2016

Los Angeles: Pop star Lady Gaga and some sexual abuse survivors who joined her onstage during her performance at the Academy Awards have got matching tattoos in solidarity. One of those survivors onstage of the Sunday event, took to…
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Madrid: Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona took another step towards the La Liga title and set a new Spanish football record of 35 games unbeaten in the process with a 5-1 win at nine-man Rayo Vallecano. Two goals in as many…
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Washington: Independent investor Sunil Sabharwal has become the first Indian-American to occupy a key administration post at the IMF, three weeks after he was confirmed by the Senate. Sabharwal, who was confirmed by the US Senate after a…
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Seoul: Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea's nuclear arsenal to be ready for pre-emptive use "anytime," in an expected ramping up of rhetoric following the UN Security Council's adoption of tough new sanctions on Pyongyang. "We must…
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United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief has accused all parties in Yemen's escalating conflict of attacking civilian facilities including hospitals and schools and demanded an immediate halt and access to the entire country to deliver…
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Washington: Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has announced to appoint a top American Senator as head of his national security team. In a statement, Trump said Jeff Sessions, who has advised him on issues such as trade and…
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Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra has reached 13 million followers on Twitter and she celebrated the milestone by leaping on the beach in Boca Raton, Florida, where she has been shooting "Baywatch" movie. The 33-year-old actress thanked all…
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Mumbai: Rallying for the fourth consecutive session, the benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 112 points and the NSE Nifty regained the 7,500-mark in early trade today on widespread gains amid a firming trend at other Asian bourses. The…
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Blame it on poor connectivity despite having over four-lakh subscriber base Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the Jammu telecom circle has failed to give the services expected from it. Earlier it was rural areas and for the last few days…
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Joginder Singh  Economists, bankers and governments have a euphemism for bank losses. They use the term 'non-performing assets'. Perhaps they believe that the more garbled the language the less the people will understand. According to…
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