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Remembering The Munich Massacre

Monday, September 5, and Tuesday, September 6, will mark 50 years after 11 members of Israel's Olympic team were killed in what is known as the Munich massacre in history. The tragedy occured......

'Iceball' planet about the same mass as Earth found

Scientists have discovered a new, frozen planet that has the same mass as that of Earth and is located 13,000 light-years away. The finding may help understand the types of planetary systems that......

NASA finds 7 Earth-seized planets outside solar system

For the first time, seven new Earth-sized exoplanets that may be able to sustain life have been discovered orbiting a star 39 light years away, astronomers said on Wednesday. “They could......

NASA telescopes spot 'missing link between planets and stars'

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Spitzer and Swift space telescopes have joined forces to unveil an elusive brown dwarf (external......

Chandra, our window to deep space

Fifteen years ago, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Since its deployment on July 23, 1999, Chandra has helped revolutionise our......

Nissan to hike vehicle prices from January

Japanese car major Nissan on Tuesday said will hike the prices of its vehicles, including hatchback Micra and sports utility vehicle Terrano in India, by up to 4 per cent from next month in order......

Indian-American appointed to NY tourism board

Indian-American businessman and political activist Andy Shenoy has been appointed to the Tourism Advisory Board of the Empire State Development Corporation by the New York governor David Patterson.......

Corporate bullies

We all know our fair share of corporate bullies--the managers who abuse power, yell, harass and micromanage their way through life. Usually their office antics breed resentment, sabotage, "mental......

Raise H1-B visa limit, say US governors

The controversial H1-B visa issue got a fresh lease of life as 13 Governors from the US -- including Democrats and Republicans -- sent a letter to the Congress, exhorting it to revisit the issue......

The amazing story of Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs has emerged from the market bust as a trading colossus. New Chief Lloyd Blankfein must fuel growth -- and avoid an unforeseeable blowup. No wonder this nebbishy Master of the Universe......

Israelis killed at Munich Games remembered in opening ceremony

On September 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes’ village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11......

11 slain Israelis remembered at Munich memorial

The widow of an Israeli athlete, slain during the 1972 Munich Olympics denounced the IOC during a memorial Monday to honour the dead, shouting "Shame on you!" for failing to offer a moment of......

East German kids bred on steroids

When young East German shot putter Birgit Boese was told to keep quiet about what went on in her sports school she thought it was because of the food. Bananas featured regularly in the school's......

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India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS

The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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