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Australian school bans Harry Potter books

A Christian school in Melbourne, Australia, has banned Harry Potter books saying it promotes witchcraft as normal. Buy Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at the Rediff Book Store. J K......

Revisiting the Miracle of Dunkirk

Seventy-seven years ago, 338,000 British soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk in France, a stunning great escape which helped Britain avoid defeat in World War II.On July 21, 2017,......

UN World Toilet Day: '600 million in India defecate in open'

With over 600 million people in India or 53 per cent of Indian households defecating in the open, absence of toilet or latrine is one of the important contributors to malnutrition, a World Bank......

Houston firm might have found lung cancer cure

Marking a first for Houston, Agennix, a private biotechnology company, is awaiting approvals from the Food and Drug Administration, for its revolutionary drug to treat lung cancer, according to the......

Sachin is Aviva Life brand ambassador

Aviva Life Insurance, a joint venture between UK's biggest insurer Aviva and Dabur, has roped in master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador and named its new child insurance policy after......

Life Is (very) Good for these brothers

Bert and John Jacobs have those dream jobs that the rest of us, well, dream about. They wear shorts, sandals and T-shirts to work and take midday breaks to play Ultimate Frisbee.They brainstorm......

Nude Marilyn Monroe picture on sale for 5k pounds

A nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe is on sale for 5000 pounds. Christie's will hold a specialist sale in November to sell the 1962 photograph of Monroe, taken shortly before she died. The......

Review: Mary Poppins Returns will put a smile on your faces

It's worth a watch, Aarush S promises. It's not easy to reboot a perfect classic. When Julie Andrews floated down from the London skies in Disney's Mary Poppins, she was so impressive......

Lindsay Lohan goes nude!

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan has posed nude for the latest issue of New York magazine, recreating Marilyn Monroe's most famous photo spreads. The Mean Girls star bared all in the latest issue......

Can Sri Lanka pip India to WTC final?

IMAGE: Sri Lanka, who are third in the WTC rankings, will need to beat New Zealand 2-0 to have a chance of playing in June's final at The Oval. Photograph: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Coach......

Mitchell, Blundell bag NZ cricket honours

New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell on Thursday won the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee Medal at the New Zealand Cricket Awards for his standout performances in the year, especially in......

SA bowler Whitehead picks up all 10 wickets in a first-class innings

IMAGE: South Western Districts spin-bowling all-rounder Sam Whitehead took 10/36 to register the best figures in 115 years in South African domestic cricket. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty......

World Athletics PIX: Watson wins a thriller to claim 400m gold!

Watson pips Hudson-Smith to take 400m gold IMAGE: Jamaica's Antonio Watson crosses the line to win the men's 400m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Thursday. Photograph:......

Ashwin breaks over 100-year-old record!

First spinner in over 100 years to get a wicket off first ball of an innings IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates with Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran......