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'Jyoti Basu was the great PM India never had'

The Indian community in Britain on Sunday mourned the death of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, with leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul saying that the veteran leader was the 'great prime......

Survey exposes Britons' general knowledge

Believe it or not, more than three quarters of Britons don't know the names of countries that comprise Great Britain.Yes, a survey has revealed that 75 per cent of people in Britain are unable to......

New UK PM for strong ties with India

Gordon Brown, who will become the 52nd prime minister of Great Britain when he takes over the reign at 10, Downing Street, from Tony Blair on Wednesday, is keen to develop strong relations with......

Why the carnage of minorities continues unabated in Pakistan

A lot of the terrorism that is affecting Pakistan is really a blowback of the Pakistani state’s policy of using jihadist groups as instruments of state policy. And unlike some other......

What Modi and the BJP can learn from America

'You can fight to win leadership of a party, yet join party rivals to win a general election in the US. The fact that dissent is not rebellion is not really appreciated in India, where we are used......

Now, European Union woos Indian students

After US, Australia and Great Britain, it is now the European Union, which is wooing Indian students. It is going a step forward and even offering part-time jobs and credit transfer system to......

Airports to raise perpetual loans

Modelled on the novel financing pattern of the $15-billion, 95-mile Euro Tunnel that links Great Britain and continental Europe, the modernisation programmes of the Mumbai and Delhi airports will......

HCL among top employers in UK

HCL Technologies Ltd's offshore arm, HCL Great Britain has been named as one of the top information and communication technology(ICT) employers in the United Kingdom by the Corporate Research......

India Inc wants Narendra Modi as country's next PM

Nearly three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the government has mismanaged the economy and want opposition leader Narendra Modi to lead the country after an election due by May next......

The Sen-Bhagwati slugfest: Not the 1st in history

Is the unfolding Sen-Bhagwati debate likely to have the same impact on economic policy in India as Hayek versus Keynes had on the West? At a time of economic crisis, a distinguished group of......

The Jadoo of Indian food

Indian-British filmmaker Amit Gupta speaks to Aseem Chhabra about combing his love for food and cinema.Food and families are such a big part of the ethos of being an Indian. It is surprising that......

PHOTOS: Farah is distance king, Fraser-Pryce sprint queen

Mo Farah of Great Britain added the world distance double to the one he achieved at the London Olympics when he bravely held off the Ethiopian and Kenyan challenge in belligerent style to win the......

Saina leads a record Indian field in All England C'ship

Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal will return to Great Britain with a renewed hope of clinching the prestigious All England title but a tough draw awaits her in the women's singles of the Super......

Bopanna-Fleming enter final of Open 13

Rohan Bopanna reached his first final of the season along with Great Britain’s Colin Fleming after outclassing Julian Knowle and Filip Polasek in straight sets at the ATP Open 13, in......

'Sorry I couldn't come back with the gold medal'

M C Mary Kom's dream run at the London Olympics ended on Wednesday after she lost in the quarter-finals to Great Britain's Nicola Adams. But she was a proud woman at the end of it, having won a......

PHOTOS: India's highs and lows on Day 12

India's star woman boxer M C Mary Kom settled for the bronze medal after losing her 51kg semifinal bout against Great Britain's world number two Nicola Adams, while Tintu Luka eased into the......

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Q. What is the specialty of 24/09??
Sigma: A. more

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Q. Which Country speaks the most correct or purest English?
Jafar: A. U.S. 1961 U.S.A. " I Love Lucy " 24th Sept. 1961 : The last episode of I Love Lucy is aired created by and featuring Lucille Ball and her...... more

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Q. CURRENCY OF tHE UK
Vivek Mahajan: A. Great Britain and next is India . more

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Q. Which Viceroy of India was the great-grandson of Britains Queen Victoria?A: Lord Wavell B: Lord Linlithgow C: Lord Willington D: Lord Mountbatten
Divya Kulkarni: A. great britain POUND more

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Q. FULL FORM OF GB
VIVEK MAHAJAN: A. lord mountbatten more

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Web results for Great Britain

Has putting up a paywall at The Guardian become a moral imperative rather than a choice?

Now that the Washington Post has erected a paywall (although it remains to be seen whether it will maintain that stance now that it is owned by... ...

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Malala Yousafzai invited to Buckingham Palace to meet queen

Tag: Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan, Taliban London: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot last year by the Taliban for campaigning for... ...

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Malala Yousafzai talks peace as Taliban vows to attack her again

Tag: Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, Taliban, Islam, Islamic terror outfit, Swat valley, UN headquarters, David Cameron, BBC Panorama programme Zee... ...

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Football must lead anti-racism fight, says UEFA's Platini

Football must lead the fight against racism inside and outside of the game, Michel Platini, head of the sport's European governing body UEFA told a... ...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Football-must-lead-anti-racism-fight-says-UEFAs-Platini/articleshow/23658930.cms

Lucian Freud's ghosts laid to rest with Vienna show

By Georgina Prodhan VIENNA (Reuters) - Lucian Freud did not live to see the first exhibition of his paintings in Vienna, the city his grandfather... ...

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/07/arts-austria-freud-idINDEE9960B520131007?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

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