If you feel that the year 2012 is coming to a close on a depressing note focusing on an unusual New Year celebration in Kundankulam in Tamil Nadu might offer a glimmer of hope.
Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta finished joint first at the Reykjavik International Open Chess Tournament after playing out a quick draw with local star Hannes Stefansson in the ninth and final round in Iceland on Thursday.
"The country that gave the world The Body, Sylvania Waters and Les Patterson has been ranked first overall in a study of the seven deadly sins -- lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride," according to Courier Mail newspaper that quoted the latest edition of BBC's Focus magazine.
Making their first appearance in the WTA Finals in Singapore, Sania Mirza and Cara Black outplayed Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in their opening match to book their semi-finals berth on Thursday.
The Telugu film provides wholesome fun for the family.
Several countries have dispatched their rescue teams to Haiti to begin the search operations for those who are still buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings following a devastating quake.
A jewellery designer has created rings with live plants growing inside them. Take a look!
England's national team faces a bleak future, Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce warned after Wednesday's game between Portsmouth and Arsenal became the first in the top flight not to feature an English player in the starting line-up. Wednesday's match, which Arsenal won 4-1, featured players from 15 countries among the 22 starters with seven French players on the field.
The eighth round of New Exploration Licensing Policy ended on October 12 attracting bids for 36 out of the 70 areas that had been offered.
"Clarity in communication and adherence to the indicative borrowing programme would add credibility and, thereby, cushion volatility in market yields, which ultimately help in contributing to lower borrowing costs," RBI said in its Annual Report for 2008-09
Stuttering England were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Switzerland in their Euro 2012 qualifier on Saturday while Russia's stand-in striker Roman Pavlyuchenko grabbed a hat-trick to secure a 3-1 win against Armenia.
There was a time when experts, analysts, rating agencies found it very easy to describe the best banks.
While admitting India's persistent stand on the issue might delay the agreement, a top commerce ministry official said the talks were on track. "We will maintain a hardline stand," said the official. It is to be noted, the sixth round of EU-India trade negotiation in Delhi in March ended without any substantial progress because of the tariff-related issues. The EU is India's largest trading partner and the total bilateral trade stood at over $70 billion in 2008-09.
The European Commission has approved a relief package that its member states can announce in support of the airline industry.
Buoyant AC Milan moved clear in second spot in Serie A with a 3-0 home win over 10-man Palermo on Sunday, putting a modicum of pressure on leaders Inter Milan.
And for any solution to work, Pakistan could not be excluded, the writer Tahir Ali said, not least because a great many Pashtuns, who live within Pakistan but don't recognise the Afghan-Pakistan border, would be up in arms. The Pakistan military would be a key player in any decision taken on Afghanistan -- along with Iran, Russia and China.
The media has created a new paradigm for its news perspective. It will write about issues that concern and directly affect its readers.It will also present news, whatever be its content or significance, provided that news is offered to it by the establishment, be it the state or the advertising community.
Laying out a road map for reducing the "trust deficit," between the two blocs on climate negotiations, Ramesh said there must be some visible triggers that get activated very soon to ensure that Cancun does not repeat Copenhagen.
Exporters are increasingly becoming jittery of making huge losses and apprehend large-scale cancellation of orders and delay in payments.
A Jet spokesperson said the private carrier would operate Newark-Mumbai-Newark and Toronto-Delhi-Toronto sectors by making a technical halt at Athens as an alternate temporary transit point through Europe.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has declined an offer from Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk to make a comeback for the national team.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has declined an offer from Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk to make a comeback for the national team.
Luis Fabiano scored twice for Sevilla as the 2007 King's Cup winners eased into the quarter-finals with a 3-0 victory at Deportivo Coruna in their second leg tie on Wednesday.
Former West Ham chairman Eggert Magnusson has sued the Premier League club and its owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson for breach of contract, Icelandic state television reported.
It is too late and too little has been done in the United States to come out of the financial turmoil, a crisis of $240 trillion cannot be stemmed with bailout packages of about $10 trillion, Arun Kumar, professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Silk Air with a score of 54.1 was adjudged the best airline in this category. Air Iceland (51.3), SriLankan Airlines (47.2), and Dragon Air (45.5) were adjudged to be the third, fourth and fifth best carriers in the category.
Jaimini Bhagwati assesses the key points in RBI's discussion paper on new bank licences.
The US Congressional committee, which is inquiring into the country's Food and Drug Administration's handling of drug-marketing approvals of India's leading drug-maker Ranbaxy, has extended its probe into similar permissions given to Iceland's Actavis.
Barcelona trounced visitors Atletico Madrid 6-1 at the Nou Camp on Saturday to move into second place behind Villarreal in the Primera Liga. Villarreal have 16 points from six games after coming from behind to beat Real Betis 2-1 while Barca are on 13 after a scoring spree led by a double from Samuel Eto'o.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is making a brief Dutch comeback for this month's World Cup qualifiers. Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk included Van der Sar, who retired from international football after Euro 2008, in his 22-man squad for the Group Nine games against Iceland in Rotterdam on October 11 and away to Norway four days later. Goalkeepers Maarten Stekelenburg of Ajax and Feyenoord's Henk Timmer, who is in the squad, are both nursing injuries.
Real Madrid new boy Rafael van der Vaart scored a hat-trick to help the champions thrash promoted Sporting Gijon 7-1.
"Within a week, DoT will invite bids for selecting an agency for implementing MNP. We will select the agency within next three months," Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura said on Thursday, on the sidelines of a function by Assocham. Earlier, the government had said that MNP can be started by the end of this year.
As the world debates on measures to counter global warming, two young school students who recently won the title of "Indian Climate Champion" are all set to embark on an arctic voyage to study more about climate change.
Dilip D'Souza on pretentious cars that cost way too much.
Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder will be out of action for around three months after a scan on his injured left knee on Monday, the Primera Liga club said. The Dutch international has damaged the internal lateral ligament but will not require surgery as had been feared.
Bicycles, car pools and fans are making a comeback into the lives of Japanese people battling soaring oil prices and global warming.
"Negotiations on the FTA will be commencing shortly. We believe that we will be able to conclude the EFTA trade agreement within one year," Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath told reporters in New Delhi after meeting Swiss Federal Counsellor Doris Leuthard. EFTA states include Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. It is an inter-governmental organisation to promote free trade and economic integration between the four nations.
The orange-clad army of Dutch fans can start booking flights for South Africa after the Netherlands became the first European nation to qualify for next year's World Cup finals with victory in Iceland on Saturday.
India ranked 42nd in international tourists arrivals in 2006, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. India recorded foreign tourist arrivals of 4.45 million. The top four countries of the world in terms of international tourist arrivals were France (79.1 million), Spain (58.5 million), USA (51.1 million) and China (49.6 million), she said. India was achieving a consistent high growth rate of 13.3%, 13.5% and 12.4% in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.
Charlton Athletic stayed bottom of the Premier League after coming from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Everton at The Valley on Saturday.
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