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Why we must join Bhanwari Devi in her fight for justice

For more than 23 years, Bhanwari Devi, who was gang-raped for speaking out against the marriage of two babies, has been fighting a lonely battle for justice. Rashme Sehgal traveled to Dausa in......

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

Mysterious, invisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets or hazelnuts could be floating around in our galaxy, scientists have found, a breakthrough that could radically challenge our......

Indian diplomat's wife goes into hiding in UK

Fearing threat to her life, the wife of Indian diplomat Anil Verma has gone into hiding with the couple's five-year-old son after being allegedly beaten by her husband at their official residence......

Guinness Book of Records co-founder dies

Norris McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records with his identical twin Ross, died in Wiltshire, England, on Tuesday, BBC reported. He was 78.McWhirter suffered a heart attack while......

How Aditya Puri 'built' the HDFC Bank

Puri gave up the comforts of Citibank to set up a new-age bank from a rat-infested room in the Kamala Mills Compound in Worli, Mumbai and turned it into a marquee brand. Raghu Mohan takes a look at......

Bridge Of Spies, Carol dominate BAFTA 2016 nominations

The nominations for the 69th British Academy Film Awards -- or the BAFTAs -- have been announced, and it seems to be a Tom Hanks and Cate Blanchett show all the way! Their films -- Bridge Of......

A story that let Nicole Kidman down

Radically revisiting a little-known dark, conspiratorial suspense drama also called The Stepford Wives, the new film works hard with uneven success to present a horror comedy starring an......

Skateboarding embraces roots on Olympic debut at Tokyo

IMAGE: Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and one of his sponsors Vans have combined with non-profit Skateistan to support the creative culture of skateboarding by empowering children through......

PIX: Kenya's Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier

'Today we went to the moon and came back to earth! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world' IMAGE: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record......

Sports Shorts: Kipchoge to make new sub-two hour marathon attempt

IMAGE: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge poses for a photograph. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters Kenyan world record holder Eliud Kipchoge is to make another attempt at breaking two hours for the marathon......

Roger Bannister: First man to run a mile in under 4 minutes dies at 88

IMAGE: Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to break the four-minute mile when he clocked three minutes 59.4 seconds at a sports ground in Oxford on May 6, 1954. Photograph: Valerio......

Kipchoge runs fastest marathon but...

...fails to break two hours IMAGE: Eliud Kipchoge celebrates the Nike Breaking2: Sub-Two Marathon Attempt at Autodromo di Monza. Photograph: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images Eliud Kipchoge ran......

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