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Out of this world! Jaw dropping entries in Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Thank heavens for these images! From a mesmerizing panorama of the aurora borealis in Iceland to a beautiful image of Comet Neowise, the Royal Observatory’s annual Astronomy Photographer of......

US designates Indian-origin IS terrorist 'New Jihadi John' as global terrorist

The United States on Tuesday designated Indian-origin Islamic State terrorist from Britain Siddhartha Dhar along with a Belgian-Moroccan citizen as global terrorists and imposed sanctions on them,......

India is the 7th most terror affected country. Pakistan 4th

Paris, Iraq… 2015 was the year that cities were burnt, innocent blood was spilt and countries destroyed by brutal terrorist groups. The world’s most developed countries have suffered a......

ISIS militants target Egyptian army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 70

An Israeli army tank takes position along Israel's border with Egypt's North Sinai (seen in background). Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters Heavily-armed IS militants in Egypt on Wednesday launched a......

Meet Syria's young soldiers of misfortune

Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria in the past three months and given these so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" military training and hardline indoctrination, a monitoring......

Kamal Nath benefited from Bengal contract: WikiLeaks

In 1976, Kamal Nath, now urban development minister, may have benefited from “a very large” contract awarded under the then West Bengal power minister, A B A Ghani Khan Choudhury,......

Kraft's premium chocolate bet

You have possibly seen and even tasted this triangular chocolate at some point when you walked into a high-end traditional store, supermarket or hypermarket. Toblerone, which uptil now was......

Kraft plans India foray with confectionery

The Kraft-Cadbury combine is likely to herald its presence in India with confectionery products. The reasons are evident. For one, this February, when shareholders of British candy maker Cadbury......

The world's richest people

It has been a busy year for Forbes' team of fortune hunters. Strong equity markets combined with rising real estate values and commodity prices pushed up fortunes from Mumbai to Madrid. Forbes......

India is now Marlboro country!

It's a battle taking place behind a smokescreen. But as the smoke clears one thing is clear -- the biggest gunslinger in the tobacco world has just cantered into town. And a shoot-out is about to......

Actress Zaira Wasim quits Bollywood

'Dangal' fame actress Zaira Wasim, who recently completed five years in Bollywood, decided to call it quits on Sunday. Stating the reason behind her decision, the 18-year-old said she is not happy......

Qatar World Cup: A showcase for political tensions

'Qatari authorities have had to tread a fine balance over Iran and Palestine but, in the end, the tournament once again puts Qatar at the center of regional diplomacy' IMAGE: Fans hold up a shirt......

Gowda wins first gold for India at Asian Athletics Championships

Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India as the home team won three medals on the second day to make their presence felt in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, in Pune......

Asiad: Indian athletes draw blank

After opening their track and field campaign in a spectacular fashion with two gold and a silver on Sunday, Indian athletes came a cropper on Monday as they failed to collect a single medal on the......

Egypt win African Nations Cup

Hosts Egypt won the African Nations Cup for a record fifth time when they beat Ivory Coast 4-2 on penalties in the final in Cairo on Friday.Ivorian captain Didier Drogba missed the Elephants' first......

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