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Haj THEN and NOW: 125 years apart

An exhibition of rare 1885 photographs that capture Mecca in a past is on in Dubai. Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje took the images on wax cylinders then newly invented by Thomas......

Indian-American lawmakers slam Trump's address to US Congress

Indian-American lawmakers on Wednesday criticised US President Donald Trump's maiden address to Congress, saying it lacked specificity and offered only unrealistic plans on issues like immigration......

When you come after Americans, we go after you: Highlights from Obama's State of the Union address

US president Barack Obama gave his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, perhaps the last opportunity of his presidency to sway a national audience and frame the 2016 election. Here are the......

Kalam's new book shows his spiritual side

Scientist-President A P J Abdul Kalam, the missile man of India, also has a spiritual side to him, which has been revealed in his new book "Guiding Souls - Dialogues on the Purpose of Life" that......

Wanna hear Lincoln? Click here

Vitaliy Fadeyev and Carl Haber must feel a bit like Thomas Edison did 127 years ago, when he made his first recording of the human voice on a tinfoil cylinder phonograph. They must have a pretty......

Europe dims Edison's legendary bulb forever

After 120 years of reliable service, it has been lights out from Tuesday for the traditional incandescent bulb in Europe. A European Union ban on the traditional light bulb came into effect on......

123-year-old doll's audio the 1st recording?

A 12-second recording of 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' from the first-ever talking doll could also be the first-ever commercial recording, experts have said.The recently-recovered recording,......

The IIT entrepreneur with an idea bank!

As a kid, he dreamt of the impossible. When he saw Superman, he wanted to be like him and do whatever he did. At school, his teacher told him his ideas were good, but there is still a lot more to......

Hairstyles make CEOs successful?

For those who believe only grey cells set apart leaders from the rest, there is another hair raising observation among corporate America that most of the successful CEOs including Pepsico's Indra......

Premji, Yunus among top 30 world entrepreneurs

Wipro chief Azim Premji and Bangladesh's micro-credit leader and Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus are among the all time top 30 entrepreneurs identified by leading business magazine BusinessWeek.......

How India's FIRST feature film was made

At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead......

The heart is missing

Impressive vistas, uncompromising depiction of harsh frontier life, decent performances and an Oscar-winning reputation are not enough to turn The Missing into a compellingly interesting film. It......

Can Megamind trump Paranormal Activity 2, Saw 3D?

For families thatare not into Paranormal Activity 2 or Saw 3D, the holiday season will start this Friday with DreamWorks Megamind which is expected to lead the box office across North America. The......

'National Awards are not corrupted'

Rock On II sees the dishy Arjun Rampal back on the big screen, where he reunites with the members of Magik -- Farhan Akhtar and Purab Kohli. Joining the cast, and the band, are Shraddha......

How a desi is making waves at MoMA

'We'll certainly have Hollywood productions, so why wouldn't we have Bollywood?'Indira Kannan reports. IMAGE: Members of the 69th Berlin film festival's international jury arrive for the awards......

Pele @80: Milestones in the soccer legend's career

IMAGE: Brazilian footballer Pele in training for Brazil's match against England on January 1, 1963. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images Brazilian football great Pele celebrated his 80th......

Until we educate the entire human race, racism will not stop: Holding

'We are being brainwashed, not just black people, white people are being brainwashed in different ways.' IMAGE: Former West Indies fast bowler said over the years, people have been brainwashed by......

When Pelemania Gripped India

The enormous structured global advertising machinery that surrounds every football game on the planet today?Pele was perhaps single-handedly responsible for all of it.By just being brilliant,......

Pele hated his nickname

Pele was so angry with a school classmate who dreamed up his nickname that he punched him, the soccer great recalled on Sunday."Pele isn't my real name," the Brazilian told the German newspaper......

The 23-man team lists for the 2006 World Cup

The23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after theMay 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday. A look at the selections:ANGOLAGoalkeepers: Joo Ricardo (unattached),......

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