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Former captain Smith, who has endured boos from the home crowds for his role in last year's ball-tampering scandal but has responded by piling up 671 runs in five innings, said it was incredibly special to retain the Ashes in England, something Australia have not done for 18 years.
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Here are all the sidelights from the swearing-in ceremony.
Long hours, over a decade spent in education, and eventually an erratic personal life. Yet, medicine is a noble profession, and one that is not for the faint-hearted.
Mujhe bahar nikalo (Pull me out) had been her repeated plea, he said.
India's worst tour of Australia in the last 45 years ended on Friday when their faint hopes of qualifying for the tri-series finals were dashed with Sri Lanka pulling off a nail-biting nine-run victory over Australia in the last league in Melbourne.
Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
Soon after being discharged, Mishra said he would go to the offices of the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Central Board of Direct Taxes to lodge complaints against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whom he had accused of corruption.
Australia's makeshift pace attack tore through India's formidable batting unit to secure a 122-run victory on the fourth day of the first Test in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Gathering wild cliff honey in China's Yunnan province is not for the faint-hearted -- honey hunters face swarms of bees and are stung repeatedly while suspended from rope ladders. Kevin Frayer, a photographer with Getty, recently went honey hunting with a group of ethnic Lisu people in China's mountainous Yunnan province.
A young girl died of suffocation at a overcrowded concert of American musician Skrillex in Gurgaon near Delhi on Sunday.
Yuvan Shankar Raja moves out of his comfort zone with this one.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini donated Rs 50 crroe to the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, which plans to transform hordes into urban practitioners and may save our cities by doing so.
Shrinivas Chandrasekaran, a Mumbai-based software engineer who works as a video analyst with the Bangladesh cricket team said that initially they didn't even realise that it was a terror attack.
Passengers claimed they were trapped inside the train for over an hour and did not receive any help from authorities even after calling the helpline repeatedly.
Record first win since 'sandpaper gate'
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England striker Andy Carroll scored his first goals for Liverpool with a double in a 3-0 defeat of fourth-placed Manchester City on Monday to maintain their faint hopes of Champions League football next season.
Rajasthan Royals, who have won their last two games, will look for another victory against RCB and keep their hopes alive of making it to the IPL play-offs.
Alok Nath recount his memorable experience of working with Sir Richard Attenborough in Gandhi.
There's nothing innovative in Green Lantern that you may not have seen in films of similar genre.
The former advisor to P Chidambaram explains why he is substituting the urban delights of London for the maddening drawbacks of Delhi.
UEFA President Michel Platini was discharged from a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday and given a clean bill of health after fainting in a restaurant on Friday night.
India's foremost grand strategist shaped policy from the outside, seeking to enhance India's power without seeking any for himself, says Sanjaya Baru
AS Roma kept alive their faint hopes of landing a Champions League spot next season with an eye-catching 1-0 victory over Chievo Verona at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.
Had he not been a student, admirer and follower of Amartya Sen, T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan feels it might have been a Padma Bhushan.
Victory in the fourth Test at Old Trafford meant the Australians could not lose the series and the 2-2 scoreline meant they retained the urn.
Chelsea scored two late goals to beat a toothless Manchester City side 2-0 on Sunday and keep alive their faint hopes of retaining the Premier League title.
Bayern Munich came from a goal down to ease past hosts Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 on Saturday and remain firmly on course to retain the Bundesliga title with four games remaining. The Bavarians are within touching distance of their eighth consecutive league crown, but Leverkusen's 17-year-old Florian Wirtz stole some of the spotlight at the end, becoming the youngest Bundesliga scorer when he netted in the 89th minute.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, around 20 injured students under the Jamia Coordination Committee narrated what they claimed were police brutalities. The students claimed over 50 of them received injuries on their chest, stomach and their private parts during the scuffle.
The rally was taken out to showcase the public angst against the steeply rising prices of commodities drew BJP supporters from across the country.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith played down the hype being attached to Saturday's World Cup match against India, saying he does not consider it more important than the others.
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His family found an old man on a bed soaked through with urine at the J J Hospital. The man whose name drew thousands to public meetings was requesting anyone who cared to listen to change his bedsheets. But there was no one to do so.
Mbappe and Benzema inspire France to 2-0 win against Finland
It is a tribute to India's democracy, however flawed, that the very same MPs who had harangued her intermittently from Opposition benches now surged towards her, anxiety writ large on their faces. One offered her some homoeopathic tablets, another advised her to stay seated, another grasped her hand wishing her good health... the crowd parted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi strode up to congratulate her. But it was mostly well-wishers from the Opposition and the NDA that kept the finance minister cocooned with good wishes until it was time to leave, reports Aditi Phadnis.
'At this age we all know that death is inevitable, but everyone wants to die with dignity.' 'The judges have given the answer.'
Awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri, Pandit Jasraj also popularised semi-classical music like 'haveli sangeet' and reached out to devotees with his 'bhajans', a particular favourite for his fans being "Om Namo Bhagavate" in praise of Lord Krishna.
There is a strong possibility that Danny Boyle and some of his other off-screen collaborators on 127 Hours may find themselves nominated again.
