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Name Games Countries Play

What's in a name, did you wonder? Plenty, it would seem, going by the name change carried out by various nations. Most changes have been cosmetic, like dropping/adding a term like 'republic......

2 Indian peacekeepers killed in Congo during violent protests

Two Border Security Force personnel, who were part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, were killed on Tuesday during violent protests in the Central......

Indian establishments in Congo attacked in backlash

Indian shops and establishments in Congo’s capital Kinshasa were attacked and gunshots fired injuring two Indians, in apparent backlash against the killingof a Congolese national here that......

IMAGE: 32 killed as UN plane crashes in Congo

A United Nations plane with 33 people onboard crashed while attempting to land amid torrential rain in the DR Congo capital of Kinshasa on Monday, killing 32. The United Nations' office in New......

The taxi drivers' guide to world politics

"All I learnt was from taxi drivers," confess some journalists in private after visits to difficult or dangerous locales. You may have noticed it yourself, if you are an avid reader of reports by......

10 most dangerous places to work

Children dressed in costume sit together during a party celebrating. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters A recent MBA graduate, Puneet Kohli, got a job offer from a global commodity giant to join their......

Getting ready for the Baahubali juggernaut!

Prepping for the Baahubali juggernaut, remembering a toddler Vinod Khanna and making Deepika Padukone dance to Jennifer Lopez’s tunes, Sukanya Verma's super filmi week was pretty eventful.......

Makelele to join Paris St Germain from Chelsea

French midfielder Claude Makelele is to join Paris St Germain from Chelsea, the Ligue 1 club said on Monday. The 35-year-old former international would be presented at a news conference later in......

Two tales of struggle and answering the call of the Olympic dream

Indian Judoka, Avtar Singh's parents take maiden flight to cheer son, who will go up against Pople Misenga from the Olympic Refugee Team. Read on about the intense and interesting story of......

Rumble in the Jungle shook the world

The Rumble in the Jungle was the greatest boxing spectacle of the 20th century, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Photograph: Stewart Cook/Getty Images It almost didn't......

No Rumble in the Jungle for Ali and Frazier

Laila Ali will not fight Jacqui Frazier in Kinshasa on the 30th anniversary of the "Rumble in the Jungle", the boxer's manager said on Tuesday."It's absolutely false," Ali's promoter and husband......

PIX: Portugal, Poland, Senegal punch ticket to Qatar World Cup

Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday. IMAGE: Portugal's Bruno Fernandes (2nd from right) celebrates with teammates after scores their second......