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Don't forget the IAF's role in the '62 war!

China declared a ceasefire on November 21 and kept Aksai Chin as its trophy. The sinews of the IAF were not muscular enough to retake Aksai Chin. What matters is what we have done since 1962.......

Cousins of Osama hunter to sniff out Naxals

Cousins of the special breed canines, which assisted the elite US Navy SEALs in sniffing out Osama bin Laden from his safe haven in Pakistan, will now help Indian security forces in 'find and fix'......

'We have enough centres for testing. Why panic?'

The spread of swine flu has brought the Union health ministry under the scanner. Dinesh Trivedi, minister of state for health, who belongs to the Trinamool Congress, has remained in the shadows......

Rahul Gandhi turns 39

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi turned 39 today. Even though Rahul is in London, his absence did not seem to have deterred his supporters who distributed saris, schoolbags and shoes among......

Bin Laden hiding in Pak's Hindukush region: Report

The United States is said to have tracked down the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden, in the impenetrable Hindu Kush mountains in Pakistan's scenic Chitral region, according to a media......

SBI's new management takes centre stage

With a new management in place, State Bank of India (SBI), the country's largest lender, is planning to focus on non-performing assets. Managing director A Krishna Kumar, talks about the new......

Great packages for great tours

Global warming, environmental degradation because of mass or badly managed tourism, and displacement of local communities might not be the first things you think about when you plan your holiday,......

Lessons for Indians from Google China

Probably you guessed it already; yes this is about Google's stance in China. On April 12, 2006, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google; Kaifu Lee, vice president of Google China, and Johnny Chou, president of......

Check out these Australian wines

When Frank Baum wrote the eponymous book back in 1900, little did he know that the Australians (who sometimes also call their country "Oz") would perform quite a bit of wizardry with wine a century......

What awaits Martha Stewart, post-prison

Few felons have the kind of life that Martha Stewart has awaiting her when she's released from prison. Stewart has famously teamed with ber-reality TV producer Mark Burnett for her own version of......

Are you looking forward to Preity's Guinness show?

Twitter is a busy world, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.So what if movies are not hapening to Preity Zinta. She is all set......

Bollywood's worst on-screen couple, film

The twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day.Uday Chopra seemed quite sporting when he tweeted about the......

'Lafangey Parindey will be Deepika's best film so far'

The titles of movies produced by Yash Raj Films of late give an inkling of the changing strategies at the movie moghul's camp. Be it Badmash Company or Lafangey Parindey, none would be selected......

Flashback foolishness with Hot Tub Time Machine

The best joke in Hot Tub Time Machine -- one of those films that wears its concept proudly on its title, as if the idea itself is far-out enough to eliminate the need for a name, like Snakes On A......

Ames and Durant qualify for US Open

Canadian Stephen Ames and American Joe Durant were among nine players who booked their places at next week's US Open in a weather-delayed sectional qualifier in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday. A......

Important is to win games than being strong on paper: Yuvraj

Senior middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh feels that it won't matter how strong the team is on paper if they don't win matches. The southpaw also refused to draw comparisons with the 1983 World Cup......

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Q. what is lake\'s folly
: A. Lake's Folly was the first new vineyard in the Hunter Valley last century, established by Max Lake and his family in 1963. The tradition continues,...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-lakes-folly//answers/16210009

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?
Rohan Kader: A. I totally agree with you, in fact religion has always lost its relevance whenever it became compulsion. Whenever religion is forced on the grounds...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/dont-you-think-religion-will-lose-its-relevance-when-it-is-u/16195681/answers/15052863

Q. Who discovered the Victoria Falls in 1855?
Observer : A. The first European to see the falls was David Livingstone on 17 November 1855, during his 185256 journey from the upper Zambezi to the mouth of the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-discovered-the-victoria-falls-in-1855/14978069/answers/12846724

Q. Which is beautiful BIRD?
Shikha Aggarwal: A. Hiking through a Costa Rican cloud forest, you may look up and see an incredible looking bird winging its way through the sky. With its shimmering...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-is-beautiful-bird/12846670/answers/10407400

Q. who invented apple in which year atleast
Anantharaman : A. From the very beginning the ancients were truly enamoured with fruit. Apart from milk and honey, fruit is nature's only pleasure laden natural...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/who-invented-apple-in-which-year-atleast/10407286/answers/9225208

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5,000 cave paintings discovered in Mexico

Archaeologists have found nearly 5,000 cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers in a northeastern Mexico mountain range where pre-Hispanic groups... ...

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Yahoo swears it isnt going to screw up Tumblr but how realistic is that promise?

As the dust begins to settle from one of the most significant acquisitions in web-land since the Facebook/Instagram deal, the warm glow of euphoria... ...

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Utah man, brother suspects in wife's disappearance

Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped... ...

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Ex-YouTuber advises Yahoo!

So the inevitable has happened and Yahoo! has acquired Tumblr for a sum of $1.1 billion. The biggest worry for all parties now involved is to... ...

http://tech2.in.com/news/all/dont-mess-up-tumblr-exyoutuber-advises-yahoo/873888

Police name toddler found dead in Oxfordshire house as international search for her mother gets underway

An international search is underway for her mother who police believe has left the UK and travelled to Kenya.The body of the child was found at a... ...

http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/214584682/scat/b8de8e630faf3631

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