office: Pari, Veerey Ki Wedding flop

The hits and misses of the week. Last week saw two movies release -- Pari and Veerey Ki Wedding, but neither film could cash in on the three-day Holi weekend. Vinod Mirani gives us his weekly......

Box Office: Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety is a hit!

The hits and misses of the week. Continuing his successful streak at the box office, Pyaar Ka Punchnama Director Luv Ranjan's latest film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety has done excellent business on its......

Box Office: Aiyaary fares below average

The hits and misses of the week. Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary opened to mixed reviews, and ranked below average on its first weekend. The film's length and confused screenplay makes its viewing tedious......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar

Reader Kamlesh Suvarna sent us this photograph. 'I met Sachin Tendulkar while he was playing in the nets at the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ground at Bandra Kurla complex in Mumbai,'......

Williamses in sibling revelry

Venus and Serena Williams come with an aura. And it is a difficult one to break. Even before they imposed themselves on women's tennis they had already imposed themselves on the players' minds.......

Sehwag presses claim for Test recall

Opener Virender Sehwag enhanced his claims for a recall to the Indian Test team on Saturday with a blazing century against the ACT Invitational XI in Canberra. Sehwag smashed 113 off just 78 balls......

Ishant claims 3 wickets to stake claim for Perth

Paceman Ishant Sharma scalped three wickets to brighten his prospects for a berth in the team for the third Test but it was an unexpected name that stole the limelight on the second day of the......

'Hype has caught up with Adu'

Is Freddy Adu the real deal or just the latest great American soccer hope to sink under the weight of hyperbole? After a highly publicised but inconclusive two-week training session with Manchester......

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