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Images To Remember 2024

Some more glimpses from the year gone by. Part 1 In The Series: Yes, It Happened This Year IMAGE: Cows and buffaloes wade into the polluted Yamuna river on a smoggy morning in New Delhi,......

Wah! The Super Moon!

Glimpses of the Super Moon rising over skylines and landmarks of the world. Also known as the Blue Moon and Sturgeon Moon, it is the first of four Super Moons expected this year. The phenomenon......

Blue Moon Lights Up The Sky

The Super Blue Moon lit the skies in Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Srinagar and Bhopal on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. It's not actually a blue moon neither does it coincides with the phrase 'Once in a......

G20 Summit: Time For India To Raise Stature

'The group commands 85 per cent of the global GDP, and if you are able to convey your point of view effectively to this group then you have reached more or less all the important players that......

India, Greece elevate ties to strategic level; vow to double bilateral trade

India and Greece on Friday elevated their ties to strategic partnership, vowed to double bilateral trade by 2030 and agreed to seal a migration and mobility pact soon with Prime Minister Narendra......

What's Bipasha Celebrating?

Film folk have been celebrating these last few days. Here's looking at just how. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bipasha Basu/Instagram Bipasha Basu enjoys the Mauritian sun while celebrating her eighth......

Just Where Are These Stars Holidaying?

Summer's over, but vacation time clearly is not! Movie stars are continuing to holiday -- and sometimes work -- in exotic locations. Please click on the images for a closer look at where the......

Shooting legend Sunny Thomas passes away

Former India shooting coach Sunny Thomas, under whose tutelage the sport achieved some historic highs including multiple Olympic medals, died on Wednesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. IMAGE:......

Paralympics glory beckons for vegetable vendor's son

Jhandu Kumar, who has polio-affected legs since birth, has switched from shot put and discus throw to weightlifting. He has qualified for the World Championship, to be held in Egypt in October. Now......

From Olympic gold to IOC throne: Kirsty Coventry's historic rise

IMAGE: Kirsty Coventry's journey from the Olympic podium to the highest office in sport has been marked by excellence, resilience, and reform. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters Kirsty......

Coventry makes history as IOC's first female president

IMAGE: As the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry will now be tasked with steering the Olympic Movement into a new era, overseeing future Games. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters Kirsty......

Kenya's Kipkorir provisionally suspended for doping

IMAGE: Kenya's Brimin Kipkorir Misoi finishes first in the Athens Marathon, at Athens, Greece, November 11, 2018. Photograph: Costas Baltas/Reuters Kenyan marathon runner Brimin Kipkorir has been......