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The election of the first non-European pope for over 1,200 years has been welcomed in India by Catholics, leaders of other faiths and political parties.Pope Francis is known for living a simple life devoid of the luxuries as well as for his concern for the poor.Five Indians were among those with a vote, the largest number ever to take part in a Papal Conclave.
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India’s Supreme Court barred Italy’s ambassador from leaving the country Thursday and demanded that he explain why his country is refusing to return two Italian marines to stand trial for the killing of two Indian fishermen, a government official said.
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Israeli national Alice Miller lives a quiet life in Shivanandi village, nestled in the Himalayas at over 3,000 feet. Nearly two decades ago, she had attempted altitudes higher still.
South Africa-born Miller, 41, has the distinction of getting the Israeli air force open its doors to women fighter pilots.
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“My wish is to help design the future of learning by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and work together,” Mitra said. Mitra said his “school in the cloud” will be overseen remotely by a global network of mediators. He will build a self-sustaining test school in India. Once the research is complete, the work will be made available for anyone.
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Sugata Mitra, 2013 TED Prize Winner.Dr. Mitra is best known for an experiment in which he carved a hole from his research center in Delhi into an adjacent slum, placing a freely accessible computer there for children to use.
The children quickly taught themselves basic computer skills. Dr. Mitra was given the 2013 TED Prize ($1 million) to build a learning laboratory based on this principle.
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9 Year old India born kid develops app for iPhone - Tanmay Bakshi is only 9, but he's been programming and learning code since he was in senior kindergarten. Read more...
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Britain's then colonial governor-general of India arranged for the huge diamond to be presented to Queen Victoria in 1850.
If Kate Middleton, the wife of Prince William, who is second in line to the throne, eventually becomes queen consort she will don the crown holding the Koh I Noor diamond on official occasions.
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Pope Benedict XVI has nominated Cardinal Mar Besalios Cleemis from India in two important panels, including the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, of the Vatican.
Cardinal Cleemis, head of Kerala-based Syro Malankara Catholic Church, was also made a member of the Council for Eastern Congregations .
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With more than ten million fan following on Facebook, Oscar-winning music composer A R Rahman has become the most popular Indian on the social networking site by leaving behind Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar.
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Sephi Bergerson is an Israeli-born photographer who has lived and worked in India since 2002 and photographed the country’s polio eradication campaign since 2004. His first book, “Street Food of India,” won several international awards. More information is available on his blog, Fotowala. “Just Another Indian Wedding” is scheduled for publication in 2013 by Harper Collins.
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The first written evidence of the Kumbh Melas in India can be found in the accounts of the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang (602 – 664 CE), who visited India between 629 – 645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhan. However, it is believed that the observance dates back several millennia, to ancient India's Vedic period, when the first river festivals are thought to have been organised.
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The 2013 Kumbh Mela will last 56 days. With 80 million pilgrims expected, it will be the largest religious gathering in history: a conglomeration so vast and tightly packed that, as was the case at the last great Kumbh Mela in 2001, it will be visible from space.
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The people who live in Khajuraho are not the same as those who built the temples,” the curator of the Archeological Museum in Khajuraho said. “They have been living in the village probably for only 200 years. Not one of them can sculpt in stone. Otherwise, they just live in the village and work on their farms and small businesses. They are quiet, unpretentious people".
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In an article published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, the team of researchers says an analysis of the genetic history of Australian Aborigines and other peoples indicates the contact with Indians took place roughly 4,000 years ago.
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Long before Europeans began settling in Australia, people from India arrived on the continent and interbred with the aboriginal population there, a new study says. The Indians may also have introduced #dingoes to the vast Australian landmass, it suggests.
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India to display Kallenbach papers about Mahatma Gandhi.
Hundreds of letters, papers and photographs related to Mahatma Gandhi will go on display in India's capital, Delhi, from 30 January.
The archive belonged to Hermann Kallenbach who became a close friend of Gandhi when he lived in South Africa. India paid $1.1m for the archive of papers about Mahatma Gandhi.
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Nepal's Army Gen Gaurav Shumsher Rana will pay a maiden visit to India from January 6.During his 10-day long trip, he will be conferred with the title of honorary General of the Indian Army by President Pranab Mukherjee.Since 1965, both the armies have been conferring the honorary rank of General on each other's Army chief in view of the close military ties shared by the two countries.
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Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, a pearly architectural extravaganza is Lord Curzon's homage to Queen Victoria, Empress of India. It's a sumptuous marble building with domes, columns, maidens in draped gowns and snarling stone lions. There is a statue of the Queen in front of the main doors. #heritagesite
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St Paul's (Kolkata) has its original finely carved mahogany pews, frescoes on the walls showing the life of St Paul and an Edward Burne-Jones stained glass window.
