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DESTRUCTIVE FORCE: Pix of world's first underwater N-test

The atoll of Bikini, a necklace of 23 islands located on the northern fringe of the Marshall Islands, was once popular for its sandy beaches and swaying palms that surrounded a tranquil, blue-green......

Hot spots for world's powerful earthquakes identified

Researchers have pinpointed the locations -- like Indonesia's Sumatra Island -- where the world's largest earthquakes are most likely to take place, with greater accuracy than ever before. The......

The safest countries in the world

The Antipodean islands have long been regarded as one of the best places to live. New Zealand has always been near the top of the Global Peace Index. The 2009 Global Peace Index ranks New Zealand......

No boots on ground, no military base in Maldives: US

Ruling out the possibility of establishing a military base or having permanent boots on the ground in Maldives, a top Barack Obama administration official has said that the United States has......

PICS: STUNNING winners of 2013 World Photography Awards

The result of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards are out. The organisation received thousands of entries from across the world in three categories -- people, place and nature. Rediff.com......

Victims of urbanisation: India, Indonesia and China

The island city of Indonesia serves as a grim reminder of the urban squalor that awaits most Asian cities As world leaders descend once again on Rio de Janeiro next week to take stock of global......

Check out these amazing undersea structures!

Poseidon Undersea Resort is the world's first seafloor resort at Fiji island. Located 40 feet under the water in a luxurious ambience, this resort offers a unforgetable experience. The Poseidon......

Will an Indian get the world's best job?

Two Indians are in the race to get the 'best job in the world' -- caretaker of Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef -- out of 50 persons of different nationalities. They were shortlisted by......

Here's the best job in the world!

Billed as 'The best job in the world', to laze on a paradise island in Queensland in Australia for a princely salary of $150,000 has evoked offers from worldwide leading to the crash of the website......

Samoa Airline charging obese passengers more

Travel light, is what Samoa Air is telling passengers quite literally, as the airline has become the first in the world to introduce "pay as you weigh" flights in which overweight passengers have......

After the Oscars, Slumdog blossoms worldwide

The waiter at a Russian restaurant in New York's Coney Island, home to about half million Russians and immigrants from the Caucuses, gazes at a customer for a minute. "May be you are from India,"......

Review: Mud is a heartwarming story

Jeff Nichols' Mud, with its lyrical storytelling, makes for a moving watch, writes Ankur Pathak.After its debut at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Jeff Nichols' earnest film Mud has finally......

Snapped! TV stars Vivian-Vahbbiz Dsena's Honeymoon PIX

Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon actor Vivian Dsena and his actress wife Vahbbiz Dorabjee Dsena married in January this year but their hectic work schedules prevented them from having a......

Review: Jurassic Park 3D still grips you tight

Jurassic Park was a monumental achievement. Remarkably enough, the 3D version remains as towering 20 years later, Raja Sen writes.It’s been 20 years since John Hammond took us on......

'Hrithik is the hottest man in India'

Actress Taapsee is all set to make her Bollywood debut with David Dhawan's Chashme Baddoor. While she says she's not sure that she can kiss convincingly on screen, she gave us a closer look into......

Sri Lanka reeling under $23 mln debt after WC

Despite Sri Lanka's success on field at the recently concluded cricket World Cup, the Emerald Island's cricket Board has faced losses to the tune of $23million. Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday said it......

Silly Point: Will Sri Lanka butcher Kenya?

After Kenya stunned the Lankans in the 2003 World Cup, the Island nation would be keen to get their revenge and send a message to their oppostion. Rediff staffers Manu Shankar and......

Team India's cup of woes

The Caribbean Islands immediately evoke emotions of joy, fun and frolic. Yet, in two World Cup outings, first in 2007 (ODI) and now in 2010 (T20), the Indian cricket team has left its fans......

Spinners to take centre stage at World T20

In the Caribbean islands which spawned a conveyor belt of intimidating pacemen in the 1970s and 1980s, spin is poised to dominate the World T20.Gone are the days when lightning fast tracks were the......

FIFA to hold meeting on notorious Robben Island

World soccer's leaders meet this week on an island notorious for its once brutal prison but where the game offered relief and hope for hundreds of anti-apartheid activists. FIFA's executive......

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Q. The largest river island is located at?
Pravin: A. more

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Q. In what plate techtonic does mariana trench happen?
Chandaka Negi: A. Majuli is the largest island in the world and is located in the banks of Brahmaputra River more

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Q. What is Biennale and its speciality? Where is the exhibition held currently in India?
Joseph Chacko: A. The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in any of the world's oceans. It's in the western Pacific, east of the Mariana Islands (south of Japan and...... more

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Q. which is the largest bridge in the world
Kkpanda Panda: A. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art held in Kochi, Kerala. It is the first Biennale being held in India....... more

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Q. Why does God prohibit people from consuming alcohol and pork though there are more important Problems ?
Truth Exposed: A. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is Twenty Six point four miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao. more

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visit to India, starting tomorrow, to break new ground amid recent border stand-off, could also focus on the need for... ...

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Busting Indias Growth Myth & Andreessens Search for Next Big Thing

Here goes our weekly magazine of stories curated from around the world. In this edition: Busting India’s Growth Myth & Andreessen’s... ...

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Campbell-Brown leads Caribbean contingent in Diamond League

Three-time Olympic gold medallist and four-time World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown will lead about three dozen Caribbean athletes in the Adidas... ...

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6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, no tsunami

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake reportedly struck Honshu island on Saturday but no tsunami warning was issued. No damage to life or property has been... ...

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Strong 6.1 earthquake strikes off Japan coast

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japans main Honshu island today, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/333133/strong-61-earthquake-strikes-off.html

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