Still, the earliest India will get to experience Apple online will be early 2020 and the company's first fully-owned signature store should be up around 2022 -- almost two decades after it had opened its first store worldwide, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
High travel volumes from the disease affected areas in the America, presence of mosquitoes capable of transmitting the virus and limited health resources can lead to Zika virus.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said the money was worth it.
"From a very early age, I imagined myself playing powerful characters," she says, and she proves it with her filmography.
The spirit of Christmas is on show in streets across the world, with Christmas lights displays popping up in people's front yards.
David Cameron, who became Britain's youngest prime minister since 1812 when he won elections in 2010, on Friday surprised everyone by securing a majority for the Conservatives against all odds to allow his party to govern alone for the first time in more than two decades.
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May be the strong United States growth will lead the world back to a period of growth and help us all put this painful recrimination behind us.
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Modi has been relentless in building his brand regardless of banks having a problem of fraudulent and unauthorised transactions with his companies.
'She really doesn't care if she is called heartless.' 'For her, the job needs to be done. That's all that matters.'
'Sci-fi is a very expensive genre; I need to become a much bigger star for people to invest that kind of money in me.' 1920 London actor Sharman Joshi talks about his favourite genre, and why he won't be doing it anytime soon.
Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is the third scientist to be awarded the highest civilian award -- Bharat Ratna, a crowning glory of his inexorable list of outstanding achievements.
UK visas may be auctioned off to overseas millionaires or "sold" in exchange for donations to hospitals and universities under new government proposals.
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara also operated all women crew flights, though on their domestic network.
Rafael Nadal will return to his old routine in a bid to recapture the Wimbledon crown.
Europe reigns supreme among the world's most innovative nations.
Palestinian swimmer Mary al-Atrash can't wait to make a splash at the Rio Olympics in August, but participation, rather than a podium finish, is probably the best she can hope for.
'Creativity and invention come from engaging with the physical world.' 'This is something that we in the upper classes of India do not do as much as the rest of the world,' says Aakar Patel.
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
Four Indian Paralympics medal winners at the Rio Games last month -- Devendra Jhajharia, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Deepa Malik and Varun Singh Bhati -- were on Monday felicitated by a host of personalities, including cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
It was just outside the stadium that Vichai crashed in the helicopter he used to take off from the pitch and fly back to London after games.
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The cultured beef burger was created after five years of research at an institute in the Netherlands
'They are not affected by ISIS' sentiment of avenging the suffering of the global ummah.' 'They have a huge ummah of their own in India, a huge Muslim population.' 'And because of that, they have to take into consideration the political and social conditions of Muslims in India.' 'They have to express themselves in a more political way and not through terrorism.'
'Both India and Japan can find themselves in a win-win situation if they draw some lessons from each other's strengths,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
Devastation struck Venezuela when oil prices started collapsing in 1982, following a global oil glut. The country's economy contracted overnight.
A round-up of results from the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday
An army of 'book fairies' are anonymously dropping off some delightful books in public places across the world.
Veteran British journalist and broadcaster Sir David Frost, best known for his series of interviews with disgraced United States President Richard Nixon, has died after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship. He was 74.
Tourists aged 18 and over would be forced to hand over 3,000 pounds for a six-month visit visa
Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.
The United States has named former tennis star Billie Jean King, one of the first prominent athletes to publicly acknowledge her homosexuality, to be in the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where Russia's anti-gay policies have stirred controversy.
Sterling was last at $1.4450, having carved out a massive range of $1.4000 to $1.5022.
It's unfair to over-emphasise Urjit Patel's shy and reticent image.
The Congress scion will step into his mother Sonia Gandhi's shoes as the party president next week.
'If the school of bluffers includes those who get to the top not from deep knowledge but from delivering 'a clever quip or a leftfield surprise argument', then Modi is the undisputed Bluffocrat Emeritus,' says Sunil Sethi.
'Not allowing people to speak or listen is the biggest act of anti-nationalism,' says Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, one of India's finest poets.
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