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St Paul's Cathedral in Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta), has an English service at 10.30am. The Cathedral, built in 1847, is a gothic revival building.
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23 Dec 2012 Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from India's one-day international cricket side. "I have decided to retire from the One Day format of the game," he said.
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As India and Pakistan take steps to mend their sometimes fractious relationship, the plight of 40-year-old Mohammad Idrees is a reminder of how animosity between nations can tear people and their families apart. Thirteen years after overstaying his visa in India by just three days, he is still struggling to get back home to his family. Read more...
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DEC 2012 Forbes said Sonia Gandhi the 65-year-old leader of India's ruling political party has the reins of the world's second-most-populous country and tenth-largest economy. "Son Rahul is next in line to take over India's most famous political dynasty," it added. Coming in at the 20th spot is Singh, the Oxford and Cambridge-educated economist, who is the architect of India's economic reforms.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi have been named among the top 20 most powerful persons in the world by Forbes magazine in its annual power rankings, which placed US President Barack Obama as number one for a second year in a row. Gandhi ranks at number 12 this year ahead of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and French President Francois Hollande.
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Former Indian prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral dies after a long illness in a hospital near the capital, Delhi, aged 92. Mr Gujral was admitted to the hospital in Gurgaon on 19 November and was suffering from a lung infection. He became India's 12th prime minister, heading a United Front coalition government in 1997.
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30 Nov 2012 London mayor Boris Johnson to go up against India's David Letterman. Boris Johnson will pit his wits against India's equivalent of David Letterman as he appears on one of the country's most famous current affairs programmes. Goswami is one of India's most prominent chat show hosts and has also interviewed Gordon Brown, Hillary Clinton and Sonia Gandhi.
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The Jarawas are among the world's most ancient people, with many still hunting with bows and arrows and rubbing stones together to make fire. Scientists believe they were among the first people to migrate from Africa to Asia around 70,000 years ago. Jarawas didn't have any contact with government authorities until 1996 and did not begin leaving their habitat until a few years ago
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India's Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activity near an ancient tribe's habitat in the country's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Indian Ocean. The Jarawa are among the world's most ancient people, with many still hunting with bows and arrows and rubbing stones together to make fire.
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April 27, 2012 - Visiting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was yesterday conferred an honorary degree of doctor of letters at Jamia Millia Islamia here and told his audience that "when I am in India, I am at home". He began his professional career in India, his son was born in India, daughter is married to an Indian and his grandson is named Jai (an Indian name).
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Andheri in North Mumbai was best known for being the largest suburb in India’s largest city. But this once-bland area has reinvented itself into a destination neighborhood full of elegant flats, trendy restaurants and bars, top-quality spas and a mix of big name-brand stores and homegrown boutiques.
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Kerala - Cruising through the emerald backwaters, an interconnecting system of rivers, canals and lagoons is one of the most relaxing experiences on earth. All worries disappear as you watch the world go by in this stunning unspoilt environment from the luxurious comfort of your own floating house.
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Established in mid 1600s and abandoned in early 1700s, Bhangarh is now a ghost town. Guidebooks will have you believe that it is considered a haunted place by the local folks. Although not old, it is supposedly a charming ruin - a fort, some temples and what once was a village with 10,000 people. For more on Bhangarh the famous ghost town Read more...
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Old Cochin is a busy, noisy town, but it is possible to walk around parts of it, including the waterfront near St. Francis Church, the oldest church erected by Europeans in India.
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South of Madurai, India comes to an end in the raging surf of Kanyakumari, on the tip of Cape Comorin, where the Bay of Bengal meets the Indian Ocean. A place of pilgrimage: on a pile of sea-sprayed rocks offshore, the 19th-century Hindu reformer, Swami Vivekananda, meditated before setting off on his crusade to restore intellectualism and social responsibility to India's major religion.
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Most people who stop in Pondicherry are looking for the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the tomb of its founder, Sri Aurobindo, and his disciple, known as The Mother. The ashram, founded in the 1920's, is an internationally known center of yoga.
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The Madras seafront - the Bay of Bengal is to look at, but unsafe to swim in - is also the setting for Madras University and other educational institutions as well as the splendid icehouse built in 1840 to receive India's first shipment of ice blocks from America.
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Imphal - From another era, there are the famous cemeteries of the British and the Indian armies that commemorate those who died in the Second World War. Well maintained by the Commonwealth Grave Commissions, it has stone markers and stone plaques, each of which has a record of the sacrifice made by the soldiers.
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