Marriage at a later age than in the past is a reality, but teenage brides are by no means as uncommon as we might think, with 41.3% of all girls aged 19 in India having married, according to just-released data from the 2011 census.
If there is anything that last week’s earthquake hasn’t changed in the devastated Basantpur Durbar Square, it’s the daily worship of Kumari, Nepal’s living virgin goddess.
The sport of boxing will have its biggest moment in recent memory when the "fight of the century" begins between Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and colourful American Floyd Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas.
Eminent journalist, writer and renowned Tagore researcher Amitabha Chowdhury, 88, passed away at his south Kolkata residence early on Friday morning following a prolonged illness.
When the rest of the 250-odd inmates of the Madurantakam sub-jail were called for lunch on Friday, a 24-year-old prisoner worked on his hunger for freedom.
In 1999, Bill Gates wrote a book titled "Business @ the Speed of Thought."In the book, Gates makes 15 bold predictions that at the time might have sounded outrageous.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the deadline to fully implement the mobile number portability (MNP) across the country by another two months.
At a recent Wipro executive meet, CEO TK Kurien articulated an ambitious plan to reduce $300 million from the company’s cost of operations in the current fiscal.
Roger Federer survived a stern test from world No. 63 Diego Schwartzman to advance into the final of the Istanbul Open after a tense three set encounter.
Gold prices plunged sharply and closed below the psychological Rs 27,000 benchmark on the bullion market here on Saturday following frantic unwinding by stockists and speculative traders marred by heightened global volatility.
India's foreign exchange reserves rose $1.4 billion in the week ended April 24 to touch $344.6 billion, creating a new record, the Reserve Bank of India said on Friday.
Yanis Varoufakis insisted Saturday that Greece would not require a new bailout from its international creditors if they would simply restructure its debt.
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