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'It just felt shocking that I won; I didn't expect to win'

Twelve-year-old Indian origin boy Sathwik Karnik, the winner of the prestigious annual National Geographic Bee, is still too excited to plan for his future, reports Chaya Babu. “I don’t......

'India, China destined by geography to be rivals'

Underlining that India and China are to an extent destined by geography to be 'rivals', West Bengal Governor and former National Security Advisor M K Narayanan on Thursday said Beijing's increasing......

Shashi Tharoor: We are all minorities in India

Indian nationalism is not based on language, or geography, or ethnicity, or religion, but is that of an idea of an ever-ever land -- emerging from an ancient civilisation, united by a shared......

Indo-Americans bag top 4 ranks at National Geographic Bee

Indian-American students have swept the prestigious National Geographic Bee, bagging the top four positions of this year's tough national competition, where United States President Barack Obama......

US: Indian kid wins Geographic Bee in style

Akshay Rajagopal, a 11-year-old sixth-grader from Lincoln, Nebraska, took top honours at the 2008 National Geographic Bee held in Washington, DC on May 21, collecting a $25,000 college scholarship......

IBM starts job cuts; most lay-offs outside US

IBM employed a total of 434,246 persons globally at the end of 2012 IBM, the world's largest computer services provider, has initiated a global restructuring plan by laying-off almost 2,800......

COLUMN: The vexing issue of 3G roaming

The Department of Telecommunications' restriction on this service flies in the face of both policy precedents and market logic. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is locked in a territorial......

Falling car sales shatter 'Japan steel' dreams

It’s not automobile makers alone worried at the continuous fall in car sales.The steel sector, which has spent a lot of money to tap the automobile segment, is nervous on its investments.Tata......

Bharti hits bond mart, to raise at least $500 mn

Telecom major Bharti Airtel today hit the overseas bond market to raise a minimum of $500 million, said merchant banking sources who are advising on the sale."The bond sale programme, which is......

Indian IT exports to grow 12-14% in FY'14: Nasscom

The information technology and IT-enabled services sectors are expected to grow 12-14 per cent and clock export revenues of $84-87 billion in the next fiscal, industry body Nasscom said. "Increase......

'Hisss didn't work with the critics'

Well known cinematographer Madhu Ambat has won the National Award two times -- one for G V Iyer's Sanskrit film Adi Shankara and the other for Sarada Ramanathan's Tamil film Sringaram. Some of......

World Cup is not the final frontier, says Dhoni

There is nothing bigger than the World Cup in cricket. And if the mega-event is played in India, then nothing beats the country's crazy fan-following. The whole nation wants just one result: an......

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Q. QUIZ -- Identify the father of Indology, the father of geodesy, and "the first anthropologist". ?
Truth Exposed: A. It has been suggested that Perfect market be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2012.EconomicsThe economyEconomies...... more

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Q. The original inhabitants of India are ?A --pre-Dravidians tribal, who are called adivasis or Scheduled Tribes in India e.g. the Bhils, the Santhals, the Gonds, the Todas B-AryansC- Dravidian'sD- - Mongols
Onlytruth: A. Ab al-Rayn Muammad ibn Amad known as Alberonius in Latin and Al-Biruni in English, was an Iranian -Chorasmian Muslim scholar and polymath of the...... more

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Q. The unknown continent of Americas was discovered in ?A - in 1310 by Abu Bakari (Abu Bakar), a Muslim king of the Malian Empire,B - IN 1421 by Cheng He C - IN 1492 by Columbus D -IN 1500 BY luis Africano
Onlytruth: A. No body is "original" from India. According to National Geography, first inhabitant came from Africa and settled in south India for which...... more

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Q. EXPLAIN: Why India voted against Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Cnanu Shree: A. I think it is even before that ,cOMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS ARE HERE It is an established, but not much publicised knowledge among historians...... more

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'It just felt shocking that I won; I didn't expect to win'

'India, China destined by geography to be rivals'

Shashi Tharoor: We are all minorities in India

Indo-Americans bag top 4 ranks at National Geographic Bee

US: Indian kid wins Geographic Bee in style

IBM starts job cuts; most lay-offs outside US

COLUMN: The vexing issue of 3G roaming

Falling car sales shatter 'Japan steel' dreams

Bharti hits bond mart, to raise at least $500 mn

Indian IT exports to grow 12-14% in FY'14: Nasscom

'Hisss didn't work with the critics'

World Cup is not the final frontier, says Dhoni

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