It was the most subtle of gestures, but looking back, many in Dubai now see it as a sign of their salvation. At the grand opening of the Dubai Air Show this month, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Muhammad bin Zayed al-Nahyan, placed his hand over the hand of Dubai’s ruler, Sheik Mohammed [...]
PARIS: Roger Federer has topped the ATP end-of-year world rankings for the fifth time during his career having ceded the position last year to Roger Rafael Nadal. The 28-year-old Swiss star, who won the French Open and Wimbledon during the summer, was world No.1 previously from 2004 to 2007 and he is now level with [...]
New Delhi: The Question Hour in the Lok Sabha was cut short on Monday as MPs who had given notice to ask questions were not present in the House. Speaker Meira Kumar invited members to ask questions but the house could take up only two questions related to defence and rural development due to the [...]
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Eesha Koppikhar, who tied the knot with restaurateur Timmy Narang at a temple, says that she always wanted to get married in a temple. “Temple is something really pure, it’s really nice to get married in a temple. I always wanted to get married in a temple,” Eesha told reporters Sunday at [...]
Research said it was also important to eat less sugar and simple carbohydrates found in many supposedly healthy processed foods and heavily sweetened yogurt. Consumption of animal fats — contained in sausage and dairy products, for example — should be reduced as well. Research pointed out, however, that blood cholesterol levels were driven less by [...]
Geneva: The world’s biggest atom-smasher has set a world record by accelerating to energy levels that had never been previously reached, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday. “CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has today become the world’s highest energy particle accelerator, having accelerated its twin beams of protons to an energy of [...]
Washington: In a stern message to Pakistan, the United States has asked it to shed its policy of “using insurgents” like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) as a strategic tool and warned that if it cannot deliver against terrorists, the US may be impelled to use “any means” at its disposal. The message, which has been conveyed in [...]
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday snapped the two-day 3.3 per cent losses, to close with a significant gain of over 294 points or 1.71 per cent, driven by the more than expected GDP growth at 7.9 per cent amid easing tension in the Dubai debt crisis. The Sensex, which had lost [...]
RANCHI: Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda was on Monday arrested by the state police’s vigilance wing in connection with a case of disproportionate assets . ( Watch Video ) Currently an MP from Singhbhum, Koda was arrested around 12.30 pm by West Singhbhum SP Akhilesh Kumar from his Tundi Tola residence in Chaibasa, the [...]
Arecent study has proved that certain junk foods contain good amounts of antioxidants and they can in fact be good for the heart. While it isn’t Junk food recommended that one thrive on these foods, indulging in some of them, in limit of course, may do you a whole lot of good. Some examples of [...]
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