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The Top 5 Best USB/PD Phone Charger in India 2023

View Top 5 Mobile Chargers in India as on 08 Feb 2023. This rundown is compiled according t...

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Best Treadmill For Home In India 2023

This is our review of the Best Treadmill In India 2023.   We have tested and compared all the Best Treadmill in the market. Aft...

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Comedian Raju Srivastava, 58, Dies Weeks After Cardiac Arrest In Gym

Comedian Raju Srivastava was hospitalised on August 10 after he collapsed in the gym and was rushed to AIIMS.

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Former Pakistani Umpire Asad Rauf Dies At 66

Asad Rauf, a previous ICC World class Board umpire from Pakistan, kicked the bucket at 66 years old.  

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Queen Elizabeth Dies At 96: The New Royal Line Of Succession

Queen's death: The eldest of her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, who at 73 was the oldest heir apparent in British history, became king immediately...

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The Reason behind Why a noble prize winner , William Golding once said that "I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men".

Lord of the Flies author William Golding once said that "I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men". Sir William Gerald Goldin...

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What Are Dreams?

Everyone dreams but what are dreams exactly? Of course, you’ve experienced it but you may be wondering what it is exactly that happens when you dream. You mig...

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The East India Company: The original corporate raiders

For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant...

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History of Nalanda University

History of Nalanda University

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Rakesh Sharma: Our First Space Man

IAF officer Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma flew aboard a Soyuz T11 spacecraft on April 2, 1984, and became the first Indian to journey into space. He spent 7 days, 21 hour...

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Sacred stories: Tell me about the Prophet

My Lord Is With Me   Firawn was intransigent. And, as his efforts to crush the Israelites reached a fever pitch, the Prophet Mu...

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Today in History: Sept. 26

  Today is Tuesday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2017. There are 96 days left in the year.   Today’s Hi...

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Real-Life Atlantis? 3,400-Year-Old Palace Emerges After Water Levels Drop in Drought-Hit Kurdistan

Atlantis may not be real, but the ruins of a 3,400-Year-Old Palace in Kurdistan is.

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Ever wondered what happened to the first Maruti 800 sold in India? Here's all you should know

In the first year of operation in 1983, the company had produced just 844 units of M800.

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What Gandhi really thought about guns

Those familiar with pro-gun activists know that they love a good quote. Do some surfing on pro-gun websites and you will find a cottage industry of quotations from ...

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24th August 1608: The First Representative of the East India Company Lands in Surat.

The East India Company was a British joint stock company founded in 1600 to carry out the trade with the East Indies (a term used to refer to South and South East...

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The Road to Enlightenment Leads to Sanchi

Sanchi, a town located 49 kilometres from Bhopal, is famous throughout the world for its Buddhist stupas. These Buddhist monuments, dating from the 3rd century BC...

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Today in History: Oct. 26.

  Today’s Highlight in History:   On Oct. 26, 1861, the legendary Pony Express officially ceased oper...

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Mystery of Pompeii Lakshmi: The 2000-YO Link Between India & the Roman Empire!

Unearthed by Amedeo Maiuri in 1938, an Italian scholar, Pompeii Lakshmi is an ivory statuette that lays testimony to the intensity of Indo-Roman trade relations dat...

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Who Was Gandhi?

Have You Ever Wondered... -- Who was Gandhi? -- What is nonviolent protest?...

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Dinpanah and Shergarh of Purana Qila: Why 2 rival kings chose the same site to raise cities

The second Mughal emperor, Humayun, built Dinpanah and died there on his way from Lahore to Agra in 1556. The site was appropriated by Sher Shah Suri for Shergarh a...

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Santa Claus is real but dead: Archaeologists say they’ve found his tomb in Turkey

Archaeologists claim to have discovered the tomb of Saint Nicholas -- whose habit of secret gift-giving gave rise to the legend of Santa Claus -- beneath the ruins ...

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19th November 2017: 100 years of Indira Gandhi. She was the mother of every Indian supremo

She was imperious, she was shy; she was called a goongi gudiya but she became Ma Durga; she was the frail teenager who became India’s first politica...

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Hindi Diwas 2018: Hindi travelled to these five countries from India

The migration of Hindi, in particular, the variant used in parts of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, is intimately tied up with the history of India itself.

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Ghalib’s 220th birth anniversary: Delhiites redefine the life and times of the poet

Poetry and art enthusiasts in Delhi are keeping Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, alive in their own ways. Here’s looking at how these people are lendi...

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7 Good Things The British Did For India And Indians!

India’s history is wealthy and diverse due to the distinctive mix of ancient civilizations, countries, beliefs and thoughts. To mention only a few the attract...

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How Sheikh Abdullah’s note to Nehru saved Kashmir from falling into the hands of Pakistan

  The October 26, 1947, meeting at Nehru’s residence would eventually decide the future of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Babur in India: An emperor who loved the monsoon breeze but wasn’t impressed by the melons or grapes

It could be argued that India’s dislike of Babur is merely a reflection of Babur’s dislike of India.

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Delhi praises surprise pre-monsoon showers, more rain expected tomorrow

The Capital saw light pre-monsoon showers on Wednesday bringing rest from the singing temperatures. The climate is required to remain wonderful throughout the week ...

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The Story of Biryani: How This Exotic Dish Came, Saw and Conquered India!

Biryani is an evergreen classic that really needs no introduction. India offers so much on its culinary platter but the one dish Indians unanimously love indulgin...

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