Tipu Sultan's sword, royal treasures in Sotheby's auction
London: Weapons, rare paintings, pottery as well as jewelled treasures that once belonged to Tipu Sultan, Deccan kingdoms, the Mughals and among other royals are included in Sotheby's first-ever auction of Imperial India here on October 9. "Art of Imperial India," an auction comprising 90 objects encompassing almost 500 years of every kind of decorative art produced in the region. "The sale will include works of museum quality
Centipede venom promises to be good painkiller
Sydney: In a pathbreaking effort, Australian and Chinese researchers have successfully isolated a molecule in centipede venom that reportedly has the potential and potency to be developed into a painkiller as powerful as morphine. A peptide found in
Clarke a doubt for return Ashes opener
Sydney: Australian captain Michael Clarke has admitted he may not be fit for the first Ashes Test against England next month, with his long-standing back problem needing extended treatment and rest. Clarke was ruled out of Australia's one-day tour of
Lalu gets 5-year jail term, loses Lok Sabha seat
Ranchi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday sentenced RJD chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad to five years rigorous imprisonment in a 17-year-old fodder scam case, thus disqualifying him as MP. Former
Krittika Biswas lawsuit will not be dismissed: US court
New York: A US federal judge here has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against New York City and police officials by an Indian diplomat's daughter, who is seeking USD 1.5 million in damages for being jailed for a day on suspicion of sending obscene
Indian extradited to US may face 25 years in jail on charges of raping teenage girl
New York: A 32-year-old Indian has been extradited to the US to face charges in the 2009 rape of a teenage girl as she walked to her school. Amit Singh was extradited to the US from India last week and has been arraigned on a grand jury indictment ch
'India to be world's most populous nation by 2050'
Paris: India will overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2050, according to a new French study which predicts the global population to surge to 9.7 billion people by the middle of the century. The report by the French Institute of Dem
Putin nominated for Nobel peace prize
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by a Russian advocacy group for his key role in preventing a US missile strike on Syria and initiatives to dismantle Damascus' chemical weapons. Unde
Six Indian schools to come up in Abu Dhabi
Dubai: Six new Indian schools are to open in Abu Dhabi in the next two years after education authorities in the UAE capital shut down a number of private Indian schools for violating land use norms. India's ambassador MK Lokesh said that the Abu
