The official declaration of the new Seven Wonders of the World will be done in Lisbon at 0145 hours IST on Sunday.
The official declaration of the new Seven Wonders of the World will be done in Lisbon at 0145 hours IST on Sunday.
Argentina finished the group stages of the Copa America as the only team with a 100 percent record after a 1-0 win over Paraguay.
Defending champions Brazil beat Ecuador 1-0 to complete the quarter-final line-up at the Copa America.
There is an inevitable good fallout from the government's recent proposal to limit the interest rate levied by large microfinance institutions getting priority sector loans from banks.
National women's champion Tania Sachdev collected her maiden Women's Grandmaster norm after defeating German International Master Mathias Roeder in the final round of Sort International Open chess tournament in Spain.
Mexico striker Nery Castillo scored a sublime goal to set his team on their way to a shock 2-0 win over defending champions Brazil.
Two Indian enterprises have won top prizes at this year's prestigious Ashden Awards for sustainable energy, popularly known as the 'Green Oscars'.
Real Madrid will take the Spanish championship for the first time in four years if they beat mid-table Real Mallorca at home on Sunday.
Brazil will not release Robinho to play for Real Madrid in Sunday's Spanish League decider but have asked him instead to join their Copa America training camp immediately.
Reliance Industries (RIL) has submitted bids for a stake in three exploration blocks in Australia in the latest auction of oil blocks in the country, President and CEO (petroleum) P M S Prasad said on Wednesday.
A new study by the International Labour Office estimates that one in five workers around the world -- or over 600 million persons -- are still working more than 48 hours a week, often merely to make two ends meet. The question is: Are we overworked?
Just 24 hours after showing second seed Andy Roddick the exit, the French wildcard ended Hewitt's challenge at the Poertschach International.
Defending champion Davydenko, the top seed, struggled to keep pace with Argentina's Juan Monaco and slumped to a 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 defeat at the Poertschach International.
America's Andy Roddick safely negotiated the opening round of the ATP tournament in Poertschach, Austria, on Monday, seeing off local wildcard Alexander Peya.
Rajni Bakshi argues that if people don't struggle for fair and equitable prosperity right now, they might lose the chance of doing so in the future.
Kaka and Ronaldinho were included in the squad for Brazil's friendlies against England and Turkey next month even though they asked not to be picked for the Copa America.
The changes would be immediately effective in countries like Columbia, South Korea, Peru and Panama, where FTAs are in the final stages of approval.
A large majority of those polled in 18 countries representing 56 per cent of the world's population believed the UN Security Council should have the right to authorise military force to prevent genocide.
The RMM contented that a political party cannot be headed by a person who has assumed citizenship by registration.
Most of the Latin American countries have a better current account balance, have huge export potential and their combined foreign exchange reserves are higher than that of India's.
India is among the few countries in the world where the employers are optimistic of making new recruitments during this financial year's second quarter while the United States plans to tone down its hiring activity, a survey shows.
"While employers in India continue to show optimism in their hiring intent, the impact of US slowdown has started showing its impact," Manpower India Managing Director Naresh Malhan said while releasing the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. Malhan further noted that 'future trends would be challenging and the October to December quarter would be a testing time largely due to rising crude oil prices.'
Former Brazil striker Romario scored twice to take his career tally to 992 goals as Vasco da Gama crushed part-timers Fast Club 6-0 in a Copa Brasil tie on Wednesday.
Top seed David Nalbandian crashed out of the Buenos Aires Open after going down to compatriot Guillermo Canas.
The Argentine suffered a shock straight-sets defeat by Peru's Luis Horna in the round-robin stage at the Buenos Aires Open.
Holders Brazil landed a tricky draw for the Copa America on Wednesday as they were thrown into Group B along with Mexico, Ecuador and Chile.
The State's ambiguity has resulted in a stalemate in the crucial fight against the creeping progress of the Naxalite movement in the country, notes Nitin A Gokhale.
Andy Roddick took out his frustrations on Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu on Sunday to seal a place for the United States in the Davis Cup semi-finals, where they will take on Spain. Russia and Argentina will contest the other semi-final in September after wrapping up their ties with a match to spare.
Budget preparation may be one of India's most secret exercises, but what's not under wraps is that the annual financial statement ranks 17th in a transparency index compiled by an American civil society group.
"These Americans are impressed with the Sikh philosophy, which has universal appeal. Sikhism is the youngest religion and modern in outlook."
FIFA are studying camera-based goalline technology as well as a "smartball" containing a computer chip.
The Champions League match lacked intensity, with the German champions already through to the last 16.
All but one of its players entered the third round in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships' singles.
Russia benefited from Novak Djokovic's misfortune to sneak into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup on Sunday. The Serbian, who had been suffering from flu symptoms over the past week, was leading Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3, 4-6 in the first reverse singles when he abruptly retired to hand Russia an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the first-round tie in Moscow.
Oil rich Venezuela, which has been lobbying for the non-permanent UN Security Council seat for a long time, distributing huge amounts of aid among African, Asian and Caribbean nations. But it is vehemently opposed by the United States.
Still riding a wave of euphoria after their Australian Open success, Novak Djokovic and Nenad Zimonjic could turn out to be unwelcome guests in Moscow for Serbia's Davis Cup tie against Russia.
Are the political parties in India fooling us on the issue of illicit wealth parked abroad by winking at the obvious.
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