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A journey to sainthood

Mother Teresa will enter into sainthood on September 4, 2016, after a relatively short period of 19 years since her passing away on September 5, 1997. Pope Francis recently recognised a second miracle attributed to her intercession which ‘cured’ a Brazilian patient, awaiting surgery, of an incurable infection in his brain.

Fossil find points to life on Earth 3.7 bn years ago

Life on Earth is even older than we thought, Australian scientists said on Thursday as they unveiled fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years. The tiny structures — called stromatolites — were found in ancient rock along the edge of Greenland’s ice cap, and were 220 million years older than the previous record holders. Read More

NASA spots galaxy cluster

Scientists have set a new record for spotting the most distant galaxy cluster located about 11.1 billion light-years from the Earth, a discovery that pushes back the formation time of these clusters by about 700 million years.

Smoke on the Water, Fire in the Sky

On a doom-laden day in August, 79 AD Pliny the Elder, one of the most influential writers of classical Europe, vanished from human ken on the beach in Stabiae, a fashionable resort town of the period where Roman high society maintained villas.

Kareena Kapoor gets emotional

Kareena Kapoor Khan had the most “special” moment of her life as she walked the ramp for the first time after announcing her pregnancy. The 34-year-old actress got emotional and said it will be a walk to remember for her as she and her baby took to the ramp together for the first time.

Rajinikanth-Pa.Ranjith combo under Dhanush’s production soon

Superstar Rajinikanth fans are in for another treat. And this time, it promises to be a ‘double dhamaka’. Actor Dhanush took to Twitter to announce that Wunderbar Films, established by him and his wife, Aishwarya R. Dhanush, would helm the Superstar’s next film which is to be directed by Pa.Ranjith.

World’s oldest man of 145 years wants to die

Living a long life is one thing and being content is another. and once you have loved a long enough life to see everything, how the world has progressed and transformed, how social trajectories change and how history is created.

How You Can Safely Run With Asthma

Many patients with asthma believe that running and asthma are a bad mix. However, running with asthma can be great for your body if your asthma is under good control. Running with asthma can also trigger your asthma symptoms if your asthma is poorly controlled. Benefits Running with asthma has a number of benefits: It Read More

Wi-Fi on your plane, soon

Air passengers will soon be able to use Wi-Fi services on board while flying anywhere across the country.The Union civil aviation ministry is working with the telecom ministry and the Union home ministry to allow passengers to use Wi-Fi services during the course of a flight, civil aviation secretary R.N. Choubey said.

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