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India reports 2nd coronavirus death, several states in shutdown mode

A 68-year-old woman in Delhi became the country's second victim of coronavirus on Friday as several states went into battle mode to contain the spread of COVID-19, shutting down schools, theatres......

The nation that crashed to earth

Roaring crime gave Venezuela the horrific title of being one of the most violent countries on earth.Inflation ran into tens of thousands per cent, impoverishing nearly all of the country's 31......

Indian human smuggler gets 5 years in US prison

Yadvinder Singh Bhamba was arrested for conspiring to send 400 people from India, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other countries to the US.P Rajendran reports from New York. Kindly note image......

Irma devastates Caribbean islands, Florida braces for 'most powerful storm'

IMAGE: People pick up debris as Hurricane Irma howled past Puerto Rico after thrashing several smaller Caribbean islands, in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Photographs: Alvin Baez/Reuters......

World's largest radio telescope activated

China on Sunday commissioned the world's largest radio telescope which has a 4,450-panel reflector as large as 30 football pitches, boosting the global hunt for extraterrestrial life. Hundreds of......

Inside Walmart, the largest retailer in the world

Walmart has 8,500 stores in 15 countries, under 55 different names. The company operates under the Walmart name in the United States, including the 50 states and Puerto Rico. It operates in Mexico......

GMR hopes to land Spain airport projects

In an effort to become a large global player in the airport sector, the Bangalore-based GMR group is considering placing bids for operating the two leading airports in Spain: Madrid Barajas and......

JW Marriott plans 3 more hotels in India

Luxury hotel brand JW Marriott on Friday said it will set up 10 new properties across five countries in 2010, including three in India, entailing a total investment of over $2 billion. The......

Big pharma cos join outsourcing queue

Ahmedabad-based Dishman is a specialist contract manufacturing company. So is Jubilant Organosys. Revenues of both companies from their contract research and manufacturing services (Crams) went up......

How they changed the face of Corporate America

Asuncion 'Sunny' Hostin, slim and stylish in a black wrap-around sweater, shows up 30 minutes late for her meeting at an upscale caf on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She's unruffled, though, and......

Dharmendra charms the Big Apple

Over the years many movie stars have attended the annual fund-raising for the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation's in New York. But it is difficult to imagine any of them creating the stir the......

Sports Shorts: Easy day for Bajrang, Ravi excels in Worlds trials

IMAGE: Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia. Photograph: Bajrang Punia/Twitter Star wrestler Bajrang Punia needed less than four minutes to book a berth in India's World Championship squad while......

Italian Basso quits Tour de France due to testicular cancer

Former Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso withdrew from the Tour de France on Monday after revealing he has testicular cancer."We discover this two hours ago, I have to stop," the 37-year-old Italian......

Armstrong rival Ullrich admits to doping during career

Disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich admitted that he underwent blood-doping procedures under the guidance of a Spanish doctor at the heart of a major drugs scandal.The 39-year-old......

WADA disappointed with Puerto verdict, considers appeal

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has voiced its disappointment with Tuesday's decision by the judge in Spain's "Operation Puerto" doping trial to destroy all the evidence from the case instead......

Doping king doc will not be forced to give client names

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, on trial for allegedly masterminding a doping ring in cycling, will not be obliged to identify any of the clients whose frozen blood was found in bags seized by......

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