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FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: India face USA in opening match on 6 Oct
Football | Jul 07, 2017, 09:33 PM ISTThe FIFA U-17 World Cup draw announces in New Delhi, India placed along USA, Ghana, and Colombia in Group A,
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Cops in Colombia work overtime to ensure romance of Valentine's Day isn't spoiled by drugs
World | Feb 14, 2017, 04:50 PM ISTCocaine is probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses. But every year, police and growers in Colombia must work around the clock to make sure that the romance of Valentine's Day
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Amid fears of resurgent civil war, Nobel Peace Prize for Colombian President Manuel Santos
World | Oct 07, 2016, 05:25 PM ISTOwing up to his efforts in bringing a 50-year-long civil war in the South American nation to an end, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Santos managed to conclude
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Indian-American professor wins $625,000 MacArthur
World | Sep 30, 2015, 12:26 PM ISTWashington: Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a "genius grant" of $625,000 with no strings attached.Chandran, an IIT Roorkee
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Mother and Baby rescued four days after Colombia plane crash
World | Jun 26, 2015, 07:46 AM ISTBogota: A Colombian woman who survived a plane crash with her months-old baby was rescued four days after they were lost in the jungle.Maria Nelly Murillo and her child were aboard a twin-engine Cessna that
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Lawsuit against US Army for not enlisting Sikh student
World | Nov 13, 2014, 09:39 AM ISTWashington: Two US-based rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the US Army for allegedly not enlisting a Sikh student in the Reserve Officer Training Corps programme, unless he shaved his beard and cut his
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District of Columbia extends contract with Infosys
Mar 17, 2014, 04:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Infosys today said that the District of Columbia in the US has extended its IT contract to implement the next phase of health insurance and Medicaid modernisation programme. Last year in January, the
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DC United set for $300M football-only stadium
Football | Jul 26, 2013, 07:16 AM ISTWashington July 26: DC United and city officials signed an agreement Thursday that would keep the Major League Soccer franchise in the District of Columbia with a new, $300 million football-only stadium.The city and the
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Indian origin researcher promotes science among poor US kids
World | Jul 19, 2012, 02:00 PM ISTHarlem,Jul19 :He might be involved in high-profile cancer research as a scientist, but Indian-origin scholar Satyajit Bhattacharya is giving back to the local community in his adopted country by helping economically backward children realise their