September 6, 2015
London: A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in the UK has achieved the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, more than physicists Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
Lydia Sebastian from Essex has joined the one per cent of all entrants to attain the highest mark in the Cattell III B paper supervised by Mensa, the society for people with high IQs.
September 6, 2015
A new numbering system and seven new security features will be incorporated in all currency notes, especially in high denomination Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, in order to check the menace of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).
September 6, 2015
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September 6, 2015
The Dalai Lama and his followers were hatching a plan towards Tibetan independence; China said on Sunday, adding that had it not been for Beijing’s intervention in 1959 Tibetans would have remained in the “dark age” of medieval practices and slavery.
September 5, 2015
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on Saturday criticized Russia, the country that has granted him asylum, calling its crackdown on human rights and online freedom "fundamentally wrong" and said he would prefer not to live in exile.
September 5, 2015
Ankara: India on Saturday made a strong pitch for global safety nets to tackle volatility in currency movements and markets, a demand that has come against the backdrop of economic shocks triggered by Chinese devaluation of yuan.
A file photo of finance minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: Reuters
September 5, 2015
New YORK – Serena Williams flirted with grand slam danger once again but kept her calendar-year Grand Slam bid on track by beating a battling, 101st-ranked Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6 7-5 6-0 at the U.S. Open on Friday.
Serena Williams was proud of her own fighting spirit. (Source: Reuters
September 5, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to guests gathered for a campaign event on the campus of Des Moines Area Community College on 26 August in Ankeny, Iowa.
September 5, 2015
The RSS on Friday favoured engagement with Pakistan and other neighbors, saying they were “formed out of the same body (India)”, and endorsed the Narendra Modi government’s “direction, intent and commitment” in the past 14 months.
September 5, 2015
MUMBAI – Music director Aadesh Shrivastava, who was in critical condition and undergoing treatment for cancer, passed away in Mumbai today, which also happens to be his 49th birthday.
Music director Aadesh Shrivastava
