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Kochi's Jews Pass Into History

Queenie Hallegua, who passed away at 89 in August, was almost the last of the Sephardi Jews in Fort Kochi.Her son Dr David Hallegua reflects on his mother's death and of his life growing up in......

'If Israel is in our hearts, India is in our blood': Indian Jews

While they have never faced any form of discrimination in India, Indian Jews say a minority status for Jews is among their foremost expectations from Prime Minister Modi's visit to Israel. IMAGE:......

'Lord Krishna existed. School texts are wrong'

Did Krishna exist? Most certainly, says Dr Manish Pandit, a nuclear medicine physician who teaches in the United Kingdom, proffering astronomical, archaeological, linguistic and oral evidences to......

Chandrayaan captures eclipse moments

India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1 captured the shadow of the moon on the earth's surface during the July 22 solar eclipse. This feat has been achieved just a week after a shadow......

Kashmir: Justice must be seen to be done

On July 23, Kashmiri-born journalist Basharat Peer took home the prestigious Crossword Book Award 2008 top prize for Non-Fiction (English). And with good reason.His book Curfewed......

Bill Gates keen to partner ID card project

Microsoft, the world's largest software company, is keen to partner India in a project to issue unique identification to each citizen, its chairman Bill Gates said on Friday. "Microsoft wants to......

Infographics: Pranab's 'gift' to aam aadmi

Giving relief to individual taxpayers, the government on Monday raised the income tax exemption limit by Rs 10,000 for general taxpayers, and by Rs 15,000 for senior...

Airfares to Srinagar at all time high

Airfares to Srinagar in Kashmir have increased manifold as the tourist season starts there. The cost to fly to what is popularly called 'paradise on earth' has increased almost four......

India raises fuel prices for the first time in 2009

India unexpectedly raised gasoline and diesel prices by as much as 10 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase this year, passing some of oil rally into an economy just beginning to......

Indian location for Hollywood adventures

Los Angeles based Film Producer, Dileep Singh Rathore was born and raised in Rajasthan and accidentally stumbled into the world of film productions.Rathore explains, "While I was a motor cross......

Shilpa's fun time in London, Italy!

Shilpa Shetty, husband Raj Kundra, son Viaan and sister Shamita Shetty are holidaying in London and Italy. Scenes from her London and Italy stay: 'How many times can you say "I passed by a......

Fardeen is back!

Farah Khan Ali, Zarine and Sanjay Khan's eldest daughter, launched her coffee table book, Farah Khan: A Bejewelled Life, an event attended by her family and lots of friends. Farah Khan Ali.......

PIX: Sonam, Janhvi, Katrina win big!

Bollywood dazzled on the red carpet of the Hello! Hall of Fame Awards 2019 ceremony that was held in Mumbai last night. A look at the winners: The Cinematic Debut Of The Year award went to......

Review: Fantastic Beasts 2, worth a watch

'It's good to see Johnny Depp and Jude Law in J K Rowling's magical world,' says Namrata Thakker. Being a Potter fan, I was obviously looking forward to watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of......

Sridevi's Life in Pictures

Family pictures dominate her social media world. Sridevi was only 54 when she passed away on Saturday night. It was a beautiful life snuffed out too soon. While the iconic actress has been......

Famous cases of cheating in sport

Renault parted company with flamboyant team boss Flavio Briatore on Wednesday and said they would not contest charges they had fixed last year's Singapore Grand Prix by ordering driver Nelson......

The 100m runs from 9.9s to 9.58!

From the moment that Usain Bolt danced across the line in the Olympic 100 metres final exactly one year ago and still clocked a massive world record of 9.69 seconds people began asking just how......

Cielo Filho breaks 47 seconds in record flood

Brazil's Cesar Cielo Filho sliced through the 47-second barrier to triumph in the men's 100 metres freestyle final amid another torrent of swimsuit-aided records at the world championships in Rome......

Spotted: Kevin Pietersen in the West Indies

Reader Siddhartha Kunzru sent us this photograph. 'This is a photo of my friend Rishikesh Bagati with Kevin Pietersen in a hotel in the Caribbean (during the March 2009 England trip to the......

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