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Ayesha Aziz, the youngest Indian pilot. (Photo: Facebook/Ayesha Aziz)

Ayesha Aziz: The youngest Indian pilot who plans to fly MIG-29 in...

'I want to reach the edge of space, for which we are talking terms with the Russian agency to fly the MIG-29,' she said.

5 April 2017 2:44 PM IST

Kashmiri teenager Shabnam Bashir first took up classical Sufi music before she convinced her family to let her pursue it. (Photo: AFP)

Girls in Kashmir breaking stereotypes with first mixed Sufi group

The songs which use devotional poetry have only been sung by men in Kashmiri families

5 April 2017 10:35 AM IST

The first leg of his journey will see him cycle from Paris to Beijing through Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Mongolia and China. (Photo: Facebook)

British adventurer attempts to cycle around the earth in 80 days

Beaumont will need to cycle 240 miles a day and consume a daily diet of 8,000 calories and up to 10 litres of water

5 April 2017 9:33 AM IST

Geetha Johri, the first woman Director General of Police. (Photo: ANI)

Geetha Johri becomes Gujarat's first woman IPS

Johri is posted at the State Police Housing Coporation in Gandhinagar and now has been appointed as the DGP of Gujarat.

4 April 2017 3:43 PM IST

She also holds a record for releasing mouse traps (Photo: YouTube)

Woman stops blades of fan with tongue in viral video

She held a fan each in both hands and stopped blades at full speed with her tongue.

4 April 2017 1:27 PM IST

Jesse Eisenberg is popular for his films like The Social Network. (Photo: AP)

After 10 years of courtship, Jesse Eisenberg becomes father to a baby...

The actor and his longtime girlfriend were seen strolling through New York City with their bundle of joy.

4 April 2017 1:24 PM IST

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka becomes second most beautiful woman in the world after...

Jolie is on eighth number, while this year's Oscar winner Emma Stone is at number 12.

4 April 2017 2:16 AM IST

Aaron Rodriguez picked up the dog in his hand and continued reporting till he reached a less flooded area to let the dog go. (Photo: Youtube)

This Peruvian reporter leaves live coverage of flood to rescue dog

The reporter was walking through the flooded street when he saw the dog looking for a dry ground

3 April 2017 6:07 PM IST

Dalai Lama with retired havildar, Naren Chandra Das, of Assam Rifles who escorted him to India during his escape from Tibet in March 1959.

58 years later, Dalai Lama meets jawan who escorted him to India from...

Das is the last known survivor of the group of five Indian army personnel which brought Dalai Lama to India, after the...

3 April 2017 9:53 AM IST

Sai Kiran P. (18) the second prize in the grade 12 category in the Nasa Ames Space Settlement Contest, 2017.

Chennai's 18-year-old wins NASA Moon' prize

This annual contest by NASA Ames Research Center and the NSS invited entries from students up to 12th grade

3 April 2017 9:45 AM IST

Kailash Satyarthi

Nobel laureate Satyarthi launches child rights campaign in Bangladesh

The campaign aims to build awareness about children primarily through social media.

3 April 2017 8:33 AM IST

Aldrin sets adrenaline rushing with US Air Force Thunderbirds

Aldrin was the second man on the moon, piloting the Apollo 11 and following Neil Armstrong onto the lunar surface in...

3 April 2017 7:09 AM IST