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Yearly News 2014

Bigg Boss 8: Wild card Nigaar Khan in th...

Bigg Boss 8: Wild card Nigaar Khan in the house!

Bigg Boss 8 makers are trying every possible means to make sure their show’s TRPs go up but from heated arguments to physical violence, nothing has been working on the show this time round. Hence, the makers have resorted to a new method – introducing as many as three wild cards on the... read more »

How glass can help build super-fast comp...

How glass can help build super-fast computers

New research demonstrates how glass could be manipulated to create a material that would allow computers to transfer information using light. This may significantly increase computer processing speeds and power in the future. “The challenge is to find a single material that can effectively... read more »

ATP World Tour Finals: Federer in the gr...

ATP World Tour Finals: Federer in the groove, Nishikori downs Murray

LONDON: Roger Federer was back in the groove at the ATP World Tour Finals as the six-time champion defeated Milos Raonic 6-1, 7-6 (7/0), while Japan’s Kei Nishikori made a dream debut with a surprise 6-4, 6-4 victory over Andy Murray on Sunday. Federer last won the prestigious season-ending... read more »

Dhawan’s real test will be in Aust...

Dhawan’s real test will be in Australia

The Indian team, led by Virat Kohli, is having a gala time. In the ongoing five-ODI series, they have pulverised a listless Sri Lankan side. Under Kohli, the stand-in captain, they have excelled in all departments and everything is clicking for them just a few months before the 2015 ICC World Cup... read more »

Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar, Rao violates code of conduct, says activist

Playing, revealing it his way: Sachin still hasn’t lost his sense of timing

The good old Team India, it appears, has come alive once again with a stroke of pen. Revelations in Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography, Playing it My Way, have triggered quite a... read more »

Mumbai Indians acquire Unmukt Chand, Vinay Kumar

Mumbai Indians have acquired Unmukt Chand from Rajasthan Royals and R Vinay Kumar from Kolkata Knight Riders in the first Indian Premier League (IPL) Trading Window, which was opened on... read more »

Senior AQAP commander killed in U.S. drone strike in Yemen

ADEN – A senior commander of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch, Nabil al-Dahab, was killed along with five other members of the group in a U.S. drone strike in the central province of... read more »

We are geared up for Korea: India captain

No Indian in ICC’s ‘Test Team’ while Dhoni leads ‘ODI’ side

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was on Wednesday named captain of ICC’ ‘ODI Team of the Year’ but none of the Indian players found berth in governing body’s ‘Test Team of... read more »

School bus crash in Egypt kills 16

At least 16 people, mostly children, were killed on Wednesday when a school bus crashed into three other vehicles on a desert road in the Nile Delta north of Cairo, state television said. Photos... read more »