Nagpur Test: Punch-drunk South Africa battle for survival on 20-wicket day
November 26, 2015
Brief Scorecard: South Africa 79 (Ashwin 5-32, Jadeja 4-33) and 32 for 2 need another 278 to beat India 215 (Vijay 40, Harmer 4-78, Morkel 3-35) and 173 (Dhawan 39, Tahir 5-38)
Muslim forced off plane as US anti-Islam rhetoric rises
November 26, 2015
Being told to get off plane in front of passengers was "humiliating", says Kameelah Rasheed, who alleges discrimination.
Intolerance: From Minneapolis to Dadri, how political masters react determines how...
November 26, 2015
NEW YORK: Minneapolis? Nope, this Midwestern city in the USA won't work for Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan. Here, intolerance is the swift thwack of a gunshot when non-whites are out on the streets protesting peacefully.
Plan A for GOP donors: Wait for Trump to fall. (There...
November 26, 2015
When Donald Trump landed in Ohio this week, he got a taste of the meager Republican super PAC efforts aimed at him: a 47-second Web video clipping together some of his most provocative comments and a small airplane trailing a banner proclaiming, “Ohioans Can’t Trust Trump.”
What is Li-Fi and how is it 100 times faster than...
November 25, 2015
Just as you thought 4G or 5G LTE would finish off Wi-Fi once and for all, Li-Fi appears on the scene to rock its status.
Li-Fi Room
Wi-Fi has been great but it's already being outdone in 5G tests and now on a more local scale Li-Fi is 100 times faster, and more secure.
Sedition case filed against Aamir Khan, wife Kiran Rao in Bihar...
November 25, 2015
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A complaint was filed in a court in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday against film star Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao under various sections including sedition over his remarks on intolerance.
The complaint was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Sushma Trivedi.
For the first time in 138 years, ‘tea’ will be served...
November 25, 2015
New Delhi: When Australia and New Zealand players step out at the Adelaide Oval in the afternoon of 27 November to play the first ever Day-Night Test match with pink kookaburra, there will be another little first that will be associated with the 'Game of Glorious Uncertainties'.
Floods expose how Chennai killed its drains
November 25, 2015
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU – Chennai has seen nearly four floods in the last 30 years, yet the city found itself ill-prepared for the recent rains that started on November 8. The heavy downpour that began two days before Diwali inundated large parts of Tamil Nadu, particularly the coastal districts of Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Chennai and Tiruvallur.
Kurdish forces uncover Islamic State tunnels under Iraqi town
November 25, 2015
Kurdish security forces in a tunnel complex under the city of Sinjar, northern Iraq that were used by Islamic State fighters to move undetected and avoid coalition airstrikes before the town was retaken from the militants. (Source: AP)
2015 set to be hottest year on record: United Nations
November 25, 2015
The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency said on Wednesday, a week ahead of a crucial climate change summit in Paris.
"2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest level since measurements began," said Michel Jarraud, head of the World Meteorological Organization.
