Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
"I don't need to prove anything else. What else can I do to prove to the world? I am the greatest" Bolt told reporters.
While the list of CEOs given to the French media mentioned Gautam Adani, the list given to the Indian media omitted his name.
Against the backdrop of a row over Sanskrit replacing German in government run schools in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India's secularism is not so weak that it will be "shaken" because of a language and there was a need for having "self-confidence".
The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for its long-term role in uniting the continent, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Friday.
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Self-taught textile designer Gaurang Shah, who calls himself an entrepreneur, talks about reviving khadi and working with rural artisans.
Deutsche Bank's new co-CEO Anshu Jain has voiced his support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's austerity drive to tackle the euro zone debt crisis.
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Indian hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand will be conferred with the 'Bharat Gaurav' Lifetime Achivement Award by NRI orgainsation Sanskriti Yuva Sangstha at the House of Commons inside the British Parliament of July 25.
If you have pursued your bachelor's degree from elsewhere, studying a master's programme in public universities in Germany is easier as 80% of the universities are free, says Sushil Sukhwani.
British 1,500 metres runner Lisa Dobriskey has pulled out of next month's world championships in Moscow due to a leg injury, she said on Tuesday.
The German government has approved a substantial USD 190 million (Rs 1,007 crore) contribution annually to bankroll an Afghan army, post withdrawal of foreign forces in 2014 from the war-torn country.
A jihadi Telegram -- an encrypted messaging service popular with militants -- praised the economic chaos that came in the wake of the EU Referendum and urged followers to strike at the heart of mainland Europe.
Amitabh Bachhan, Lady Gaga, Mahatma Gandhi are among the 50 figures who will be part of the wax museum.
QS recently released its list of the 50 most student friendly cities in the world.
Special CBI Judge Manoj Jain awarded jail term to Lance Naik Suresh Babu after holding him guilty of hatching a criminal conspiracy and committing cheating and forgery by furnishing incorrect particulars to the Ministry of External Affairs to obtain passports for them.
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Al Qaeda was plotting to carry out audacious terror attacks in Europe similar to the 26/11 Mumbai strikes, a "treasure trove" of documents embedded inside a porn movie seized from a terrorist returning from Pakistan has revealed.
The Income Tax officials, having a tenure of three years, will function from the Indian Missions in Washington DC (the US), London (the UK), Berlin (Germany), Paris (France), The Hague (Netherlands), Abu Dhabi (the UAE), Cyprus (Nicosia) and Japan (Tokyo).
Former world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya qualified for the London Olympics on Friday when she eased to victory in one minute 59.58 seconds at a Yellow Pages Series meeting.
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Germany central defender Jerome Boateng has questioned whether England have enough quality to excel at next month's European Championship. Despite having the world's richest league, England go into the competition in France having not won a major tournament since landing the 1966 World Cup on home soil. "England beat us 3-2 in Berlin (in March) but I do not know if in matters of quality and consistency they have enough for an entire tournament," Boateng told German Railway DB Mobil magazine.
Sarri was without Cristiano Ronaldo for the trip to the Gewiss Stadium as the Portuguese forward recovers from a knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League meeting with Atletico Madrid in Turin.
A Separation is the first Iranian film to win an Oscar in the Foreign Language Film category.
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