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Restaurant that denied entry to saree-clad woman asked to shut

A south Delhi restaurant that allegedly denied entry to a saree-clad woman last week has been shut after civic authorities issued it a closure notice for operating without a trade licence,......

Incredible winners of BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

From a gorilla tenderly embracing its caretaker to a black grouse’s sensational mating ritual, this year’s BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition-winning images represent the......

Mark Zuckerberg meets Pope, gifts him Facebook drone

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday met Pope Francis at the Vatican. The chief executive of the social media site and his wife, Priscilla Chan were granted a personal invitation to the......

6.2 earthquake kills 120 in Italy

A powerful earthquake rattled a remote area of central Italy on Wednesday, leaving at least 120 people dead and scenes of carnage in mountain villages. IMAGE: Rescuers walk through rubble......

US geologist on India blacklist slams new visa rule

My research on earthquakes in India has been misrepresented in the media and I have been dubbed an activist. But for heaven's sake, I am a researcher, and I have not been speaking against the......

Check out Facebook's cheap 'Internet' delivery drone!

The Aquila drone is being created to widen the range of internet connectivity around the globe. IMAGE: The autonomous aircraft has a wingspan larger than a Boeing 737 airliner . Photographs kind......

Gates praises Indian rice that can withstand flood

A new variety of rice that can withstand flood and developed by India has received praise from Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who said it is helping farmers to have higher productivity. Gates, a......

Millenium goals can be met by 2015: Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the Millennium Development Goals could be met by 2015 deadline 'despite lagging progress on many fronts'. "Despite hard economic times, despite......

Hunger on the rise, warns UN

With over one billion people going to bed hungry, the United Nations has warned that the hunger index is rising and appealed to governments and civil societies to 'leverage every tool' to combat......

Climate change: US wants China, India on board

The White House on Thursday emphasised on the need to have countries like India and China on board on climate change, which it said is crucial for success of the Copenhagen meet in December on the......

Dilip Kumar at 96: Saira Banu's fascinating memories

'Every day that God gives me to spend with Saab is a great celebration of a day well spent.' IMAGE: Saira Banu's favourite picture with Dilip Kumar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dilip Kumar/Twitter......

'Would be criminal if I stopped Saira from acting'

'On the first day of shooting, after our first shot together as co-stars was canned, a dream Saira had cherished for years, Rajinder Krishan, the poet who was watching the way Saira was following......

PIX: Tokyo Olympics GOLD winners on July 24

All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics. Judoka Takato wins Japan's first Tokyo 2020 gold IMAGE: Gold medallist Naohisa Takato of Japan poses with silver medallist......

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