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France's high-speed rail network 'attacked' ahead of Olympics

Arson attacks and other 'malicious acts' has hit France's high speed train network, disrupting the transport system, the country's national rail operator said on Friday, hours before the opening......

Virus Made Us Love the Internet Again

The wave of enthusiasm for digital technology had faded as we'd grown more and more worried about what smartphones and social media were doing to society and to us as individuals.Now that......

PHOTOS: The life and times of Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has reached a milestone birthday. As the Queen celebrates her 90th birthday, and a grateful Britain will honor a woman who......

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

Here’s your weekly digest of the most Weird, True and Funny News from the across the globe. 1) Meet Claudio the man born with an upside down head A man born with physical disabilities......

So what's keeping Modi's junior ministers busy?

Three months after the current govt effected the first Cabinet expansion, Nivedita Mookerji & Sanjeeb Mukherjee takes a look at how busy the junior ministers are in NDA regime Several junior......

How brands are bringing it on at Rio Olympics

For the first time ever, the largest ever contingent to the Games has around six official brand partners, with a combined value touching Rs 10 crore. This is more than three times the amount that......

UIDAI offered undue favour to Wipro: CAG

Government auditor CAG has flagged "undue favour" to Wipro Ltd by UIDAI, which manages Aadhaar, in a maintenance contract involving an avoidable expenditure of nearly Rs 5 crore (Rs 50 million).......

Amazon, Jio, Facebook, Star, Sony in IPL fray

'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge."Urvi Malvania reports on the bidding frenzy for IPL rights. The battle for the......

PM for cashless society, shield for water resources

In Mann ki Baat, Modi says need to reduce black money in system, monsoon delay a cause for concern In Sunday's broadcast of Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on the need......

Overhead TV camera falls in Olympic park, injures two

IMAGE: A woman is transported to an ambulance after being hit by an overhead television camera that fell and injured two people near the Olympic Park venues for basketball and judo. Photograph:......

Rio Olympics to have eight track and field morning finals

Eight track and field finals, including the women's 10,000 metres and men's triple jump, will be held during morning sessions at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the International Association of......

Indian-born wrestler in Australia's Olympic squad

India-born wrestler Sandeep Kumar has created history by becoming the first foreign-origin sportsperson to make the cut for the Australian Olympics-bound contingent. Sandeep, 25, who migrated to......

US won't send officials to Beijing Winter Olympics

'The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games given the PRC's ongoing genocide and crimes against......

This Olympic champ says he was victim of child trafficking

IMAGE: Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah celebrates. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the......