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London, UK-based retail chain Marks and Spencer on Monday became the latest firm to pull its online advertising from Google platforms over fears it is appearing next to extremist content.   It follows a UK government decision to remove its adverts from YouTube -- which is owned by...

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IANS 12 September 2016
An Indian businessman owns a staggering number of 22 apartments in Burj Khalifa tower, the world's tallest building located in Dubai in the UAE, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.   George V. Nereaparambil, a mechanic-turned businessman, says he intends to continue buying more if...

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IANS 07 September 2016
A major Indian Ocean-wide tsunami mock drill involving India and 23 other Indian Ocean countries began on Wednesday to test warning and detection systems.   A tsunami warning was simulated with an earthquake of magnitude 9.2 south of Sumatra, Indonesia in the eastern Indian Ocean at...

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IANS 20 August 2016
Usain Bolt on Friday led Jamaica to the men's 4x100 metres relay gold medal at the Rio Olympics.   Jamaica clocked 37.27 seconds, beating second-placed Japan by 0.33. The United States came third in 37.62 but was disqualified, Xinhua news agency reported.   Canada finished...

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IANS 20 August 2016
In the first gesture to fulfil his pledge that he and his wife made last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million of the social networking giant's shares.   According to a US regulatory filing, The Chan Zuckerberg Foundation and CZI Holdings LLC sold Facebook shares...

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Kushagra Dixit (IANS) 18 August 2016
Watched over by her human admirers, Ranthambore Tiger Reserve's pride, 19-year-old tigress Machli, the oldest big cat ever known to have walked the wilderness, died on Wednesday morning, officials said.   Machli, the most photographed big cat at the reserve, died at 9.40...

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IANS 18 August 2016
A simple reference towards the end of his Independence Day speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thrown open Pakistan's festering Balochistan wound, rattling a neighbour India has for decades blamed for stoking trouble in Jammu and Kashmir.   Modi, in tit-for-tat tactics, has...

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IANS 08 August 2016
When making a business decision, choosing a hotel, ordering meals, or even participating in experiments, people are more likely to assign decision making to others or "pass the buck" when faced with such choices that affect others.   However, it doesn't happen when those decisions...

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Hardev Sanotra (IANS) 08 August 2016
"I can give you Barcelona, if you give me Rio." That's a snatch of conversation you are likely to hear in various forms on the sidelines of the Olympic Games, where dozens of lapel pin collectors have congregated from all over the world.   Often spreading their wares just outside the...

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IANS 04 August 2016
Some of the major Indian passenger carriers on Thursday cancelled their scheduled operations to Dubai due to the unavailability of runway at the Dubai International Airport.   The announcements by the Indian carriers came a day after an Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai...

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IANS 02 August 2016
The much-awaited Spanish-made Talgo high-speed train reached the Mumbai Central Terminus from New Delhi on its third and final trial run, an official said on Tuesday.   The train, which left New Delhi on Monday evening, completed the trial run despite delays on account of heavy rains...

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IANS 01 August 2016
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was left embarrassed after making three spelling mistakes in one 21-word tweet attacking Hillary Clinton, the media reported on Sunday.   In a tweet criticising his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump wrote: "Hillary Clinton should...

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Not high roaming bills but the lack of internet connectivity is the biggest fear of Indians while travelling, a survey revealed on Wednesday.   Nearly 34.5% of people feared the lack of mobile network while travelling while just 6.9% are afraid of high roaming bills, said the survey...

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Legendary Bollywood playgback singer and ghazal maestro Mubarak Begum Shaikh passed away after prolonged illness at her residence late Monday night, a family member said.   Known simply as 'Mubarak Begum', the Rajasthan-born singer was a widow and breathed her last at...

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A malicious gaming app called Pokemon Go Ultimate, the first "lockscreen" app has made its way onto the Google Play store, said software security company ESET.   The app when downloaded and run is not installed as Pokemon Go but as "PI Network", a report published in the Fortune...

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At least four police officers were shot dead and sever others injured on Thursday night after two snipers opened fire during a protest in Dallas over the recent fatal police shootings of black men in the US.   In a statement, police said of the seven injured, three are in "critical"...

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Antoine Griezmann scored a brilliant brace to power hosts France to a comfortable 2-0 win over Germany in the semi-finals of the European Championship here on Thursday and set up a final showdown against Portugal.   The hosts survived a barrage of German pressure in the first half...

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Cheers erupted at NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday as its solar-powered Juno spacecraft entered the orbit around Jupiter -- ending its nearly five-year journey to study the gas giant like never before.   According to Scott Bolton, principal investigator of...

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Robert Faturechi (ProPublica) 01 July 2016
Donald Trump's choice to run his campaign in Colorado, a key battleground state, is a veteran political consultant who was accused in the last election cycle of defrauding a top conservative super PAC.   During the 2014 midterm election, Patrick Davis was brought on to help run...

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The car window winds down and new age author Paolo Coelho asks for directions to the expressway. "Here, have this map," I reply, handing him a folded piece of paper with "Follow Your Dream" on it.   Okay, that hasn't happened yet, but scientists say we live in an infinite multiverse...

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