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TEXT: US President Obama's State of the Union address

United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency.Here's the verbatim text of his......

Watch: Pranab Mukherjee's first speech as President

Pranab Mukherjee was sworn in as the 13th President of India today. Here is the full text of his speech: Smt Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Shri Hamid Ansari, Smt Meira Kumar, Shri Justice S.H.......

The looming menace of Lashkar-e-Tayiba

The world saw what Lashkar-e-Tayiba was capable of during the horrific 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Post this incident, many had been speaking of the manner in which the Lashkar is positioning itself......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

50 pc drop in asylum-seekers in West over last decade: UN

New figures compiled by the United Nations refugee agency have shown a dramatic fall in the number of asylum-seekers trying to enter the industrialised world over the last decade.On Monday, the......

Flag Tele inks $100 mn deal with European firm

Flag Telecom, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has signed a $100 million (around Rs 410 crore) gigabit ethernet connectivity deal with a leading European research firm to enable its......

VSNL to invest $600m in Europe, Asia cables

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is investing $600 million to lay submarine cables, one between India and Europe and another intra-Asia.The Tata group, which has management control of VSNL, will rope in......

Singapore tries to shed image as a secretive tax haven

Banks in Singapore are urgently scrutinising their account holders as an imminent deadline on stricter tax evasion measures forces them to decide whether to send some of their wealthiest clients......

Govt sees stake sale target on track, Oil India in Jan

India is looking at new ways to attract investors to sales of shares in state-run industries and large offerings in Oil India and power company NTPC are set to come in the next few weeks, a top......

Selling continues, Sensex sheds 200 points

Markets edged lower for the second consecutive day as investors averted from holding on to shares ahead of the weekend as heightened worries of a double dip recession in the west weighed. The......

Haryana mountaineer Sauda scales Mount Elbrus

After scaling Mount Everest and Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mamta Sauda has added another feather to her cap having successfully climbed Europe's tallest peak Mount Elbrus recently. Mamta, a......

South Korea beats Japan 2-0 to get Olympic bronze

South Korea's football players won Olympic bronze medals Friday, but many admitted they were also celebrating an even greater prize: the chance to skip military service. Medal winners in South......

Rio de Janeiro wins race to host 2016 Games

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics after winning a landslide victory over Madrid in the final round of voting among International Olympic Committee members on Friday.Carlos Osorio, general......

Ishikawa to make US Masters debut

Japanese schoolboy sensation Ryo Ishikawa will become the second youngest player to compete at the US Masters after receiving a special invitation on Thursday. The 17-year-old professional, already......

Australian govt backs 2018 WC bid

Australia's bid to host the 2018 World Cup received a major boost on Wednesday when the federal government pledged A$45.6 million ($30 million) to help the campaign. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said......

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Q. THERE ARE 7 CONTINENTS BUT ONLY 5 RINGS ON FLAG OF OLYMPICS WHY IT SO?
Ramesh Agarwal: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/there-are-7-continents-but-only-5-rings-on-flag-of-olympics-/23559161/answers/

Q. what does the 5 rings in the olympic flag represent ?
Raju: A. The 5 olympic rings represent the five inhabited continents, Americas (north and south are considered one), Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia. No one...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-does-the-5-rings-in-the-olympic-flag-represent-/21288144/answers/23559173

Q. what is the order of colours in Olympic ring from left & right ?
Raju: A. The five rings represent the five major regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Every national flag in the world...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-order-of-colours-in-olympic-ring-from-left--righ/21288144/answers/17722042

Q. Some Subject Questions Today:1. What is FEA ??
Kaushik Umrigar: A. Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) is a 28,000-kilometer-long submarine communications cable containing optical fiber that connects the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/some-subject-questions-today1.-what-is-fea-/17722028/answers/16178493

Q. Dont you think religion will lose its relevance when it is used for non-religious purpose? For example Taliban is giving their own interpretation to religion (they burn schools saying education is anti-Islam) in order to use it as a tool to accomplish their political objectives. Many foreign countries are sending jihadis to Kashmir to liberate it. Dont you think domination of such fundamentalist forces will only make religion a flag?
SriniVenkat: A. God created man and man created religion. If man had created religion, he must had an requirement for it and originally, that requirement was to...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/dont-you-think-religion-will-lose-its-relevance-when-it-is-u/16178463/answers/14982844

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Never give in

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A new phase in ties with Pakistan?

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You are not the only one... the Pope also sleeps in Church!

Pope Francis who has been addressing the two-day long mass gatherings in St.Peter's Square admitted falling asleep while praying at the end of a... ...

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The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King

Employees work on a solar panel production line at Suntech Power Holdings headquarters in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, April 3, 2013. Credit:... ...

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Pope Francis leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Vatican City: Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed... ...

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