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Unwell Hawking misses 70th b’day event

British theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who turned 70 on Sunday, had to miss the public symposium organised in his honour by the University of Cambridge on Sunday afternoon beca

Bell’s first phone sketch up for sale

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An eight-page letter penned in 1878 by Scottish-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell, containing a rare picture of his first telephone system, is up for auction.

Missing NRI: Taxi driver holds vital clues

The Greater Manchester Police looking for a 20-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been missing since January 2, on Monday said that a taxi driver may hold vital information about him.

Concern is gr

In UK, '7 in 10 bullied in their jobs'

Britons seem to be among the most bullied workers in the world - with seven out of 10 claiming that they have been picked on by bosses or colleagues, a new study has revealed.

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Woman astronaut to head 100-year Starship project

Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go into space in 1992, has been chosen to head the 100-year Starship project.

Jemison's project will explore what it would take for multi-generational

Missing NRI: Family mystified

British police is looking for two men, including a taxi driver, who were seen speaking to an Indian- origin youth shortly before he went missing last week, as his 'mystified' family says they have no

Bruni in controversy over AIDS charity money paid to friend

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French First Lady Carla Bruni has reportedly landed into a major controversy in the wake of allegations that she handed out AIDS charity money to one of her closest friends and to a foundation she run

UK police smuggle fake bomb onto Olympic site

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U.K. police managed to smuggle a fake bomb into Olympic Park in a security test, overshadowing a special Cabinet meeting on Monday at the park that marked 200 days until the Summer Games begin.

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NRI couple in UK makes news with 86-year marriage

An Indian-origin couple who married in Punjab in 1925 and moved to Britain in 1965, has hit the headlines after celebrating their 86th marriage anniversary with the prospect of being the longest marri

Hawking: Essential to colonise space

A December 14, 2011 photo shows Stephen Hawking in his office at the University of Cambridge. 	— AFP

World-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who will turn 70 on Sunday, has said that humans will have to colonise space soon to avoid catastrophes like a nuclear war or glob

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