The 21-year-old ran a superb last 200 metres, clocking the year's quickest time of 47.61 seconds.
Elected along with India on the board of UNAID were the US, Russia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Guatemala and Monaco.
Pakistan is much higher at 48th position and Nepal shares the 63rd spot with Italy. But Sri Lanka, placed at 124th and Bhutan (131st) follow India, according to statistics released by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The United Nations headquarters overlooking the East River in United Nations suffered "major damage" as the megastorm Sandy caused heavy flooding in the world body's complex, the United Nations security chief has said.
The Indian men's and women's teams cruised to identical 4-0 victories over Wales and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively in the first round of the 40th Chess Olympiad at the Wow Hotel and Convention centre in Istanbul.
Olympic champion Usain Bolt ran 19.58 seconds for victory in the 200 metres at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday while Yohan Blake equalled the third fastest time ever to win the 100 in 9.69.
S. Santhosh Singh became the first Indian pugilist to win a silver medal at the men's under-19 World Boxing Championships.
Three deaths have been reported and there are fears of more fatalities.
Olympic champion Felix Sanchez pulled up after the first hurdle clutching his right hamstring.
Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla will give AIDS medicines at half the normal prices to former US President Bill Clinton's Foundation
The state department has launched the 2006 Diversity Visa Lottery, a programme by which 50,000 permanent resident visas are issued annually to individuals from countries with low levels of immigration to the United States.
CONCACAF's congress witnessed an outburst of support for incumbent Sepp Blatter.
Tonique Williams-Darling and Christian Olsson will chase at least a share of the million dollar Golden League jackpot in the final meeting of the series.
Refereeing controversy marred the opening day of the Olympic taekwondo competition as Taiwan won both gold medals on offer.
India's K M Binu qualified for the semi-finals of the one-lap race.
Food is one of the biggest incentives for travellers to start a vegan tour.
India, the world's third-largest cotton producer, is likely to benefit when the United States and Europe end the 30-year old quota regime next year under which 47 developing nations are guaranteed a share in their apparel market.
It got the maximum number of votes [47] in a secret ballot.
Shaderska Valdez from Dominican Republic gets candid with Rediff.com's Anita Aikara.
DDFS is a joint venture among Delhi International Airport Ltd, Indian Duty Free Services and Dublin-based Aer Rianta International.
These people not only lost their homes and cars in the devastating January 12 earthquake of magnitude 7.0, but also the money they had in the banks which too collapsed in the tremor, the worst to hit the tiny Caribbean nation that claimed an estimated two lakh lives.
India's Consul General in Haiti Marie Andrine is safe following the devastating earthquake there, but there is no information yet on the 60-100 Indian civilians living in the country.
A major quake of 7.3-magnitude rocked the Caribbean nation of Haiti and damaged the presidential palace besides other government buildings in the country's capital Port-au-Prince, an incident termed as 'catastrophe of major proportions'. The devastating quake struck at about 15 km south-west of the capital at 4.53 pm local time and was followed by three aftershocks. Several buildings, including the presidential palace and a hospital, have reportedly collapsed.
Tamil actress Kaniha, who stars in the much-awaited Pazhassi Raja, talks about the film.
Recently, there's been a groundswell of upscale airport bars offering wines with charcuterie, microbrews and even exquisite bourbon.
Cars are smashed, blown up, driven into each other and there is so much metal-on-metal action that a car fetishist should be well and truly spent by the time the end credits roll on this bad boy starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez and John Ortiz.
The pay may not be the greatest, but ... location, location, location.
Harish Hande, who has been honoured recently with a prize for social entrepreneurship, has made it his business to take solar power to every un-lit home.
A nonchalant manner masking her lust for gold, the Russian pole vaulter stole centre stage at the world championships.
The Association of Indian Physicians of Northern Ohio has formed an international partnership with the Anadabava Seva Sanstha, based in Jamnagar and the B D Mehta Mahavir Heart Institute in Surat, to help poor and needy patients in these two district
India's medal hope in shooting Ronjan Sodhi failed to qualify for the finals of the men's double trap event at the Olympics on Thursday. The former world No 1 from Ferozepur fired 134 out of 150 to finish a shocking 11th out of 24 competitors In the qualifying rounds and crashed out of the competition.
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.
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