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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......

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......

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......

Bannister carries Olympic torch at site of famous mile

Roger Bannister returned to the Iffley Road Stadium where he ran the first sub four-minute mile in 1954 on Tuesday to begin the 53rd leg of the London Olympic torch relay. The 83-year-old......

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......

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......

Who will light the Olympic flame tonight? Bannister or...

With the finish line fast approaching, Roger Bannister has broken away from the pack and is now the bookmakers' clear front runner to light the Olympic cauldron later Friday. British bookmaker......

World champions, but no Olympic gold to show

Bikash Mohapatra digs out some of the biggest names in sport who failed to leave a mark on the Olympics. The Olympics is a great leveler. While on the one hand we witness athletes rising......

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