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Britain hails queen on 90th birthday

Britain hails queen on 90th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II meets well-wishers during a walkabout to celebrate her 90th birthday in Windsor, England, on...

22 April 2016 6:34 AM IST

Charlotte Charlotte Bronte’s 200th birthday marked in UK

Charlotte Charlotte Bronte’s 200th birthday marked in UK

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Bronte, whose intense and passionate vision of rural life in Jane Eyre...

22 April 2016 6:32 AM IST

Queen celebrates 90th birthday today

The queen is presented flowers by a youngster as she leaves after a visit to the Royal Mail post office in Windsor,...

21 April 2016 3:48 AM IST

Prince William junks row on royal duties

Prince William junks row on royal duties

Prince William insisted he took his royal duties “seriously” but complained they can “weigh you...

21 April 2016 3:43 AM IST

Human limbs may have evolved from shark gills

Human limbs may have evolved from shark gills

Human limbs may have evolved from the gills of fishes such as sharks and skates, according to new study that provides...

21 April 2016 3:42 AM IST

Everybody Loves Raymond star dies

Everybody Loves Raymond star dies

Tributes poured in on Monday for Emmy-winning actress Doris Roberts, the star of US sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, who...

20 April 2016 6:12 AM IST

AP, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer winners

AP, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer winners

The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on abuse in the seafood industry that...

20 April 2016 1:02 AM IST

Using SPF30 sunscreen ‘delays’ onset of melanoma

Application of sunscreen with a sun protection factor 30 (SPF30) prior to exposure to sunlight may delay the onset of...

19 April 2016 3:58 AM IST

How long a virgin It’s written in your genes

How long a virgin It’s written in your genes

A DNA study of more than 380,000 people has uncovered a rather surprising role for human genes: helping to determine the...

19 April 2016 3:56 AM IST

The cover of the comic book Female Force: Elizabeth Warren

Sen Elizabeth Warren is now a comic book hero

Her parents didn’t hail from the planet Krypton, and she was never bitten by a radioactive spider, but that...

19 April 2016 3:54 AM IST

Spain bullfighters lock horns in paternity suit

Legendary Spanish bullfighter Manuel Benitez, “El Cordobes”, is locked in a legal battle with another...

18 April 2016 6:45 AM IST

Violent cosmic conditions recreated in lab

Violent cosmic conditions recreated in lab

Scientists have performed sophisticated experiments and computer simulations to recreate violent cosmic conditions on a...

18 April 2016 6:42 AM IST