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RMV Gurusaidutt. (Photo: AFP)

RMV Gurusaidutt defeats Muhammed Ali Kurt in Bulgarian International...

RMV Gurusaidutt had been out of action since the US Open in July 2016 due to an injury.

8 Oct 2017 7:25 PM IST

AR Rahman collaborates with Seattle Symphony for song on...

Titled 'The Flying Lotus', the 19-minute music piece in collaboration with the renowned orchestra, offers unique take on...

8 Oct 2017 4:44 PM IST

The three women were commissioned as flying officers in July 2016, less than a year after the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis. (Photo: PTI)

IAF's first 3 women fighter pilots likely to fly MiG-21 Bison jets in...

The 3 women pilots, Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh are set to script history by flying military jets.

8 Oct 2017 3:41 PM IST

He told the audience that they were part of a generation with the scientific means and imagination to begin to repair the planet. (Photo: AFP)

Obama makes impassioned plea for clean energy in Argentina

He told the audience that they were part of a generation with the scientific means and imagination to begin to repair...

7 Oct 2017 5:36 PM IST

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.

Rajan makes it to list of probable winners of Nobel prize in Economics

Rajan is a part of the list compiled by Clarivate Analytics, which publishes names of possible winners based on research...

7 Oct 2017 4:48 PM IST

US President Donald Trumps first wife Ivana Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump's first wife Ivana relives tumultuous period of president's life...

Much of the book is spent recounting Ivana Trump's childhood in Europe, her burgeoning modeling career in New York and...

7 Oct 2017 11:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trumps first wife Ivana Trump (Photo: AP)

Trump's first wife Ivana relives tumultuous period of president's life...

Much of the book is spent recounting Ivana Trump's childhood in Europe, her burgeoning modeling career in New York and...

7 Oct 2017 11:50 AM IST

Chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses are transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which live in tropical, subtropical, and in some temperate climates. (Photo: Pixabay)

IIT Roorkee scientists identify drug to fight Chikungunya

Currently, there are no vaccines or antiviral drugs available to cure Chikungunya, and the treatment is focussed on...

7 Oct 2017 10:07 AM IST

Ben Stokes. (Photo: AP)

Ashes series 2017: ECB withdraws Ben Stokes from England's squad vs...

Earlier, the ECB had announced that Ben Stokes and team-mate Alex Hales will not be considered for selection until...

7 Oct 2017 9:06 AM IST

The recommendation in this regard was made by the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board, a press release said. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

6 Dalits recommended for appointment as priests in Kerala temples

This is for the first time six people from the scheduled caste community have been recommended for the appointment as...

6 Oct 2017 7:42 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pexels)

Sweden to hold women only music festival in 2018

6 Oct 2017 4:36 PM IST

George Clooney. (Photo: AFP)

'America's leading man' George Clooney to receive AFI Life Achievement...

The American Film Institute (AFI) board of trustees announced the actor will be the 46th recipient of the award.

6 Oct 2017 1:37 PM IST