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  • india 13th largest non cash payment market in the world f s

    India 13th largest non-cash payment market in the world: F&S

    June 05, 2014 21:12 IST

    Mumbai: India has become the 13th largest non-cash payment market globally, says a Frost & Sullivan report.“India is currently the 13th largest non-cash payment market in the world with a high potential to grow significantly

  • ipl 7 kkr supporters best in the world says srk

    IPL 7: KKR supporters best in the world, says SRK

    Cricket | June 03, 2014 18:37 IST

    Kolkata: Overwhelmed by the support his team received from the fans, Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner ShahRukh Khan today said he has never seen such enormous backing for a team.     Close one lakh people turned up

  • world on the verge of mass extinction

    World on the verge of mass extinction

    World | June 03, 2014 8:02 IST

    New Delhi: Humanity is responsible for speeding up the natural rate of extinction for animal and plant species by up to 10,000 times, as the planet is on the brink of a dinosaur-scale sixth mass

  • solar plane makes inaugural flight in switzerland set to

    Solar plane makes inaugural flight in Switzerland, set to fly around world

    World | June 02, 2014 16:33 IST

    London: A revolutionary solar-powered plane, that will try to fly around the world next year, has successfully made its inaugural test flight in Switzerland.The Solar Impulse 2 vehicle lifted off from Payerne aerodrome in Switzerland

  • inviting saarc leaders sent out a message to world modi

    Inviting SAARC leaders sent out a message to world: Modi

    India | June 01, 2014 22:43 IST

    New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described the invitation to SAARC leaders for his swearing-in as a “right decision at the right” time and said his first major foreign policy initiative had sent out

  • british newspaper alleges corruption in 2022 world cup vote

    British newspaper alleges corruption in 2022 World Cup vote

    Football | June 01, 2014 16:07 IST

    LONDON : A former member of FIFA's executive committee was accused Sunday of making payments totaling $5 million to senior football officials in return for support for Qatar's successful bid for the 2022 World Cup.  

  • world s highest cable car system opens in bolivia

    World's highest cable-car system opens in Bolivia

    May 31, 2014 16:55 IST

    La Paz: Bolivian President Evo Morales has inaugurated the world's highest cable-car system, which began carrying passengers between this capital and the adjacent city of El Alto at an elevation of some 4,000 metres above

  • india will soon find rightful place in world varsity ranks

    India will soon find rightful place in world varsity ranks: President

    India | May 13, 2014 18:23 IST

    New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today expressed confidence that Indian institutions will soon find their rightful place in the international rankings for higher educational institutions. Receiving the first copy of QS university rankings, the President

  • china poised to overtake us as world s largest economy

    China poised to overtake US as world's largest economy, research shows

    May 02, 2014 19:26 IST

    Paris: China is poised to overtake the US as the world's largest economy this year, earlier than expected.“The United States remained the world's largest economy (in 2011), but it was closely followed by China” once

  • move effortlessly in apps world with facebook

    Move effortlessly in apps world with Facebook

    May 02, 2014 17:43 IST

    California: Billed as a game changer in the mobile industry, Facebook has unveiled a new free and open-source service that would make it easier for you to navigate from one app to another and back

  • top 10 painful religious practices of the world

    Top 10 painful religious practices of the world

    World | February 15, 2015 14:56 IST

    New Delhi: There are many religions in the world. Every religion has its own code of conduct, practices, customs which are different in their own way. Some of the practices are painful, but still practiced

  • top 10 countries in the world for holidays

    Top 10 countries in the world for holidays

    World | October 31, 2014 10:47 IST

    New Delhi: To break the monotony of life and take rest from the usual routine, holidaying is a must.Here is a list of 10 countries that are most popular for holidaying with 50 million tourists

  • know the tallest slum of the world in venezuela

    Know the tallest slum of the world in Venezuela

    World | October 13, 2014 10:12 IST

    New Delhi: The ‘Tower of David' is one of the tallest slums of the world. It is a 45 storey skyscraper which is now home to 3,000 poor in Carcass.The building was built with the

  • watch in pics the most dangerous pathway in the world

    Watch in pics the most dangerous pathway in the world

    World | May 09, 2014 7:10 IST

    New Delhi: El Caminito del Rey or The King's Little Path, often regarded as the most dangerous walkway in the world, is located along the walls of El Chorro, a gorge in southern Spain near

  • t20 meet the century makers in the shortest format of

    T20: Meet the century makers in the shortest format of Cricket.

    Cricket | April 01, 2014 7:44 IST

    New Delhi: In a game that is played with 120 balls per side ,it takes something very special effort from the batsman to score a century in this format. In the fifth edition of ICC

  • japan frees world s longest held death row inmate

    Japan frees world's longest-held death row inmate

    World | March 27, 2014 18:56 IST

    Tokyo: The world's longest-serving death row inmate was freed Thursday by a Japanese court that found investigators had likely fabricated evidence in the murder case that put the former pro boxer behind bars for nearly

  • know facts about top 10 nuclear powers of the world

    Know facts about top 10 nuclear powers of the world

    World | October 31, 2014 10:44 IST

    New Delhi: There are eight nations in the world which have conducted nuclear tests openly, but there are several other countries, which are nuclear powers, but have not conducted any nuclear test so far. There

  • leshan giant buddha the largest stone statue in the world

    Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest stone statue in the world

    World | March 20, 2014 7:07 IST

    New Delhi: The Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan was carved out of a mountainside in the 8th century. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu

  • top 10 things in the world that have been smuggled the most

    Top 10 things in the world that have been smuggled the most

    World | October 20, 2014 11:18 IST

    New Delhi: Smugglers transfer goods and people illegally from one country to another. The goods may vary from gold and silver, to drugs and weapons.The practice of smuggling started in the middle ages and continues

  • top 10 mysterious aviation disasters of the world

    Top 10 mysterious aviation disasters of the world

    World | September 19, 2014 10:38 IST

    New Delhi: The mysterious crash involving Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777  is not the first of its kind. In the past, there have been several mysterious aviation disasters, the riddles of which are yet to be

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