Washington: Indian-American students have swept the prestigious National Geographic Bee, bagging the top four positions of this year's tough national competition, where US President Barack Obama played a quizmaster. Rahul Nagvekar (14) from Texas bagged the first position, by beating 13-year-old Vansh Jain from Wisconsin at the finals of the annual competition held on Friday. Both are class eighth students. The third and fourth positions went to Varun Mahadevan from...
05:37 PM, May 26, 2012
Washington: In the end, it came down to an educated guess as to which Bavarian city located on the Danube River was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806. Answer: The German city of Regensburg. And with that, 14-year-old Rahul Nagvekar took the top prize on Thursday at the National Geographic Bee. It was a close victory. He and runner-up Vansh Jain had finished the...
08:05 AM, May 25, 2012
New York: Recalling that walking through the wreckage of 9/11 was like "hell" for him, former President George W Bush has said that he felt "a sense of closure" when he learned about the killing of Osama bin Laden. "From the air it looked like... a giant scar. But when I actually got to the site, it was like walking into hell," Bush said in an interview with National Geographic...
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12:54 PM, Feb 02, 2009
There is a reality show that gives you a ticket to join the prestigious Indian Navy. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 01, 2009
Mission Navy’ will give chance to five citizens to be part of Naval services. ...
04:54 AM, Sep 22, 2008
London: Teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir, one of three Pakistan cricketers jailed in England for spot-fixing, was released on Wednesday because of good behaviour after serving half of his six-month sentence. The 19-year-old Amir was freed from a young offenders' institution in Weymouth, southwest England. Amir is in high spirits and he will meet with his lawyers to decide when to appeal in Court of Arbitration against ICC's five-year suspension. ...
10:28 AM, Apr 18, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has endorsed Gautam Gambhir's view that India should play on spinning wickets while hosting teams like England and Australia. Faced with severe criticism by the Indian media for failing to handle the pace and bounce of the Australian tracks, Gambhir had insisted that the Aussies would sweat on turners in the sub-continent. And Akram also feels the same. I always believe in home ...
10:34 AM, Apr 17, 2008
The warplane has evolved over nearly a century from the primitive 'eye in the sky' stage to become what it is today, the sleek machine. ...
05:20 PM, Apr 03, 2007
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