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Tarantino: Not scared by police’s film boycott

Quentin Tarantino said Tuesday he does not feel intimidated by police union calls for a boycott of his films after he...

5 Nov 2015 5:30 AM IST

France’s top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard

Writer Mathias Énard won France’s top literary prize on Tuesday in a race dominated by books about...

4 Nov 2015 12:52 AM IST

Margaret Thatcher’s belongings to be on sale in December

Margaret Thatcher’s belongings to be on sale in December

Personal items belonging to Britain’s “Iron Lady” Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, including some of...

4 Nov 2015 12:46 AM IST

Rome’s Trevi Fountain opens following Fendi makeover

Its elaborate Baroque facade now sparkles in the sun, scaffold-free: Rome’s Trevi Fountain will gush its emerald...

4 Nov 2015 12:41 AM IST

Is Tom Jones black Singer plans DNA test

After being told that he is “just passing as white”, Welsh crooner Tom Jones says he is ready to take a DNA...

3 Nov 2015 12:22 AM IST

Ancient British tree is ‘undergoing sex change’

A British tree thought to be up to 5,000 years old has started to change sex, a “rare and unusual”...

3 Nov 2015 12:21 AM IST

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3 subtypes of Type-2 diabetes identified

Scientists have discovered three subtypes of Type-2 diabetes after analysing more than 11,000 patient records and...

3 Nov 2015 12:19 AM IST

First lab-in-a-briefcase to help detect cancer

First lab-in-a-briefcase to help detect cancer

Scientists have developed the world’s first portable lab-in-a-briefcase that can operate even at high...

2 Nov 2015 12:01 AM IST

Stranger in mirror: Man can’t recognise his reflection

Stranger in mirror: Man can’t recognise his reflection

A 78-year-old man in France who thought he saw a “stranger” in the bathroom mirror, when he was actually...

2 Nov 2015 12:00 AM IST

Dressed as US presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Halloween Carnival in West Hollywood, California. — AP,AFP

Trump, bacon and creativity at NYC Halloween parade

New York City’s giant Halloween Parade brought thousands to the streets Saturday to celebrate the ghoulish and...

1 Nov 2015 11:58 PM IST

Skull comet in Halloween flyby

A massive space rock that will whiz by Earth in a close shave on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face,...

1 Nov 2015 3:47 AM IST

Maya civilisation had complex political, economic systems

Maya civilisation had complex political, economic systems

Maya civilisation known for its art and astronomy also had political and economic systems that were similar to modern...

1 Nov 2015 3:46 AM IST