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Although Syria's tragedy is too painful to be associated with humor, the suffering that both Moscow and Washington are inflicting on the Syrian people reminds us of a kind of a 'black comedy' joke. It goes like this: A barber was very keen on his son inheriting his 'salon', but the young man wasn't remotely interested in such a career. One day the barber decided to force his son to join him, and...

New Delhi, Oct 8: His more than two decades long career is a stuff of legends and handing out tips on chasing success, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar today said one should be smart enough to hide weaknesses against rival bowlers. "You can't expose weaknesses. Once I got hit in the rib-cage. The bowler kept staring at me and I kept staring at him. It had become difficult to breath but I did...

Ballari, Oct 5: A case of a youth assaulting a boy and a girl of different communities sitting together in the Ballari mini zoo that occurred on Monday, came to light on Tuesday. The girl, in a complaint lodged in Cowl Bazaar police station here, has charged Vikar Ahmed with assaulting her and her friend as the latter belonged to a different community. Cowl Bazaar police have registered a case.

Stockholm, Oct 4: British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics for studies of unusual states of matter such as in superconductors, the award-giving body said on Tuesday. "Thanks to their pioneering work, the hunt is now on for new and exotic phases of matter," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement awarding...

Bidar, Oct 4: A fter the recent heavy rains washed away his soya and red gram crops completely, a farmer reportedly committed suicide at Yadlapur village in Bidar taluk on Monday. The farmer, who has been identified as Bandeppa Koli (36), was devastated at the loss and reportedly committed suicide by hanging from a tree in his field. His wife Lakshmibai told the police that Bandeppa was worried...

London, Oct 3: An Indian-origin man in the UK, believed to hold the record for the world's longest marriage, has died. Karam Chand, 110, died of natural causes in hospital last week – just six weeks short of celebrating his 111th birthday. Chand and his wife Kartari, 103, became celebrities last year following their 90th wedding anniversary. The couple never argued, according to their family. They...

New Delhi, Oct 3: A giant dinosaur footprint measuring 106cm long and 77cm wide has been found in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The ancient footprint as big as a fully grown person was discovered by a team of Japanese and Mongolian paleontologists. The fossil, which researchers claim could be the world's biggest dinosaur footprint ever found, belongs to the Titanosaur, a long-necked dinosaur and...

Internet users in the United States at the second spot on the list of readers of books and writings on Mahatma Gandhi, even though he never visited America in his lifetime, showed a analytics report of a prominent website on the Father of the Nation. According to a Google Analytics report of website www.mkgandhi.org, majority of online readers or researchers on Mahatma Gandhi belong to India...

London, Sep 29: The Batpod prop used in Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight Rises" has been auctioned off at the Prop Store live auction at the BFI IMAX in London. It sold for 312,000 pounds at auction on Tuesday, reported Female First. The Caped Crusader's vehicle used in the 2012 superhero blockbuster from Christopher Nolan's trilogy, starring Christian Bale, was among several TV and film...

Udupi, Sep 29: Thieves broke into a temple and made away with gold ornaments worth Rs. 6 lakh at Kabbinale village coming under the Hebri police station limits in Udupi district. According to the police, thieves broke into the Sri Annapurneshwari Temple between 7 p.m. on September 26 and 7 a.m. on September 27. They decamped with gold ornaments of the deity, whose value is estimated to be Rs. 6...