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Sir Isaac Newton (Photo: www.anglotopia.net)

Isaac Newton's book auctioned for $3.7 million

The Principia famously elucidates Newton's three laws of motion, explaining how objects move under the influences of...

19 Dec 2016 6:58 AM IST

Britain's Prince Harry dedicates charity to Princess Diana

Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, when Harry was just 13-years-old.

19 Dec 2016 6:52 AM IST

Mohan Chavara and his wife Rukmini along with families have built the

Kerala man leaves city life to build organic village

Mohan Chavara along with 14 other families purchased a two-and-a-half acres of land which was previously a rubber...

18 Dec 2016 7:22 PM IST

Dr. Henry Heimlich holding his memorr in 2014. (Photo: AP)

Anti-choking method developer Dr. Heimlich dies

Heimlich came up with the ground-breaking technique in 1974 after reading about the high death rates in restaurants

18 Dec 2016 12:01 PM IST

Winners of the Business Idea Comeptition finals at University of Texas, Dallas. (Source: UT Dallas Website)

Indian-American student wins USD 15,000 award

Samir Raju and his teammate Benjamin Rubanov took the first prize home for their business concept 'Skin Aware'

18 Dec 2016 11:04 AM IST

Pope Francis. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis' 80th birthday with kids, homeless people

The Pope received messages of congratulations from around the world for his 80th birthday, including at email addresses...

18 Dec 2016 10:41 AM IST

Swastik Sharma. (Photo: ANI)

Kalam-inspired child makes steering wheel from waste

The student from Jammu and Kashmir would upload his invention on the website of Dr Kalam IGNITE Awards once the website...

18 Dec 2016 9:52 AM IST

Hugh Jackman delivers cheeky insults on Ryan Reynolds honour

Jackman took to his Instagram handle to mock his talented pal, wearing a Reynolds cardboard mask to deliver his cheeky...

18 Dec 2016 6:06 AM IST

A photo of Anne Frank at the opening of the exhibition: Anne Frank, a History for Today , at the Westerbork Remembrance Centre in Hooghalen, northeast Netherlands. (Photo: AP)

Anne Frank caught by chance', not betrayed?

The August 1944 police raid in which Frank was arrested may have been staged to investigate illegal activity.

18 Dec 2016 5:56 AM IST

After braving all odds as a teen, all rounder Tamanna Nigam now wants to represent India.

Snubbed, Bhopal girl became' boy to play cricket

As a teen, MP women's cricket skipper cut her hair, dressed as boy to play, get entry into coaching club.

18 Dec 2016 2:03 AM IST

The national-level shooter had earlier claimed that she was in a relationship with Rajput and he promised to marry her. (Photo: AP)

Rape-accused Olympian Sanjeev Rajput attacked

Sanjeev Rajput, the India's silver medallist at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, was attacked by a national-level...

17 Dec 2016 4:09 PM IST

Donald Trumps 35-year-old daughter, Ivanka Trump. (Photo: AP)

With Ivanka Trump, role of first daughter may change

She's been attending her father's transition meetings with high-profile figures from the Japanese prime minister to...

17 Dec 2016 4:07 PM IST