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Facebook donates $100 mn to schools

Sep. 24 | Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is donating $100 million to the school system in Newark, New Jersey, one of the poorest in the country, it was announced on Thursday. The huge donation came just days before the release in the US of a major Hollywood...

World’s oldest man marks 114th birthday in US

Sep. 22 | GREAT FALLS, Montana – A Montana resident believed to be the world’s oldest man celebrated his 114th birthday Tuesday at a retirement home in Great Falls. Walter Breuning was born on Sept. 21, 1896, in Melrose, Minnesota, and moved to Montana...

Top 10 Fastest Motorcycles in the World 2010

Sep. 14 | Riding motorcycle is one of the popular hobbies in the world. It will be more prestige if it’s riding the fastest motorcycle in the world. Basically fastest motorcycle is created for the adrenaline reason. It’s so exciting for some people to speed...

Gydroaviasalon 2010

Sep. 12 | Four L-39 jets from the Vyazma Russ aerobatic squadron perform during the international air show “Gydroaviasalon 2010″ in town of Gelendzhik. Amphibious aircraft Beriev Be-200ChS (background) and a Beriev Be-103 are seen at the international...

Bloodhound on the scent of a new speed record

Sep. 9 | The UK has a big history of world speed record attempts, both on the water and on land. But a new effort by the team behind the Bloodhound SSC could see the current world land speed record being smashed if plans to hit 1,000 mph on land come off. The...

Coolest cars ever to hit the streets – I

Aug. 15 | The problem is, cool is so subjective. So, after much civilised debate, hair pulling and staring out of windows, we have listed our 30 coolest cars of all time. Of course, you might not agree at all with our selection. Which is fine, because we want...

Facebook vows new measures to combat ‘trolling’

Aug. 12 | London : Social networking website Facebook has promised to develop new security measures that will automatically delete offensive messages sent by strangers. Engineers at Facebook are now working on new systems to combat the growing trend, known as...

दादी को जिंदा खाने वाला गिरफ्तार

Aug. 6 | रोंगटे खड़े कर देने वाली एक घटना में 26 साल के एक यूक्रेनियाई कम्प्यूटर प्रोग्रामर अपनी दादी के अंगों...

हिरोशिमा की त्रासदी : एक नजर

Aug. 6 | जापान के शहर हिरोशिमा में सुबह 8 बजकर 15 मिनट पर अमेरिका ने "लिटिल बॉय" नामक आणविक बम 600 मीटर ऊपर...

The Don Bradman of bowling

Jul. 22 | Two Test cricket records will never be broken: Don Bradman’s stupendous batting average of 99.94 and Muthiah Muralitharan’s astonishing haul of 800 wickets. But where the Don was acknowledged as the absolute monarch of batsmanship, Muralitharan,...

World’s oldest person is 130 yrs

Jul. 18 | Khvichava blows candles during her 130th birthday party in the village of Sachino. Wearing a bright dress, headscarf and shiny red lipstick Khvichava spoke in Mingrelian, a local language, through an interpreter.

Merc drives in Rs 2 crore sports car

Jul. 18 | New Delhi German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Friday launched its flagship super sports car – SLS AMG – for the Indian market with a price range of Rs 2 to 2.50 crore. The SLS AMG was first presented in India during the Auto Expo 2010...