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Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital

Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Saturday where he spent 10 days for pneumonia treatment. He has "been discharged from hospital......

Mandela is fine, getting better in hospital: Wife

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is "fine" and his condition is improving, his wife said, a week after the anti-apartheid icon was admitted in a hospital for pneumonia. "Madiba is......

Mandela 'much better', making 'steady progress'

Anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela is responding "satisfactorily" to treatment and is "much better" after spending a week in a hospital for pneumonia, the......

Nelson Mandela's condition improves

South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela's family on Monday visited him at a hospital in Johannesburg, where he is being treated for a recurrence of pneumonia, the presidency said. There......

Mandela still in hospital, making 'steady progress'

Nelson Mandela, the revered anti-apartheid icon and former South African President, is in "good spirits" and making "steady progress" at a hospital for a recurring lung infection, the presidency......

Doubts over Cipla's takeover bid of S African unit

Initial optimism by analysts that a 100 per cent takeover bid of Cipla Medpro South Africa (CMSA) by Cipla India would be a walkover when shareholders vote on the offer next month, has changed......

PM arrives in Durban for BRICS Summit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived in South Africa on a four-day visit to attend the BRICS Summit in Durban that could launch a development bank for the five-nation grouping and......

BASIC experts meet to focus on climate change

Climate experts and negotiators from four emerging economies -- Brazil, South Africa, India and China -- on Friday began discussions in Chennai on issues related to climate change.On Saturday,......

Diageo to buy half of Mallya's South Africa beer biz

Diageo announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire a 50 per cent interest in Vijay Mallya’s United National Breweries (UNB), which runs the UB Group’s traditional sorghum beer......

Contours of proposed bank for BRICS in March

BRICS nations --Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-- are likely to finalise the structure of a development bank that will fund infrastructure in the associate nations at the BRICS summit......

South African Clark named junior men's hockey coach

Former South African Olympian Gregg Clark has been appointed head coach of India's junior men's hockey side to prepare them for the World Cup to be held in New Delhi later this year. Clark is also......

Pakistan will not panic: PCB chief

The Pakistan Cricket Board will not press the panic button after the team's Test series whitewash in South Africa and has no plans to sack captain Misbah-ul-Haq or coach Dav Whatmore, PCB chairman......

Pistorius set to receive snub from major athletic events

The sporting world is set to snub Oscar Pistorius from major events around the world after a court in South Africa allowed the Olympic and Paralympic star to return to international competition. -......

Pistorius granted permission to travel abroad

Oscar Pistorius, charged with murdering his girlfriend, was granted permission to travel abroad by a South African judge on Thursday. "The applicant is entitled to use his passport to travel......

Graeme Smith receives ICC Test Championship mace

South Africa captain Graeme Smith on Thursday received the ICC Test Championship mace and prize money of US$ 450,000 for leading the team to the top spot in ICC Test rankings on the annual cut-off......

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Q. Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2000 was awarded to the former President of South Africa along with
ITZ: A. more

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Q. Who was the first person to hit 6 sixes in an over ?
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Q. world top gold producing countrry
VIVEK MAHAJAN: A. Garfield Sobers - The first man to do it in a First Class game (Nottingham vs Glamorgan in 1968). The poor bowler was Malcolm Nash.Ravi Shastri -...... more

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Q. For football fans. Eliminations for the next Soccer World Cup are on. Which zone you think is the toughest for teams to qualify for the final round (in Brazil) and can be called a death zone. Whether Europe, South America, North & Central America, Asia or Africa? Why?
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