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Indian Olive Association ha selected Neelima Burra, the Chief Marketing Officer of Cargill India, as its new president. Photo: Twitter| @neelimaburra

Indian Olive Association elects Neelima Burra as president

Indian Olive Association was established in 2007 to promote, protect and safeguard the interests of the olive and olive...

13 Sept 2017 1:13 PM IST

Two astronauts and one cosmonaut. (Photo: space station/twitter)

Three astronauts reach International Space Station for five-month...

Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut docked at the International Space Station for a five month mission.

13 Sept 2017 12:05 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Indian-American Raj Shah appointed to key position in communications...

Born and raised in Connecticut, Shah's parents migrated to the US in 1980s. His parents are from Gujarat.

13 Sept 2017 11:21 AM IST

The pupil said he was delighted with his result - but admits that it is getting more and more difficult. (Photo: YouTube screengrab)

UK sees youngest graduate in 13-year-old

Young genius achieved remarkable feat through Open University course and has already started pursuing Master's degree.

13 Sept 2017 10:59 AM IST

Preity Zinta cheering for her team Kings XI Punjab.

'I just went with the flow': Preity Zinta on buying South African...

Some things are meant to be. We have been making profits in Kings XI Punjab in the past but now it will be a different...

13 Sept 2017 12:25 AM IST

Prasoon Joshi holds first meet as CBFC head

The meeting was attended by board members Gautami Tadimalla, Vidya Balan and Vivek Agnihotri among others.

12 Sept 2017 3:14 PM IST

The vegetable is so large that it needs to be taken around in a wheelbarrow, and Calder will soon be showing off the vegetable of his labour at the local farm fair. (Photo: Pixabay)

Retired Scottish lorry driver grows colossal 5-foot cabbage, 50 times...

72-year-old Bryan Calder grew the massive cabbage in his Forfar allotment saying it required no special treatment,...

12 Sept 2017 2:45 PM IST

Cherukuri Dolly Shivani. (Photo: AFP)

5-year-old archery prodigy from Vijayawada creates record

Cherukuri Dolly Shivani's brother Cherukuri Lenin was also an international archer and coach, who died in an accident...

12 Sept 2017 2:31 PM IST

Miss North Dakota Cara Mund poses during the evening gown competition at the Miss America 2018 pageant, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. (Photo: AP)

Ivy League graduate and dance champion crowned Miss America

Cara Mund is from North Dakota.

12 Sept 2017 11:02 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

World's most expensive coffee made with civet cat poop in India

Civet coffee is a drink for the elite consumed widely in the Gulf nations and Europe.

11 Sept 2017 4:06 PM IST

Young boy not only helped his mother deliver baby but also saved the newborns life (Photo: Pixabay)

Woman in Queensland delivers baby weighing 6 kgs

The new born baby is being called the heaviest baby to have ever been delivered at Queensland's Rockhampton Hospital.

11 Sept 2017 2:56 PM IST

The picture that Kristen Bell shared on Instagram.

Kristen Bell performs at Hurricane Irma shelter to cheer people up

To keep everyone's spirits up, the actress performed for a group of children and their parents at a school being used as...

11 Sept 2017 1:11 PM IST