USA, Australian universities hold sway over Indian students
byIndian students continue to throng universities United States and Australia each and many more would be joining the thousands of Indians studying abroad soon….
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A laser documentary to repay a debt
byChicago: Indian American Manick Sorcar, who has devised a laser show to pay tribute to two eminent Indians, Swami Vivekananda and magician P.C. Sorcar, says…
Whisky is Scotland’s most recognised asset
byEdinburgh: Whisky is Scotland’s most recognised asset, with 40 bottles of Scotch shipped overseas each second, according to a survey Monday. Scotch Whisky came top…
Girls’ school blown up in Pakistan
byIslamabad: Extremists blew up an all-girls school in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency, a tribal area, leaving one person killed, Geo News reported Monday. The extremists had…
3,500 kg ancient coins found in China
byBeijing: Archaeologists have excavated about 3,500 kg of ancient coins in China’s Inner Mongolia Region, Xinhua reported today. Most of these coins were in prevalence…
Self-discipline is cure for Russian corruption: Dalai Lama
byMoscow: Russians should develop “self-discipline” based on moral ethics to battle deep-rooted corruption in the country, exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said….
Ozzy Osbourne to get his own airport?
byLondon: Singer Ozzy Osbourne is reportedly set to have an airport named after him. The 64-year-old has been put forward to be the new title…
Two militants killed in Kashmir gunfight
bySrinagar: Two militants were killed and three security personnel injured today in a gunfight between separatist guerrillas and security forces in Kashmir’s district headquarters town…
Ratan Tata retires, Cyrus Mistry takes over Saturday
byMumbai: There was no event to mark the occasion, no speeches and the icon himself was not even there at Bombay House to see the…
Nearly nine million Russian are drug addicts
byMoscow: Almost nine million Russians regularly take illicit drugs, according to the country’s Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov . “About 8.8 million Russians…