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BBC journalist Alan Johnston freed in Gaza

Nearly four months after he was kidnapped at gunpoint, BBC journalist Alan Johnston was released on Wednesday in Gaza following an agreement between his abductors and the Islamist Hamas......

World's oldest person aged 115 dies

A 115-year-old US woman from Iowa has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of the world's oldest person. Dina Manfredini, who lived at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Centre in......

After Everest, Delhi teenager conquers Mt Lhotse

Arjun Vajpai, 17, decided to celebrate the anniversary of the most memorable day of his life in a rather unusual manner. The teenager became the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest on May......

WikiLeaks boss Assange gets bail but stays in jail

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has succeeded in securing a bail at a British court where he appeared in connection with a case of sexual misconduct. The embattled whistleblower who was accused of......

Meet Srinagar's young stone-throwers

There's something different about the protests in the Kashmir valley this time round. Children and women are the ones hurling stones at the security forces. Sahim Salim traveled to the bylanes of......

World's consulting brass checks in

The brass of the world's leading professional services firms is making a beeline for India. While Alistair Johnston, KPMG's London-based international managing partner (global markets) is in town,......

Hotel rates, air fares soar for Christmas, New Year

Almost all star-rated hotels in the tourist hotspots of Goa, Kerala and Rajasthan are reporting total sellout of room inventory for New Year's Eve, even though hospitality rates for that period......

India: World's 3rd largest economy by 2030?

Global banking giant Standard Chartered on Wednesday said India could emerge as the world's third largest economy by 2030, benefiting from strong domestic demand and favourable demographics.......

BJP proud of IITs, IIMs; blasts Ramesh's comment

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's controversial remarks that faculty of the premier IITs and IIMs are "not world class" invited a sharp reaction on Tuesday from the dons who said it showed his......

What are policy rates and how do they affect you?

The rate of interest at which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lends money to other banks is called repo rate. At present, it stands at 6.75 per cent. A cut in the repo rate is good news for......

Argo, Life of Pi win at Oscars 2013

The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: Best Picture Amour Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les......

Review: Lincoln is a deserving Oscar frontrunner

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln boasts of a stellar cast led by two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day Lewis in the titular character, writes Vipin Vijayan.Steven Spielberg never ceases to amaze. To......

Life Of Pi, Django Unchained bag Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are out, and it has its fair share of surprises and expected nods. The nominations were announced by Emma Stone and Seth MacFarlene in Los Angeles. The......

Lincoln leads BAFTA 2013 nominees

Steven Spielberg's Lincoln dominates the 2013 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). The American historical drama film earned 10 nominations including Best Film, Best Actor for......

Oscars Winners at a Glance: The Artist wins 5 awards

The 84th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best Picture The ArtistThe DescendantsExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe HelpHugoMidnight......

Ireland elect to field against South Africa

Ireland captain Trent Johnston won the toss and elected to field against South Africa in the rain-curtailed cricket one-dayer in Belfast on Sunday. Scorecard | CoverageThe match was reduced to 31......

Aussie legend Bill Johnston dies

Bill Johnston, a member of Don Bradman's 1948 "Invincibles" cricket team, passed away at the age of 85, Cricket Australia said on Friday.Johnston, a left-arm medium-pace bowler from Victoria,......

Greame Smith to undergo surgery, may miss Champions Trophy

South Africa's Test captain Graeme Smith has left English county Surrey and returned to South Africa to have surgery on a chronic ankle problem that has put his participation in next month's ICC......

Sivaramakrishnan replaces May in ICC Cricket Committee

In an appointment backed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan replaced Tim May as a players' representative on the ICC Cricket Committee.......

England batsmen force draw in first NZ Test

England's batsmen showed the resilience they had been lacking in their first innings to battle to a draw in the first of three tests against New Zealand at University Oval on Sunday. The tourists,......

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Q. Music is used for healing. Its said certain ragas heal the mind and body. Could you elaborate on this.
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Real president Perez under scrutiny after Mourinho exit

By Iain Rogers MADRID (Reuters) - Florentino Perez's record as Real Madrid president was under scrutiny on Tuesday after the construction magnate's... ...

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Golf-China to host seventh edition of Royal Trophy

May 21 (Reuters) - China will host the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy when holders Asia take on Europe in the annual team golf contest in... ...

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Supreme Court rejects bid to halt IPL

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday seeking to scrap the remaining matches of the country's lucrative Twenty20... ...

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Bell fit as England name unchanged squad for second test

LONDON (Reuters) - England named an unchanged squad for the second test against New Zealand starting on Friday after batsman Ian Bell was declared... ...

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First Human Clinical Images Available with OCTIS Thanks to Tomophase Corporation and the Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg

PR Newswire BURLINGTON, Mass., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Tomophase Corporation, a leading developer of minimally invasive optical coherence... ...

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