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19th March News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Mar 19, 2016, 07:31 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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US has become 'third world country': Donald Trump
World | Mar 19, 2016, 05:19 PM ISTWashington:Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said the US has now become a "third world country" as compared to infrastructures in Dubai and China, and promised that things would change once he is elected the
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17th March News in Nutshell:Important stories of the day
India | Mar 17, 2016, 08:12 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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16th March News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Mar 16, 2016, 07:44 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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8th March News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Mar 08, 2016, 07:19 PM ISTNational News-FM Jaitley withdraws EPF tax proposal announced in Budget 2016Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced the rollback of his budget proposal that allowed a part of the Employees Provident Fund withdrawal to be be
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5th March News in Nutshell: Important news of the day
India | Mar 05, 2016, 07:24 PM ISTNational News-Congress should be ashamed of Rahul Gandhi's JNU visit: Amit ShahBJP president Amit Shah today launched a scathing attack on Congress and its vice President Rahul Gandhi over JNU row and said that the
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4th March News in Nutshell: Important news of the day
India | Mar 04, 2016, 07:16 PM ISTNational News-EC announces poll schedule for 5 state assemblies, counting on May 19The Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for assembly polls in five states – Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
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German passport most powerful in world, Afghan least: Report
World | Feb 26, 2016, 06:12 PM ISTKabul: The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world for the restrictions the countrymen face in terms of visa-free travel, an index by a London-based consulting firm showed on Friday.The
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World's Strangest Job! NASA employee who sniffs stuff before it goes into space
World | Jan 23, 2016, 08:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: George Aldrich is no ordinary man. One, he works for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the world's premiere space agency. However, it is not his employer that sets him apart.Instead, it
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Wikipedia turns 15-year-old, gets new source of cash
Jan 15, 2016, 03:13 PM ISTSan Francisco: Wikipedia is getting another source of cash for its 15th birthday, expanding beyond fundraising drives that have already poured $250 million into the Internet's leading encyclopedia. The additional money will come from a
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Bad news for world, 2015 set to be hottest year on record: United Nations
World | Nov 25, 2015, 09:42 PM ISTGeneva: In what could add to the woes of world leaders who will be attending the crucial climate change summit next week in Paris, United Nations weather agency has predicted that year 2015 could be
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World faces 'bloodless' cyber war threat: PM
National | Jul 01, 2015, 07:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Articulating global worries over cyber security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India should come up with solutions to meet the challenge posed by this threat of "bloodless war" as he launched a
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India is now world's fastest-growing major polluter
India | Jun 29, 2015, 02:27 PM ISTFor the first time ever, the year 2014 saw India's carbon dioxide emissions growth accounting for the largest share of global emissions growth, according to a new global report. India's CO2 emissions from energy use
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World take to mat, bend, twist to mark inaugural Yoga Day
World | Jun 21, 2015, 05:01 PM ISTMelbourne/London: Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world today took to mats and stretched, bent and twisted their bodies in multiple complex postures as they marked the inaugural International Day of Yoga, celebrating the ancient
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Paddler Sharath moves into Round 3 at World Championship
Other Sports | Apr 29, 2015, 07:38 PM ISTSuzhou (China): India's Sharath Kamal moved into the men's singles third round at the World Table Tennis Championship here on Wednesday.Sharath defeated 35th-ranked Simon Gauzy of France in the second round. The World No.44 Indian
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Harika Dronavalli exits World Women's Chess Championship
Other Sports | Mar 31, 2015, 11:38 PM ISTChennai: Indian chess Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli exited the World Women's Chess Championship on Tuesday, losing the crucial semi-final tie-breaker to Ukraine Woman GM (WGM) Mariya Muzychuk.The tie-breaker scores stood at 3.5-2.5 in favour of Muzychuk.In
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Iran:World must 'seize opportunity' of sealing nuclear deal
World | Feb 10, 2015, 07:18 PM ISTTehran: Iran has taken “necessary steps” and now it is the turn of the World powers to “seize the opportunity” of sealing a landmark nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani said on tuesday.“Right now good progress
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Police fatally shoot man at Ohio airport amid confrontation
World | Jan 08, 2015, 06:57 AM ISTColumbus, Ohio: A man who tried to buy an airline ticket using a fake ID was fatally shot Wednesday after returning to his illegally parked car, where he lunged at an airport police officer with
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Love skiing? Visit best destinations (see pics)
Lifestyle | Jan 09, 2015, 12:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: If you are an adventure junkie and snow excites you, how about planning a trip to the world's best skiing destinations? Try gliding on snow at locations like Aspen, Colorado in the US
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Know 'perfect' destinations in world famous for New Year celebrations
World | Jan 05, 2015, 01:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new