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  5 things to know about the Berlin Wall

  World | January 02, 2015 10:55 IST

  Berlin: The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago on Sunday, a key event in the collapse of communism and the preface to Germany's reunification in 1990.The anniversary is being celebrated in Berlin with concerts, speeches

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  Know about Nripendra Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM Modi

  India | July 12, 2014 11:46 IST

  New Delhi: Nripendra Mishra, PM Narendra Modi's principal secretary, has a way of working with politicians across the ideological spectrum and those who have worked with him swear by his impeccable administration skills. The functional

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  Know about Vadnagar in Gujarat, the birthplace of Narendra Modi

  India | September 17, 2014 10:10 IST

  Vadnagar(Gujarat): Cobbled narrow lanes. Old two-storey homes. An ancient temple. A lake in the heart of the town.  These are the first impressions of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's home town - the dusty, sleepy

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  Know about India's Air-to-Air Missile Astra

  India | June 12, 2014 7:10 IST

  New Delhi: India on Saturday conducted a successful ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra - Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile - from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air

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  Know about Ethiopian tribe girls who have lip plates implanted at puberty

  World | August 06, 2014 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: It may look odd to us, but in the Ethiopian Suri tribe, this enormous lip plate is actually a sign of beauty. When girls hit puberty they have their bottom two teeth removed

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  Know about Lathmar Holi of Barsana, when women beat men with sticks

  India | March 17, 2014 6:27 IST

  New Delhi: Holi is a festival of colours celebrated across northern, eastern  and western India. Legend has it that Lord Krishna used to play this festival of colours with his consort Radha and other Gopis

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  Know about INS Kolkata, victim of another naval mishap

  India | March 08, 2014 6:28 IST

  New Delhi: In another twist to the ongoing mishaps in Indian Navy , another naval ship INS Kolkata, under construction, met with an accident  on Friday. A commander rank officer of the Kolkata class destroyer

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  Know about Indian Army's mysterious Operation Leech

  India | October 12, 2014 11:00 IST

  New Delhi: ‘Operation Leech' has remained one of those mysteries from the murky world of intelligence, where ruthless killings and double agents aren't unheard of.On February 12, 1998, the Indian Army claimed in New Delhi

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  Know about Balaji temple in Rajasthan, a place to exorcise ghosts

  India | October 12, 2014 11:06 IST

  New Delhi: For people, who don't believe in ghosts,  this is the place to come where evil spirits are exorcised.Mehandipur Balaji temple is located in Dausa district of Rajasthan, 255 km away from Delhi.  There

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  Know about Kejriwal's Swaraj Bill for Delhi

  India | February 13, 2014 6:10 IST

  New Delhi: Even before the Jan Lokpal Bill is tabled in Delhi Assembly, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party has come up with its Swaraj Bill which, it says, may prove to be the flashpoint

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  All you wanted to know about AIIMS 2014 Exam

  India | June 05, 2014 9:15 IST

  New Delhi: AIIMS Entrance Exam stands for All Indian Institute of Medical Science which is conducted for acquiring admissions to MCh/ MHA/ DM/ Ph.D programs. This medical entrance exam is directed by All India Institute

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  Know about Ghatak commandos, the invincible Special Forces of India

  India | August 08, 2014 8:30 IST

  New Delhi: In order to equip the Indian Army in fighting insurgency, government decided to roll out Ghatak Platoon to make the infantry more effective. Ghatak Platoon, or Ghatak Commandos, is a special operations capable

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  Know about the most powerful NASA rocket SLS, which can lift 130 tonnes into orbit

  World | August 26, 2014 7:57 IST

  New Delhi: US space agency NASA has revealed stunning new pictures of its SLS (Space Launch System) on Wednesday. This SLS will eventually be capable of lifting 130 tonnes into orbit.It is set to become

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  Know about womb transplants in Sweden, first babies to be born next year

  World | January 15, 2014 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: The womb transplant or uterine transplant is the surgical procedure whereby a healthy uterus is transplanted into an organism whose uterus is absent or diseased.As part of the normal mammalian sexual reproduction process,

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  Know about IAF's Operation Poomalai in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

  India | December 29, 2013 7:12 IST

  New Delhi: On the 4th of June 1987, India stopped the siege of Jaffna by the Sri Lankan army. It was a humanitarian intervention but also a symbolic gesture.  And the Sri Lankan president Jayewardene

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  Know about the innovative instrument which can picture exoplanets

  World | June 16, 2014 7:40 IST

  New Delhi: An exoplanet is a planet outside the Solar System. For centuries philosophers and scientists supposed that extrasolar planets existed, but there was no way of detecting them.The first confirmed detection of exoplanet came

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  Know about the world's scariest castle Hunedoara in Romania

  World | June 20, 2014 7:07 IST

  New Delhi: Hunedoara is the most frightening castle It is is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, in the region of Transylvania, Romania.People believe that an evil  resides in castle that nobody wanted to come face

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  Know about the deadliest place in the world 'Snake Island'

  World | October 23, 2014 11:47 IST

  New Delhi: This island is a 430,000-square-metre (110-acre) island off the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.Its actual name is Ilha de Queimada Grande but it is  nicknamed as Snake Island.It is home

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  10 things to know about law relating to sexual harassment at workplace

  India | September 17, 2014 12:23 IST

  New Delhi: The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2012 is an act "to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of

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  Know about Siachen, the world's highest battlefield

  India | June 16, 2014 7:45 IST

  New Delhi: The Siachen glacier, located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains, is one of the five largest glaciers in the Karakoram, situated at an average altitude of 18,000 feet above sea