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Biopic on Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa announced
AUGUST 18, 2018
A film on former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and actor J Jayalalithaa was announced on Wednesday. The film will be directed...
Asian Games 2018: Continental extravaganza off to a colourful start
AUGUST 18, 2018
Indian athletes march during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta on August 18, 2018. | Photo Credit:...
Social factors too define skin colour of Indians
AUGUST 18, 2018
Diversity: The researchers looked at how skin colour varies among 10 different socio-cultural populations
Interaction between genetic, environmental and social forces results in...
Taiwan improves missiles to counter China military expansion
AUGUST 18, 2018
In this April 13, 2018, file photo, released by Military News Agency, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, second from left, listens to a...
‘Hacky hack hack’: Australia teen breaches Apple’s secure network
AUGUST 18, 2018
A schoolboy who "dreamed" of working for Apple hacked the firm's computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said...
Kerala floods: many thousands await rescue as downpour continues
AUGUST 18, 2018
A truck carries people through floodwaters in Thrissur, Kerala.
KERELA - Thousands of people in the southern Indian state of Kerala...
In Trump era, rare act of denaturalizing US citizens gets a new focus
AUGUST 18, 2018
New citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center in September 2017. - Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS/File
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA...
Kofi Annan, Diplomat Who Redefined the U.N., Dies at 80
AUGUST 18, 2018
Kofi Annan | Photo Credit: AFP
Kofi Annan, a soft-spoken and patrician diplomat from Ghana, who became the seventh secretary general...
The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown
AUGUST 17, 2018
PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter finishes his Saturday night dinner, salmon and broccoli casserole on a paper plate, flashes his famous toothy...
‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at home in Detroit aged 76
AUGUST 17, 2018In this April 19, 2017 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs at the world premiere of ‘Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives’...
