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An Indian-American wins Spelling Bee for 6th straight year

Arvind Mahankali from New York has scripted history by winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee for 2013, becoming the sixth Indian-American to win the title in a row. Arvind, from New York,......

Pawar meets Sonia, assures support to any UPA candidate

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and assured her of support to any candidate that the United Progressive Alliance puts forth. "I told her......

Pak court admits plea to prevent sacking of Kayani

A Pakistani court has admitted a petition seeking to block any attempt by the government to sack army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General......

TotalFinaElf keen on ONGC pie

French oil major TotalFinaElf is keen on taking stake in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's deep-sea oil and gas blocks.Senior officials of the French oil concern have already held at......

BSE calls off merger of GIFT City unit with NSE

The stock exchange BSE has called off the merger of its unit at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City International Financial Services Centre (GIFT IFSC), India International Exchange......

Will Tata Steel's global stride with new deal aid profitability?

It was August 2007. Tata Steel was turning 100. Jamshedpur, its hometown, had an air of celebration. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters The line-up for the special event included the launch of Air......

How Modi sarkar can put the economy back on track

In putting the country's economy back on the rails, it is best that Modi and Jaitley draw on grass-roots feedback and their own practical sense and native wisdom without allowing themselves to be......

Countries need to focus on growth now, austerity next

It is not only India that has had a disastrous fourth quarter in calendar year 2012. All major advanced economies - the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the larger euro zone,......

FINA postpones 2021 World C'ships to May 2022

IMAGE: The new dates for the FINA World Championships also avoids any overlap with the 2022 Commonwealth Games, due to be held in the British city of Birmingham from July 27 to August 7.......

Seven Russian swimmers ineligible for Rio Games: FINA

FINA has ruled that seven Russian swimmers, including breaststroke medal hopeful Yulia Efimova, are ineligible to compete in the Rio Olympics, world swimming's governing body said on Monday. The......

FINA says aquatic roof needed

The World Swimming Federation (FINA) on Thursday disassociated itself completely from what it said were wrong and unauthorised comments by a press official that Greek Olympic organisers should......

Stunning pics from the FINA World Swim Championships

Swimming as a sport has gone through many changes and has evolved as one of the most graceful and spectacular sport. Swimmers leave the audience in awe as they perform somersaults, pikes, twists......

Olympic swim champ won't be silenced by new FINA rules

'Athletes are always entitled to freedom of speech and when we detect that something is wrong and there's cheating, then why shouldn’t we have a voice?' IMAGE: Britain's Olympic......