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Kerala man shot dead at Jordan-Israel border
A man from Kerala was reportedly shot dead at the Jordan-Israel border, according to his relatives in Thiruvananthapuram. IMAGE: A view shows the Dead Sea with a border fence separating Jordan and......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......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......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......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,......Tata Nano bags gold in 2010 Edison Awards
Tata Nano has won the gold prize in the best new product segment under the transportation category at the 2010 Edison Awards. Recognised as America's innovation award, the Edison Awards symbolise......Billionaire inventors
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." So said Thomas Edison, inventor of so many things we take for granted today and the archetypical American entrepreneur-inventor. Edison......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......'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 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......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,......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......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......Top Coverage News
World Test Championship 2023
India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...Manipur's Tragedy
Here are news, updates and coverage from violence hit Manipur.IPL 2023
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Complete Coverage of Indian cricket team's encounter with Sri Lanka during 3rd Jan - 15th Jan 2023.GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS
The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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