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Name Games Countries Play

What's in a name, did you wonder? Plenty, it would seem, going by the name change carried out by various nations. Most changes have been cosmetic, like dropping/adding a term like 'republic......

AMAZING VIEWS: Himalayas, Ganga, more from space!

Launched in 2002, European Space Agency's Envisat is the largest Earth observation spacecraft ever built. It carries ten sophisticated optical and radar instruments to provide continuous......

How the world is racing to contain Coronavirus

When the novel coronavirus outbreak hit China in late December and January, the government sprang into crisis mode. Hard-hit cities like Wuhan, where the outbreak began, went into complete......

Turtle with an attitude problem is 2020's funniest wildlife photo

What are you looking at? Terry the grumpy giant turtle summed up the general feeling towards a year that has been particularly cruel to both travel and wildlife. A photo of him "flipping the bird"......

Nobel winning author Jose Saramago dead: Reports

Nobel Prize-winningPortuguese novelist Jose Saramago has diedon the Canary island of Lanzarote where he lived, emerging reports said, quoting his Spanish publishers. The 1998 Nobel prize winner,......

Will Financial Stress Break The Global Economy?

What's different this time is that global financial stress -- which has its genesis in four policy choices made in recent years -- is juxtaposed with a more resilient real economy, observes Sajjid......

Foreign pilots fail in English, sent back

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has refused to validate the licenses of about 25 foreign pilots operating in India, owing to their failure in English proficiency. While there were......

How to defy gravity, GoI style

What makes India an unusually exciting place to live in is the "apne pair pe apne kulhadi (axing your own feet)" ingenuity of its politicians and bureaucrats. It would seem that policymakers around......

Column: Rebuilding Mumbai for the 21st century

Mumbai does not need to be - de-congested - it needs to redeploy its eastern seaboard, writes Sanjeev Sanyal. Mumbai is by far India's financial and commercial capital. Given the success of......

Mumbai a global financial centre? Of course!

Mumbai is not seen to be controlled by New Delhi just as New York is not seen to be controlled by Washington. Mumbai is the financial capital of India. It has the two largest Indian stock markets.......

Hrithik-Saba's Argentinian Holiday

Nargis takes a break from work... Kareena's holiday finally comes to an end...Priya makes a splash in Thailand... Photograph: Kind courtesy Saba Azad/Instagram Saba Azad travels to Buenos......

'Fans won't return to Spanish stadiums for now'

'Fans won't return to Spanish stadiums for now' IMAGE: Spain supporters react. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Fans will not be able to attend Spanish soccer matches when the season resumes......

Real hope to end jinx on 'cursed island'

Real Madrid head to the scene of some bitter memories this week when they travel to the Canary Islands to play second division Tenerife in the King's Cup.In the early 1990s Tenerife, then in the......

Football Extras: Ronaldo misses penalty but Juve ease to win

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo shows his dejection during the Serie A match against Chievo. Photograph: Tullio M. Puglia/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo missed a second-half penalty for Juventus but it......

Barca ease into King's Cup quarters with derby win

IMAGE: Barcelona's Munir el Haddadi celebrates scoring against Espanyol during their King's Cup match at the RCDE stadium in Barcelona on Wednesday. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters Holders......

La Liga: Ronaldo helps Real to remain on top

IMAGE: Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the La Liga match against UD Las Palmas. Photograph: Denis Doyle/Getty Images Real Madrid opened a......

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