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Sanskrit speakers seek to revive 'dead' language 17 Dec 2015 - 01:26 pm

Caption New Delhi: In a tiny flat in a rundown alley in New Delhi, Rakesh Kumar Misra is working against the odds to...

Amazon warns UK hoverboard owners over unsafe plugs 16 Dec 2015 - 06:00 pm

LONDON: Amazon is warning British customers that their hoverboards may be unsafe, the latest in a string of warnings about the popular scooters....

Google CEO outlines vision to bring millions of Indians online 16 Dec 2015 - 02:08 pm

Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures as he addresses a news conference in New Delhi, India, December 16, 2015. REUTERS New Delhi: Google's new...

Apps: Screening your screen time 16 Dec 2015 - 11:41 am

By Elizabeth Chang BreakFree Between daughters who prefer texting to any other form of communication, my workplace's mandate to be follow-worthy on a...

Kia allows us to make an Apples-and-Rolexes comparison 16 Dec 2015 - 11:31 am

By Warren Brown Rapid technological progress, accompanied by the increasing standardization of what once was sold as costly optional equipment, is upsetting the...

Vegetarian diet more harmful to environment, says study 16 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

New York: Contrary to popular assumption -- and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference --...

We have big plans for India: Christie's 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 pm

File photo of Christie's World Art head William Robinson as he auctions a painting by Indian artist Tyeb Mehta at an hotel in...

Social media link to attacks poses conundrum 15 Dec 2015 - 08:54 am

San Francisco: Pressure is growing on social networks to play a bigger role in finding and weeding out jihadists and others looking to...

Samsung takes Apple patent case to US Supreme Court 15 Dec 2015 - 08:49 am

San Francisco: Samsung, on the losing end of a massive smartphone patent lawsuit, appealed on Monday to the US Supreme Court in hopes...

Some days fruit is enough, other days chocolate is needed 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Melissa D'Arabian If you were to join my family for dinner on a regular weeknight, you’d see our typical dessert routine in...

Dutch schoolkids get scary taste of refugee life 14 Dec 2015 - 11:42 am

A girl receives toys at a refugee shelter run by German charity organisation Arbeiter Samariter Bund ASB in Berlin, Germany. The Hague: A...

Tech titans pledge $1 bn for artificial intelligence research 12 Dec 2015 - 11:57 am

Elon Musk, CEO of US automotive and energy storage company Tesla, presents his outlook on climate change at the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris...

Maldives: To 'sunny side of life' with sea, beaches, palms 10 Dec 2015 - 02:19 pm

With abundant sea life, pleasant temperatures and sandy beaches, Maldives is renowned as a tropical paradise By Rahul Dass Kani (Maldives): The Maldives...

Toyota starts sales of 4th generation Prius hybrid 10 Dec 2015 - 01:45 pm

Toyota Motor Corp Executive Vice President Mitsuhisa Kato with a Toyota new Prius at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO:...

Fashion mogul Berge sells off library in sequel to art 'sale of the century' 10 Dec 2015 - 01:21 pm

French businessman Pierre Berge poses in this undated photo. AFP Paris: Six years after selling off his art collection in a record-breaking "sale...

Smartphones would be outdated in five years 10 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

Melbourne: Smartphones will become obsolete within five years and would be replaced with artificial intelligence, according to a consumer survey by the Ericsson...

Programmers create unlikely IT boom in Belarus 09 Dec 2015 - 09:16 am

Minsk: Despite its state-controlled economy, Belarus has become an unexpected top performer in information technology, with its programmers developing such worldwide hits as...