Earth adds leap second on Saturday night

Washington: Saturday night will stretch longer by a second. A leap second. International timekeepers are adding a second to the clock at midnight universal time Saturday, June 30, going into July 1. That's 8 p.m. EDT Saturday. Universal time will be 11:59:59 and then the unusual reading of 11:59:60 before it hits midnight. A combination of factors, including Earth slowing down a bit from the tidal pull of the moon, and an atomic clock that's...

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Yamaha to make cheapest ever motorcycle in India for $500

New Delhi: Japanese two-wheeler company Yamaha Motor Co. plans to make its cheapest motorcycle in India at a cost of about 500 dollars. According to ABC News, this would be the third Yamaha model available in India, after the Crux, which costs 635 dollars, and the YBR, which costs 760 dollars. Yamaha reportedly hopes the new bike will boost its sales in the country to two million vehicles by 2016. According to reports, it sold 520,000 cycles...

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People Who Served As PRESIDENT OF INDIA

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Mumbai attacks suspect Abu Hamza arrested: Krishna

Delhi police have arrested alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Hamza, who is suspected of helping to plan the militant rampage through Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna said on Monday.  New Delhi blames Pakistan militant group LeT for the attacks that stunned India and shattered fragile relations with nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan. Indian-born Abu Hamza is a suspected member of the LeT, local media...

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How dictators have evolved with the times

We tend to think of dictators as all-powerful leaders who act with naked cruelty and impunity. Think of Bashar al Assad in Syria. Or, for a celluloid reminder, think of Sacha Baron Cohen as Gen. Admiral Aladeen, a North African despot. But the film "The Dictator" — and our imagination of dictators — is getting outdated. The new dictator is more evolved and more attuned to how people think. A new book highlights that trend. It's called "The Dictator's Learning Curve" by William Dobson. Dictators have gotten smart, Dobson writes,...

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Positive Thinking: 7 Easy Ways to Improve a Bad Day

Don't let a bad morning ruin your entire day. Use these mental tricks to change your momentum. Had a lousy morning? Things looking grim? Not to worry. The rest of your day need not be a disaster. It can in fact become one of your best, providing you take these simple steps: 1. Remember that the past does not equal the future. There is no such thing as a "run of bad luck." The reason people believe such nonsense is that the human brain creates...

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Kuchipudi

Kuchipudi (Telugu : కూచిపూడి) (pronounced as 'Koochipoodi') is a Classical Indian dance form Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also popular all over South India. Kuchipudi is the name of a village in the Divi Taluka of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal and with resident Brahmins practicing this traditional dance form, it acquired the present name.The performance usually begins with some stage rites, after which each of the character...

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Hundreds of fake OBC quota IIT aspirants back out of Joint Entrance Exams

NEW DELHI: Eight hundred IIT aspirants from the other backward classes (OBC), who made it past the Joint Entrance Exams, have stopped short of pressing their claim for the coveted admissions this year. This is a direct fallout of the JEE Committee slamming down on fake certificates. JEE is the body that administers joint entrance exams for all IITs and a few other institutes. Of the total 4.8 lakh students who appeared for the JEE, 4,805...

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IBM supercomputer overtakes Fujitsu as world's fastest

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