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Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest ...

Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year – activists

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria’s four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17,790 of the dead were civilians, including 3,501 children. Meanwhile more than 15,000 died in conflicts in Iraq in 2014,... read more »

6 Signs she is definitely cheating on yo...

6 Signs she is definitely cheating on you

Sometimes suspicion and mistrust can ruin your relationship with your girlfriend. But if the matter is serious and the nagging suspicion is impossible to ignore, here are few steps to figure out if your fears are real: 1. If she turns secretive and tries to guard her conversations on the phone,... read more »

Planning Commission’s end will spu...

Planning Commission’s end will spur privatization: CPI-M

New Delhi: The government decision to replace the Planning Commission with NITI Aayog is a regressive step that will only push India towards a market-driven economy, the CPI-M said Friday. And allowing the finance ministry to decide allocations to the states amounts to... read more »

Sachin Tendulkar cooks ‘Baingan Bh...

Sachin Tendulkar cooks ‘Baingan Bharta’ in Mussoorie on New Yea...

New Delhi: Retired cricketer Sachin Tendulkar tried his culinary skills in Mussoorie on New Year. He prepared Baingan Bharta for his friends and updated it on Twitter and Facebook. On Twitter he posted, “Cooked ‘baingan bharta’ for 45 friends – a recipe taught by my mother. They... read more »

Congo confirms first Ebola cases

The deadly Ebola virus has emerged in another African country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing two people in a remote region where many others have fallen sick, the Congo... read more »

6.0 quake rattles Bay Area, sending about 170 people to hospitals

e little-known West Napa Fault shook for about 20 seconds early Sunday, enough to leave the San Francisco Bay Area with its biggest earthquake in 25 years — wrecking historic wine country... read more »

Iraqi troops foil jihadists’ attack on country’s biggest oil refinery

Iraqi government forces battled Sunni militants for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a U.S. response to an appeal for... read more »

Islamic State: Radical shifts needed to combat threat

US defence chiefs have spelled out their conviction that a complex long-term war will be needed, with intervention in both Syria and Iraq, if Islamic State’s “caliphate”... read more »

Gold remains weak on sluggish demand; silver ends lower

NEW DELHI: Continuing its losing streak for the eight straight session, gold prices shed Rs 40 to close at almost one-month low of Rs 28,100 per 10 grams in the national capital today due to... read more »