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70 Years Ago, They Conquered Everest

May 29, 1953. A New Zealand beekeeper named Edmund Hillary and a Nepali sherpa named Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to reach the top of the world -- the 29,035 foot Mount Everest, the......

China, WHO acted too slowly on COVID-19: Independent panel

An independent panel has slammed China and the World Health Organisation for "early shortcomings" in the initial response to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGE: Medical workers get ready inside a bus......

Former Portuguese PM Guterres to be next UN chief

Portugal's former premier Antonio Guterres is set to become the next UN Secretary-General after the Security Council in the sixth straw poll conducted on Wednesday declared him to be the unanimous......

Hopes fading for woman UN Secretary-General

Antonio Guterres, who had served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees for 10 years, has emerged as the front-runner in the first two rounds of informal voting. IMAGE: Antonio Guterres, the......

UN commemorates 125th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar

For the first time, the UN celebrated the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar with a top official describing the noted Indian social reformer as a "global icon" for marginalised people and voiced the......

Rio: ITC bags World Business and Development Award

ITC Limited was presented the 2012 World Business and Development Award for its transformational rural initiatives in social and farm forestry programmes in India at the Rio+20 United Nations......

Why leaders must be paid more

The world treats its leaders shabbily, no doubt about it. Only when a Finnish journalist joined the European Union did it become known that any clerk in Brussels took home fatter pay packets than......

East Asia Summit ends with high optimism

The first East Asia Summit concluded on a high note on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with leaders agreeing to support efforts to build a strong ASEAN Community, which will serve as a solid......

First East Asian Summit begins

Even as the stage is set for the first East Asian Summit, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, there is apprehension that it would be nothing more than just 'talk shop'.The Association of South East Asian......

New Zealand ICT cos turn to India Inc

After South Korea and Germany, it is now the turn of New Zealand to look at forging new partnerships with India Inc.Heads of information and communication technology companies in New Zealand met......

Golden Globes 2018: The Shape Of Water, Dunkirk, Big Little Lies lead nominations

Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya. The 75th Golden Globe nominations were announced by Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone at the......

Game Of Thrones, Horror Story lead Emmy 2013 nominations

Nominations for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held on September 22 in Los Angeles and hosted by How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, have been announced. Hit horror TV......

Oscars 2010: Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture AvatarJames......

Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture AvatarJames......

Avatar, Hurt Locker lead Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced, and some of our predictions by Aseem Chhabra, Arthur J Pais and Raja Sendid come true! Here's a look at the nominations:......

Edwards' ton leads England to comfortable win over India

Harmanpreet Kaur's brilliant unbeaten century went in vain as India suffered a 32-run defeat against defending champions England in their in their Group A match of the ICC Women's World Cup in......

Ronaldo, Zidane to play UN charity match

World champion footballers and United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors Ronaldo and Zindine Zidane have announced that the 8th Annual Match Against Poverty will raise funds for the nearly 25 million......

Mo Farah leads England CWG athletics team

Double European gold medallist Mo Farah along with defending champions Phillips Idowu, Lisa Dobriskey and Christine Ohuruogu highlight England's 100-strong athletics team for the Commonwealth Games......

New Zealand arrive for Zimbabwe tour

New Zealand arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday for their controversial tour of the southern African country, despite political disapproval back home."We're here to play cricket, that's what we do......

NZ urges ICC to cancel Zim tour

New Zealand's Parliament passed a resolution on Tuesday calling on the International Cricket Council (ICC) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to cancel the Black Caps tour of Zimbabwe.Members of the......

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