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Know more about Dawoodi Bohra chief Mufaddal Saifuddin
India | Aug 11, 2014, 08:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin now leads the Dawoodi Bohra community following the death of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, who passed away in Mumbai on January 17, 2014 at the age of 102 after a cardiac
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Know more about India's first laser-guided bomb Sudarshan
India | Sep 18, 2014, 08:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sudarshan is an Indian laser-guided bomb kit. This comes half a century after the United States developed the first laser guided bomb in 1960s.Sudarshan was developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a DRDO
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Know basic facts about the NID entrance exam
India | Jan 21, 2014, 06:40 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Institute of Design (NID) is internationally acclaimed as one of the foremost multi-disciplinary institutions in the field of design education, applied research, training, design consultancy services and outreach programmes. The institute
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Know more about India's first undersea ballistic missile, Sagarika
India | Jan 21, 2014, 06:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: On 26 February 2008, India test fired its first undersea ballistic missile, Sagarika, from a pontoon, 10 km off the coast of Visakhapatnam. It proved that India has acquired the capability to launch
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Know more about SR-71 Blackbird, a warplane faster than a missile
World | Jul 17, 2014, 09:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: The SR-71 was developed as a long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet.Unofficially, the SR-71 carried many nicknames, including the “Habu,” “SR,” “Lady in
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Know more about under sea Shiva temple in Gujarat
India | Aug 17, 2014, 11:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: At Koliyak, a village in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, people reach out to Lord Shiva's temple about 1.5 kilometers into the sea. This temple is known as Nishkalank Mahadev temple. ‘Nishkalank' has many
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Know more about the floating airfield of India INS Vikramaditya
India | Nov 15, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: INS Vikramaditya, India's floating airfield, will head home this month completely transformed from the vessel it was at the time of its induction into the Russian fleet in the early 1990s. The ship
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Know more about Pakistan's most powerful missile Taimur
World | Jul 23, 2014, 08:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: According to defense journal news of Pakistan, a moderate missile program of Pakistan was started in 1987. Now it has come a long way and is preparing its new weapon of war, Taimur.Taimur
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Know more about US' bat-winged Super drone X-47B
World | Aug 20, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTWashington: The bat-winged X-47B is the first autonomous piloted aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. In terms of its design it resembles a flying saucer from a sci-fi movie.It is developed by US to
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Know more about slain Pak Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud
World | Aug 17, 2014, 11:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: The death of Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike has been described as a “victory” by the US media. Mehsud, who had a $5 million bounty on his head,
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Know more about Tehseen Akhtar, the man behind Patna blasts
India | Mar 25, 2014, 01:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu, allegedly a member of Indian Mujahideen (IM), is the brain behind the string of explosions in Patna that left six dead. Tehseen, a computer-savvy quick-change artist, has been on
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Know more about JFK's daughter Caroline Kennedy, new US envoy to Japan
World | Oct 18, 2013, 06:25 AM ISTWashington: Caroline Kennedy is the only living child of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.She is is an attorney and the editor of nine New York Times best-selling books on
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Know more about nuclear weapons of India, China
India | Oct 17, 2013, 06:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: As two rising Asian powers with high GDP growths and increasing geo-political influence, India and China have been arch rivals in their race to superpowerdom. The race for regional dominance between these two
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Know more about nuclear weapons of India, Pakistan
India | Aug 20, 2014, 10:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: After racing ahead of India in ballistic and cruise missiles, with covert help from China and North Korea, Pakistan seems to be surging ahead on the nuclear front too. A series of recent
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Know more about Reita Faria, India's first-ever Miss World
India | Sep 18, 2014, 08:27 AM ISTNew Delhi: Reita Faria was one of the best known Indians worldwide in her times. She is the the first Indian to wear the Miss World crown in 1966.She is a qualified medical practitioner and
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Know more about the Thousand Pillar Temple in AP
India | Sep 18, 2014, 08:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Built in 1163, the 1000-Pillared Temple on the slopes of Hanamkonda Hill, 400m from Hanamkonda crossroads, is a fine example of Chalukyan architecture in a peaceful, leafy setting.The temple is made out of
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Know more about the world's first pregnant man Thomas Beatie
World | Jul 23, 2014, 09:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Thomas Beatie was born as a female but it was at the age of 10, when Beatie started to self-identify with the male gender.At the age of 23 he began testosterone hormone treatment
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Know more about Sushmita Banerjee, killed in cold blood by Taliban
India | Sep 07, 2013, 06:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, who rose to fame for her memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (The Bengali bride of a Kabuliwala) narrating her escape from the Taliban in 1995, was shot dead by militants
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Know more about Indian Mujahideen chief Yasin Bhatkal
India | Aug 29, 2013, 02:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: Yasin Bhatkal, real name Mohammed Ahmed Sidibapa, hails from the coastal town of Bhatkal in Karnataka. He is said to be the founder leader of terrorist organisation Indian Mujahideen (IM) along with his
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Know more about Nagpur's 'Suicide Lake'
India | Oct 20, 2013, 07:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Gandhi Sagar, popularly called Shukrawar Talav, by Nagpur citizens is in the headlines, albeit, for very unfortunate reasons. The lake has shockingly become a favourite spot for committing suicides. Every year, the