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London 2012 Olympics Games ethics commissioner quits
Sustainability Commissioner to the London 2012 Olympics, Meredith Alexander, quit on Thursday in protest of the sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical Company for its connection to the Bhopal gas disaster
Copy of jupiter asteroids’ orbit inside one atom
Physicists have for the first time built an accurate model of part of the solar system inside a single atom of potassium.
Miller’s novel Pure bags Costa award
British novelist Andrew Miller has won the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year award for his novel, Pure, set in pre-revolutionary Paris in 1785.
Decomposed body found in French bank's a/c vent
A decomposed body, apparently that of a robber, has been found inside the air-conditioning vent of a French bank.
Staff at the Credit Foncier bank in Lyon were complaining since last September of a ‘
CWG issues cast shadow on UK-India ties: British lawmakers
British lawmakers on Thursday criticised the findings of an Indian government appointed committee looking into irregularities in the 2010 CWG games, saying problems of the mega sporting event continue
Julian Assange says he's launching TV talk show
You've read his leaks. Now watch his show.
Cyber-transparency activist Julian Assange says he's launching a career in television, hosting what he's billing as a new brand of talk show built around th
Meet the woman who teaches yoga at 93 even after hip replacement
A 93-year-old yoga teacher continues to get up at 5 am to teach her students, despite having undergone a hip replacement surgery.
Apart from practicing yoga for over 70 years, Tao Porchon-Lynch also
UK woman claims new Antarctic solo record
British skier Felicity Aston has crossed Antarctica, becoming the first woman in the world to traverse the icy continent alone.
The 33-year-old explorer also set another world record — she became the first person to ski across Antarctica using only her own muscle power. She also became the first British woman to traverse Antarctica.
Kunzru: I wanted to give voice to Rushdie at litfest
British author of Indian-origin Hari Kunzru has defended his decision to read out an excerpt from Sir Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, which is banned in India, at the Jaipur Literature festival.
Describing The Satanic Verses as “just a book, not a bomb,” British-born Kunzru said his only intention was to protest against the Booker Prize-winner’s absence due to “manufactured” controversies.
UK decision on Hanif
A British court on Monday announced that it will decide by March-end the extradition case of Mohammed Hanif Umerji Patel also known as “Tiger Hanif”, wanted in India in connection with the 1993 bomb blast in Surat.
