India has offered African countries --Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Namibia, incentives to strengthen their jewellery industry in return for direct procurement of rough diamonds from these countries.
Globally, the proportion of people who said they volunteered time fell slightly, to 21.0 per cent from 21.3 per cent.
Ambassador Natarajan Krishnan and Ambassador Shankar Bajpai helped shape Indian foreign policy at a glorious, but difficult, time in history, recalls Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'Can Tendulkar recreate the magic of his youth?', asks advertising guru Sandeep Goyal.
The tournament will be held across four cities in Bangladesh, from Jan 27 to Feb 14, 2016
Thanks to celebrity activism and widespread media attention, the magazine notes, HIV, malaria and starvation are well-known diseases of the third world. But there's another resource-draining plague afflicting these countries - smoking.
We seek out the planet's singular landscapes, including Namibia's Skeleton Coast (littered with whalebones and shipwrecks), the salt flats of Uyuni, Bolivia, the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia, Turkey and more.
Gearing up to compete in his second Under-19 World Cup, India's Sarfaraz Khan says the experience he gained through playing at senior level in domestic cricket could be beneficial to him when the junior tournament begins in Bangladesh later this month. Sarfaraz, who turns out for Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, insisted he had an unfinished business at hand in Bangladesh. "Our hopes of defending the title in 2014 were dashed when we lost to England in the quarter-finals," Sarfaraz was quoted as saying in a ICC media release.
Dehorning grabs the spotlight again after the death of the last male northern white rhino.
A glimpse of the 854 (Rs 77,400)-a-night safari where the British royal's love blossomed with the American star.
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Pssst, India's Royal Rajasthan on Wheels is listed among these great rail journeys.
VSO an international development charity that works through volunteers invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities program.
The 33-year-old has Tendulkar and Pakistani skipper Inzamam-ul Haq for company in the elite 10,000 club.
Doctors are warning that the disease is targeting adults who had probably missed childhood vaccination, and have thus not developed a natural immunity.
Former Afghanistan skipper Nawroz Mangal, under whose leadership his side secured an ODI status in the 2009 World Cup Qualifiers and then qualified for the 2010 World T20 event, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect in order to take up a role of the national chief selector. While confirming the news of Mangal's appointment in the selection panel, Shafiqullah Stanikzai, the Afghanistan Cricket Board's chief executive officer, said it is an honour for Afghanistan cricket that a player like the 32-year-old, who has a big fan following and respect among others, is the chief selector.
VSO, an international development charity that works through volunteers, invites applications for its Overseas Volunteering Opportunities programme.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers of the Pakistan team from cricket World Cups.
Hrithik Roshan overshadows Abhishek Bachchan in the spectacular sequel.
Mithali Raj will come out with her autobiography next year which will provide a candid and revealing look into her personal and sporting life.
Cricket Kenya will replace the disbanded Kenya Cricket Association and prepare the team for their Intercontinental Cup qualifying round match against Namibia on February 22.
The top seeded Australian pulled out of the PSA Otters Open Squash due to an injury.
England players, after spending Wednesday night at Johannesburg airport, hope ICC calls off their tour to Zimbabwe.
The medal table of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
India cruised into the Super League as they crushed a disappointing Scotland by eight wickets.
Ireland beat Kenya by six wickets to win the first-class competition involving 12 non-Test playing countries.
The left-hander was named the new captain of Kenya as selectors were forced to name a second string squad because of a boycott by the nation's top cricketers.
The winner of the ICC Six Nations Challenge will play both Australia and New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Schedule of Indian athletes in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Monday (July 29).
The Namibian was regarded as one of the great African sprinters but he never won an Olympic title in his career.
USA will now travel England for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where they will take on Australia and New Zealand.
Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says Vikram Johri.
Andy Blignaut, who was hit for 96 runs in nine overs on Wednesday, stands third in the list of most expensive ODI bowling figures
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