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Year: 2016
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WRESTLER-ACTOR Sangram Singh starts ‘Champion’s Pro Kushti’
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Wrestler-actor Sangram Singh on Febryary 4 launched ‘Champion’s Pro Kushti’ aimed at tapping into the talent pool in the interiors of the country. “The motive behind the whole exercise is to once again […]
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VIJENDER SINGH’S BOUT POSTPONED TO MARCH
MANCHESTER (TIP): Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh’s fourth professional bout was rescheduled from February 13 to March 12 but the venue of the fight remains Liverpool. The reason for rescheduling this fight was an injury […]
India
Sardar Singh denies sexual harassment charge
NEW DELHI (PTI): Under-fire India hockey captain Sardar Singh on February 3 rubbished alleged sexual harassment charges leveled against him by a British hockey player of Indian origin, saying even though he knew her they […]
United States
STEM OPT EXTN Regulation | Deadline Extended
For the past 5 months, thousands of recent foreign science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates of U.S. universities who hold jobs in the United States under a program known as Optional Practical Training (OPT) have worried […]
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RAJASTHAN’S ROMANTIC DESTINATIONS
With palaces that still evoke the grandeur of their regal past, in literally every hamlet, and the Thar desert’s never-ending sand dunes that appear like golden-hued paintings, there’s no shortage of places to visit in Rajasthan […]
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VEDAS ARE INFINITE
If the cosmos of sound (sabda-prapanca) enfolds all creation and what is beyond it, it must naturally be immensely vast. However voluminous the Vedas are, one might wonder whether it would be right to claim […]
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Om: Symbol of the Absolute
OM or Aum is of paramount importance in Hinduism. This symbol (as seen in the image on the right) is a sacred syllable representing Brahman, the impersonal Absolute of Hinduism —omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of […]
Business & Economics
FOREIGN FIRMS RUSH TO INDIA’S ONLINE MARKETPLACE
NEW DELHI (TIP): India‘s booming online marketplace business has attracted a new wave of merchants and sellers from countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and the US. In fact, thousands of sellers are […]
Business & Economics
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Gold clings near 3-month peak
MANILA (TIP): Gold stayed near a three-month top on Thursday after marking its best day in two weeks, buoyed by expectations that global economic and financial headwinds could make it tough for the US Federal […]
Business & Economics
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal signed, but years of negotiations still to come
WELLINGTON (TIP): The Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the world’s biggest multinational trade deals, was signed by 12 member nations on Thursday in New Zealand, but the massive trade pact will still require years of tough […]
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SIGNS OF LIFE FOUND IN EARTH’S MANTLE
LONDON (TIP): An international team of scientists –recently returned from a 47-day research expedition to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean – have collected an unprecedented sequence of rock samples from the shallow mantle of […]
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Mystery of Ice age causing missing CO2 solved
NEW DELHI (TIP): A long standing environmental mystery appears to have been solved – and it may contain lessons for today’s runaway global warming. Scientists have long puzzled over the fact that twenty thousand years […]
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WhatsApp groups can now have up to 256 members
WhatsApp has just bumped the user limit in chat groups on its platform to 256 members from 100 irrespective of the mobile platform -Android and iOS. The popular messaging app, which just crossed a billion users globally, had initially raised […]
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HIGH-PROTEIN BREAKFAST BETTER FOR KIDS: STUDY
A breakfast high in protein – like eggs – keeps children fuller longer than cereal or oatmeal, causing them to eat fewer calories at lunch, says a new study. “It is really important that we identify certain […]
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Chew the fat. It’s good for you
Are you constantly hunting for foods that are fat-free? And when you hear the word ‘fat,’ do you automatically think ‘bad’? If you answered yes to both questions, you couldn’t be more wrong. For over half […]
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Scientists replicate folding human brain in 3D in lab
Researchers at the Harvard University including an Indian-origin scientist have replicated a folding human brain in 3D, revealing for the first time a simple mechanical framework for how it folds. Understanding how the brain folds could […]
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TOP FOODS THAT RELIEVE STRESS
Here are some foods that can relieve stress – Gorging on food, when you’re stressed or upset, may seem like the natural thing for most, but instead of grabbing an unhealthy snack, why not opt for […]
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR CHILD KIND
Weighed down by the responsibility of raising happy, health and respectful children, evidence shows that most parents and teachers want to help kids to be caring to others. But while their carers might prioritise kindness children […]
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Perfect ways to wear lipstick
While we all love to dress up and sport the prim and proper look, be it to go to work or an outing. Two of the most important elements of makeup are eyes and lips, […]
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