The American city
The American city of Detroit filed for bankruptcy on July 18. It was the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in the…
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Typhoon Haiyan,
Typhoon Haiyan, an exceptionally powerful tropical cyclone, devastated the Philippines in early November. Over 6,000 people were killed in the…
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THE KUMBH MELA AND BOLLYWOOD’S 100 YEARS
The year also witnessed a show like no other as the world's largest gathering took place in the northern city…
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Seventy-two people
Seventy-two people were killed after the famous Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi in Kenya was attacked by unidentified gunmen on…
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THE ‘MODI WAVE’
The year also marked the rise of controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi as the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's…
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Eighty-five-year-old
Eighty-five-year-old Pope Benedict XVI resigned on February 28 on ground of health, thus becoming the first Pope to resign since…
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GOD OF CRICKET RETIRES
Thank you - these two words very much summed up India's mood on 16 December when Tendulkar bowed out from…
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TELEGRAM SERVICE ENDS
The world sent its last telegram when India's state-owned telecom company shut its 163-year-old telegraph service on 15 July. The…
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Seventy-nine people
Seventy-nine people were killed while 140 were injured after a train overturned and got derailed due to over speeding. The…
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The sungrazing
The sungrazing comet disintegrated after coming close to the sun on November 28. The US federal government witnessed a shutdown…
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Egyptian President
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who came to power in June 2012 after the fall of a long dictatorial regime, was…
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Cultural Organizations or Trojan Horses?
The author finds fault with cultural organizations who dabble in politics. In fact, US administration will do well to screen…
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Twenty-four persons
Twenty-four persons were killed while 377 were injured after a deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma and other adjacent areas in…
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Iran signed
Iran signed a crucial nuclear deal with the USA and five other world powers on November 24, marking it as…
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As the world kept
As the world kept on expecting that the USA would launch a military strike against the tyrannical regime of Bashar…
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Punjabis in search of their Punjab
"NRIs in Punjab face peculiar problems and fear of exploitation keeps expatriate Punjabis from investing in industry in Punjab", says…
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On September 16,
On September 16, a gunman shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the Naval Sea…
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On February 16,
On February 16, a meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia and rained fireballs over a vast area that damaged property…
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Pakistan’s teenage
Pakistan's teenage activist Malala Yousufzai stole the headlines throughout the year. On July 12, she spoke at the United Nations…
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The tenure of Hillary Clinton
The tenure of Hillary Clinton, wife of former US President Bill Clinton, as the US Secretary of State came to…
Read MoreEnjoy your Time in the New Year
Another year is gone. And here we have a new one. We human beings tend to calculate time too much.…
Read MoreLOK PAL BILL
The historic anti-graft bill The Lok Pal Bill has been passed by both houses of the Parliament and the UPA…
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MP TEMPLE STAMPEDE
The Navratra festivities ended in tragedy when 110 pilgrims including women and children were killed and more than 100 injured…
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2013: A CHALLENGING TIME FOR INDIA-US RELATIONS
The year 2013 will be remembered for the challenges it threw up for the ties between the world's two largest…
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BJP WINNER, CONG ZERO, AAP HERO
Congress party's 0-4 mauling and BJP's triumph in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh in what was billed as the "semifinal"…
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END OF THE ROAD FOR LALU?
Lalu Prasad Yadav and 44 others were on September 30 convicted by the special CBI court in the fodder scam…
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TWO DISASTERS, DIFFERENT APPROACHES
Natural disasters left many dead and homeless in India in 2013 but there was a lesson to be learnt after…
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VVIP CHOPPER SCAM
In early 2013, a parliamentary investigation began into allegations of bribery and corruption involving several senior officials and helicopter manufacturer…
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BJP-JD(U) SPLIT AFTER 17 YEARS
In June, the JD(U) formally broke its 17-year-old ties with the BJP in Bihar and walked out of the NDA.…
Read MoreHasina invited to form govt in Bangladesh
DHAKA (TIP): Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina was on Thursday invited by the president to form government after her party's…
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