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Canadian scientists set Guinness record for the world's smallest national flag
World | Sep 20, 2016, 06:00 PM ISTA team of Canadian scientists have a set a world record for creating the smallest national flag ever measured, ahead of the country’s 150th anniversary next year. The flag developed by them measures about one-hundredth
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Arctic sea ice hits second lowest level ever recorded, reveal scientists
World | Sep 19, 2016, 11:53 AM ISTThe sea ice floating on the Arctic Ocean this summer is at its second lowest ever recorded, a report has found. Scientists have found that the ice levels have plummeted to the minimum extent of
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WATCH! 1,007 dancing robots set Guinness World Record in China
World | Aug 16, 2016, 12:45 PM ISTA total of 1,007 robots moving effortlessly in unison in China not only made for a great spectacle, it also earned a new Guinness World Record for the maximum robots dancing simultaneously. The event took
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Ton and five wickets in a match: Ashwin the only Indian to do it twice
Cricket | Jul 25, 2016, 11:37 AM ISTRiding on Ravichandran Ashwin’s 7/83, India outplayed West Indies by an inning and 92 runs, thereby registering their biggest win outside Asia.
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Dipa Karmakar becomes first Indian to be certified 'World Class Gymnast'
Other Sports | Jul 06, 2016, 08:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Depa Karmakar has scripted history by becoming the first Indian to be named as 'World Class Gymnast' by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique or FIG. The confirmation for the 'World Class Gymnast'
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New record of 65 million people displaced worldwide in 2015: UN Report
World | Jun 20, 2016, 12:32 PM ISTGeneva: The number of people displaced worldwide has now hit a new record, with 65.3 million people forced from their home at the end of last year, according to United Nations report released today. The
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Private Buffett lunch goes to highest bidder for over Rs 22 crore
World | Jun 11, 2016, 11:26 AM ISTFor the second time, an anonymous bidder has agreed to pay more than Rs 22 crore for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett, with the auction proceeds going to a San Francisco homeless charity.
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Alastair Cook surpasses Sachin Tendulkar, becomes youngest player to score 10,000 Test runs
Cricket | May 30, 2016, 09:47 PM ISTEngland’s Test team captain Alastair Cook today surpassed legendary Sachin Tendulkar to become the youngest cricketer ever to reach the 10,000-run landmark in Test cricket.
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With Sunrisers Hyderabad’s maiden IPL title win, Yuvraj made a unique record
Cricket | May 30, 2016, 08:37 PM ISTYuvraj became the only player to win the Under-19 World Cup (2000), Champions Trophy (jointly with Sri Lanka in 2002), T20 World Cup (2007), World Cup (2011) and finally the IPL 2016.
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Kohli breaks Suresh Raina’s record, becomes IPL’s all time highest run-scorer
Cricket | May 29, 2016, 11:59 PM ISTVirat Kohli’s dominance in the Indian Premier League season 9 continued today as he overtook Suresh Raina to become IPL’s all time highest run-scorer.
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Alastair Cook misses Tendulkar’s record to become youngest player to make 10,000 Test runs
Cricket | May 27, 2016, 08:28 PM ISTEngland’s Test team captain Alastair Cook today missed the chance of breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s 11-year-old record of being the youngest cricketer to reach the 10,000 runs milestone
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James Anderson breaks Kapil Dev’s record with his five-wicket haul against Lanka
Cricket | May 21, 2016, 05:54 PM ISTEngland’s pace battery James Anderson broke Kapil Dev’s record to become the sixth highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he picked up 5/16 to bundle Sri Lanka out for 91.
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IPL 2016: For the first time in his career, this player will miss an IPL match
Cricket | May 13, 2016, 07:57 PM ISTSuresh Raina will be missing an IPL game for the first time ever as he is flying to Holland to be with his wife Priyanka, who is expecting their first child.
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Virat Kohli’s 56-ball ton breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s IPL record
Cricket | May 07, 2016, 08:28 PM ISTIn today’s IPL clash RPS, RCB skipper Virat Kohli not only smashed the second century in the tournament, he also broke Tendulkar’s record of scoring 500 runs in two separate editions
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Shaolin monk walks on water for 125 meters, breaks own record
World | Sep 05, 2015, 07:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: Shi Liliang, a monk who made headlines last year by running 118 metres on surface of a water reservoir, established a new personal best of 125 meters on last week.He broke his own
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BMW's profit hits new record in H1
World | Aug 04, 2015, 05:25 PM ISTMunich: German car producer BMW group said on Tuesday its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) had hit a new record in the first half of 2015, exceeding 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) for the first
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WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson sets selfie world record - 105 in 3 mins
Other Sports | May 24, 2015, 10:08 PM ISTLos Angeles: The historic feat went down at the premiere of his new action-disaster film "San Andreas" in London, where he finally got a chance to flex his arm strength by capturing 105 selfies in
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Researchers break internet speed record, hit 1Tbps
Feb 28, 2015, 09:45 AM ISTLondon: UK researchers have achieved record-breaking speeds of 1Tbps during tests of 5G data connections.Researchers at the University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) managed speeds of 1 Tbps -- thousands of times faster than
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World Cup 2015: Australian crowd awed by Chris Gayle's record performance
Cricket | Feb 24, 2015, 03:04 PM ISTCanberra, Australia: An awe-struck crowd had no doubt they were witnessing something special when West Indies opener Chris Gayle slogged two consecutive sixes into the grandstands.Those were balls No. 73 and 74 he faced, and
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'The Interview' rakes in $1mn, North Korea cries foul
Hollywood | Dec 29, 2014, 10:52 AM ISTWashington: The comedy film, "The Interview", which has been courting controversies for showing a fictitious US plot to assassinate the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, raked in around $1 million in ticket sales Dec 25,