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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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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  Top 10 cities of the world with the most traffic congestion

  World | September 12, 2014 7:42 IST

  New Delhi: With rapid industrialization and urbanization, road traffic is increasing day by day in the cities.The honking of horns is the first sound we tend to hear in the morning in a city when

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  Top 10 most dangerous jobs of the world

  World | September 02, 2014 8:29 IST

  New Delhi: There are several jobs in the world which involve risks and danger to life.  Yet  people do  engage in such jobs, either for better pay or for earning their basic bread and butter.For

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  Meet the latest entrant in the world of Cricket: Nepal.

  Cricket | March 10, 2014 6:24 IST

  New Delhi: The fifth edition of ICC twenty 20 world Cup which begins in Bangladesh from March 16 will also mark the entry of latest entrant in world cricket. Its none other than the Himalayan

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  Top 10 biggest planned cities of the world

  World | September 09, 2014 8:18 IST

  New Delhi: What makes a city well planned? Is it the order, rules, vision, public transport system, availability of basic amenities?The answer would be a package of all together. While Middle East is undertaking more

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  Top 10 things world learnt from India

  India | September 06, 2014 8:57 IST

  New Delhi: India has made major  contributions to the world in every field."We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made"

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  World's 10 unique houses

  World | March 14, 2014 6:43 IST

  New Delhi: Owning a home is every person's dream, but having houses with innovative and amazing designs is a little difficult task.Throughout history, people have gone from caves to huts to castles to blocks of