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Agastya is the younger brother of international table tennis player Naina Jaiswal (Photo: Facebook/Naina Jaiswal)

Hyderabad boy writes class 12 exam at the age of 11

Agastya is 11-year-old and he today appeared for the exam at Chaitanya Junior Kalasala at Jubilee Hills.

3 March 2017 9:47 AM IST

The Metro projects have been allocated Rs 17,810 crore this year, out of which Rs 150 crore has been given as a grant to the Delhi Metro in the Union Budget.

Delhi Metro enters Limca Book of Records for erecting 200 girders in 1...

The feat has been achieved on the Noida - Greater Noida corridor.

3 March 2017 9:22 AM IST

Gavin Grimm, a transgender teen from Virginia

Apple, IBM, Microsoft back transgender teen at Supreme Court

The case is scheduled to be argued on March 28, but the school board is seeking a delay.

3 March 2017 8:20 AM IST

Mastered the art of driving the tuk tuk. Nice to be back in Bengaluru where it all started, wrote Michael Clarke. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Michael Clarke ups his driving skills, learns to ride...

Michael Clarke is making most of his free time ahead of the second India-Australia Test in Bengaluru.

2 March 2017 1:29 PM IST

The students will compete for the prestigious national awards, which provides up to USD 30,000 for graduate study. (Representational Image)

7 Indian-American students nominated for Truman scholarship

The awards are given to college students on their records of leadership, public service and academic achievement.

2 March 2017 1:03 PM IST

Branded as the worlds most handsome Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has constantly been in the news for all the good reasons.

Photos of young Justin Trudeau drive Twitter crazy

Be it participating in a pride parade or expressing his feminist views, Trudeau has always won hearts.

2 March 2017 12:24 PM IST

Keshav Saran started off with five or six children but the word of mouth popularised the classes and within a span of few months the strength of his class rose to 150. (Photo: Representational Image)

From 'chaupal' classes to building an inter college in UP

This year 450 candidates will appear for class X and XII exams. Currently 1,320 students are enrolled in the school,...

2 March 2017 11:46 AM IST

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer

Yahoo punishes CEO in latest fallout from security breakdown

Mayer won't be paid her annual bonus nor receive a potentially lucrative stock award

2 March 2017 9:11 AM IST

NASA physicist Katherine Johnson (C), whose likeness is set to be made into a Lego, is surrounded by Hidden Figures actresses Janelle Monae (L), Taraji P. Henson (2ndR) and Octavia Spencer (R) as they present on stage at the Oscars February 26, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Hidden figures no more: Lego honors 'Women of NASA'

Lego said it expects the new "Women of NASA" set to be available by the end of the year or in early 2018.

2 March 2017 8:28 AM IST

The Queen had hosted a special reception on Monday to mark the launch of UK-India Year of Culture 2017 where she tried the mudras. (Photo: AFP)

90-year-old Queen Elizabeth II imitates Indian dance mudras

The monarch danced with celebrated dancer and choreographer Arunima Kumar at Buckingham Palace

1 March 2017 12:58 PM IST

NASA has designed a 11.4 centimetres carbon-composite shield, which is designed to withstand temperatures outside the spacecraft of 1,370 degrees Celsius. (Photo: Applied Physics Laboratory)

NASA may send robotic spacecraft to Sun next year

NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus mission to the Sun which is about 149 million kilometres from the Earth.

1 March 2017 12:12 PM IST

The 17-year-old needed an needed an urgent heart transplant because at the time of admission his hearts pumping capacity had come down to just 10 percent. (Photo: Pixabay)

Teenager gets harvested heart, saved from end-stage heart failure

The harvested heart was flown in from Jaipur after a green corridor was created for it to be delivered to AIIMS

1 March 2017 9:36 AM IST