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Powerful winning images from the World Press Photo Awards

The best in international photojournalism was recently announced by World Press Photo’s Annual Photo Contest.  Despite fierce competition, the jury was forced to select just a handful of......

Paris attacks investigation: Latest developments

Five days after deadly attacks in Paris, which claimed 129 lives, details are emerging about the identities of the men who carried out the attacks. Here's a round up of the latest developments.......

2 Air-France flights bound for Paris diverted due to bomb threat

Two Air France flights from Los Angeles to Paris were on Wednesday diverted after a bomb threat was called in, a United States official said. It was not known if the same person called in both......

Superstorm Sandy delays global launch of Titanic II

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer on Friday delayed the roll-out of details for his Titanic II project out of respect for the victims of superstorm Sandy. The Queensland billionaire......

Blame phytoplankton's decline for Global Warming

Blame phytoplankton for the Global Warming. If a recent study is to be believed, then the microscopic plants that support life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, leading to an......

A tale of two sinking banks

The experiences of HBOS and Indian Overseas Bank show that often loans make money for the lender in the initial years but losses come later when they turn bad, notes A V Rajwade. In one basic way,......

Apple to offer mobile payments service in UK in July

The payments service allows consumers using the latest Apple phones, tablets and smart watches to buy goods or services by holding the device up to contactless readers installed by merchants. Apple......

iGate's newly appointed chief paints rosy future

iGate Corp, the Nasdaq-listed information technology (IT) services company, on Thursday posted better-than-expected numbers for the quarter ended September 30, backed by impressive performance by......

10 biggest gold mines of the world

Gold has been a valuable and highly sought-after precious metal for coinage, jewelry, and other arts long before the beginning of recorded history. A total of 165,000 tonnes of gold have been......

Canadian PM promises free trade with India

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that a re-elected Conservative government will aim to complete bilateral free trade negotiations with India in 2013."Free trade agreements with India......

Darkest Hour Review: Exuberant bear. Shrewd fox. Vociferous lion

'The politics of it may be wishy-washy and the saviour at Darkest Hour's centre may well be a racist, an imperialist, and an alcoholic, but in Gary Oldman's nimble skin, smacked in layers and......

USBO ignores Sunny's heroics

The Hero: Love StoryOf A Spy shows no promise of being a hit abroad.Sunny Deol, who has never been a big draw overseas, except fortheoddGhayal, saw his much-hyped movie open to unspectacular......

A year of empty stadiums and what soccer has missed...

IMAGE: Football players greet fans and relatives on a huge screen next to the field. Photograph: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images A year ago at The Shay, home to fifth-tier English soccer......

Football Extras: Hopes fade for soccer star Sala as rescuers scour seas

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Tributes for newly-signed Cardiff City soccer player Emiliano Sala. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters Hopes of finding soccer......

Leicester's Vardy is football writers' player of the year!

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has been voted Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association (FWA). The 29-year-old has scored 22 league goals to help fire his team from 5,000-1......

Meet the 'fantastic man' in EPL

‘Fantastic man’ Vardy set for next fairytale chapter IMAGE: Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates his record breaking goal during the Premier League match against Manchester United.......

Jamie Vardy's rise reads like an old-fashioned comic book

IMAGE: Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring the first goal for Leicester City to equal the record for scoring in consecutive Premier League games. Photograph: Craig Brough Livepic/Action Images via......

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World Test Championship 2023

India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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Sri Lanka's Tour of India 2023

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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