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US sting operation busts sham varsity racket, hundreds of Indian students face deportation
World | Apr 06, 2016, 11:35 AM ISTWashington: US law enforcement agencies Tuesday arrested 21 people, including 10 Indian Americans, on charges of visa fraud involving about 1,000 foreign students,primarily from China and India to extend their stay in America illegally.
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Humans lived with ‘Siberian Unicorn’, claims American science journal
World | Apr 02, 2016, 09:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: A long-extinct animal similar to the long-horned rhinoceros may have lived with human beings on our planet 29,000 years ago, researchers claimed after finding a skull in Kazakhstan. According to the American Journal
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Defence Expo will boost India-US defence ties: US Consul General Thomas L Vajda
India | Mar 27, 2016, 07:37 PM ISTAmerica's participation in the Defence Expo will be a boost to the 'Make in India' campaign as several companies from that country are interested in setting up a base here, the US Consul General said today.
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World considers a Trump presidency, and many shudder
World | Mar 03, 2016, 09:24 AM ISTBrussels: Following Donald Trump's breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America's next
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OMG! Priyanka Chopra was called an 'Arab Terrorist' in America
Bollywood | Mar 02, 2016, 06:41 PM ISTNew Delhi: Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra is taking over the west world with her new ventures everyday. First it was her role in American TV series Quantico, then her stint as presenter at Oscars 2016
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6 Indian-Americans among early-career scientists honoured by Barack Obama
World | Feb 19, 2016, 02:45 PM ISTWashington: Six Indian-Americans are among a talented group of 106 scientists and engineers who will be honoured by US President Barack Obama with a prestigious award, the highest US government prize for young independent researchers.The
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Obama visits US mosque, says 'Attack on Islam is attack on all faith'
World | Feb 04, 2016, 12:28 PM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama in his first visit to an American mosque as president declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all faiths in what is seen as a move to counter
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Zika virus outbreak: India put on alert, to issue travel advisory
India | Jan 30, 2016, 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: With Zika virus 'spreading extensively', the Government of India is considering issuing travel advisory asking pregnant women to avoid travel to the countries affected with the mosquito-borne virus.The Zika virus, which causes microcephaly,
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Leaked! FB eyes integrating user profiles with their WhatsApp accounts
Jan 29, 2016, 10:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: After a recent announcement that WhatsApp will be free for life for its users, the popular chat platform will soon come up with a new feature enabling its users to share their account
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ISIS taunts US in new video, says Western troops are weaker than jihadis
World | Nov 26, 2015, 11:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a desperate effort to worry the United States, terror outfit Islamic State has released a new video taunting America to 'bring it on' claiming that the nation is full of false politicians.The
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China's new J-31 fighter based on stolen designs of American F-35?
World | Nov 13, 2015, 03:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concern in US has grown rapidly with China's push to sell its J-31 stealth fighter to international customers at the Dubai airshow as the technical specs of twin-engine jets bear striking resemblance to
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American mediation on Kashmir not demand, just a wish: Sartaj Aziz
World | Oct 24, 2015, 02:50 PM ISTWashington: Rebuffed by the Obama administration on its effort to seek US intervention on Kashmir, Pakistan has said that it has never made such a "demand" and just presented its wish list to Americans on
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Cheating software 'not corporate decision': Volkswagen
Oct 09, 2015, 11:11 AM ISTWashington : The CEO of Volkswagen Group of America apologised for the software that was installed in its diesel vehicles to deceive environmental regulators, but he said a handful of "individuals" were responsible for the
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NASA to create Star Trek-style 'Tractor Beam'
World | Sep 07, 2015, 09:33 PM ISTWashington: NASA has joined hands with an American technology company to develop a Star Trek-style 'tractor beam' that can manipulate objects in space.The tractor beam would be able to attract one satellite to another or
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ISRO to launch 9 nano/micro American satellites
India | Aug 04, 2015, 08:36 PM ISTBengaluru: Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) will be launching nine nano/ micro satellites for United States during 2015-16 time frame.This will be the first time that Isro will launch a US satellite."As on date, Antrix
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India, US have stake in each other's economic future: Indian envoy
World | Jul 17, 2015, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: India's lowering of barriers to investment and encouraging business expansion will help US and Indian companies to further increase their presence in each other's country, according to Indian ambassador Arun K. Singh."The exchange is
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Rear of the Year winner Daniel Radcliffe promises to show 'rear' again
Hollywood | Jul 14, 2015, 06:43 PM ISTLos Angeles: Rear of the Year winner actor Daniel Radcliffe has promised to "get his b**t out a lot more" in the future."Thank you to everyone who voted for me for Rear of the Year.
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World can't be only subject to US, West: Chinese daily
World | Jul 09, 2015, 01:00 PM ISTBeijing: The world cannot be only subject to the US and the West, said a state-run Chinese daily which warned that "things will get tough if Washington suspects any organization that includes China and Russia".Global
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Messi laments Copa America loss
Football | Jul 07, 2015, 10:29 PM ISTBuenos Aires: Argentina's talismanic striker Lionel Messi has taken to Facebook to lament the loss in the Copa America final against Chile on Saturday.But the 28-year-old four-time Footballer of the Year did not forget to
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First US-made Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, shotguns up for sale
World | Jul 01, 2015, 08:59 PM ISTWASHINGTON: Kalashnikov assault rifles - they are not just Russian anymore. The guns, popular with terrorists and national armies in Asia and Africa, are now being manufactured in America and are up for sale. Kalashnikov USA announced