A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was so much respected in Canada that the current Governor-General David Johnston delayed his oath-taking in 2010 so that he could personally - as president of the University of Waterloo - confer an honorary doctorate on the former Indian president....
India and China are facing an exodus of their wealthiest citizens with tens of thousands of "high-net-worth individuals" (HNWIs) having left to seek greener pastures, according to a new report. ...
Google will no longer be promoting its ambitious Google+ as competition to Facebook and Twitter, media reports said....
City-based Rajesh Exports Ltd on Monday announced acquiring Swiss gold refinery Valcambi for Rs.2,569 crore ($400 million) in all cash deal from Newsmont and a group of investors...
In a stinging attack on Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik, the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday said he was "working like a BJP worker and was unfit for any constitutional post"....
The New Zealand immigration department is all set to act against "witch doctors" of Indian-origin after a case of fraud with an Indian-descent woman was recently lodged with the police, a media report said on Monday....
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Bit by a rattlesnake while taking a selfie with it, a man from San Diego faces a hospital bill of over $150,000 for treatment, a media report said on Sunday....
The mystery about why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time has been revealed, research showed....
Go slow while eating your food as people who eat slowly feel fuller and think they have eaten more than those who eat quickly, shows research....
