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Amartya Sen receives Humanities Medal from Barack Obama

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Amartya Sen, Indian economist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner in economics, has been felicitated with the National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by the US President Barack Obama at a glittering Whit

Moody's cuts ratings, outlooks on nine EU countries

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Moody's on Monday chopped the debt ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal and put France, Britain and Austria on warning, saying they were increasingly vulnerable to the eurozone crisis.

Casting doubt

Brain, not heart, drives you to fall in love

Ahead of Valentine’s Day, a new study has claimed that intense romantic feelings actually come from your brain, not from the heart.

India trade team to Iran may upset US

India’s announcement of sending a huge trade delegation to Iran may put Indo-US ties under strain at a time when Washington is seeking international cooperation to put maximum economic pressure on Tehran to give up its nuclear programme.

Romney wins Republican nominating caucuses in Maine

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won a non-binding nominating contest in the northeastern state of Maine Saturday with 39 per cent of the vote, the head of state Republican party said.

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Obama to felicitate Amartya Sen

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India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen will be felicitated by US President Barack Obama for his efforts to increase the understanding of how to fight hunger and poverty.

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Purple US squirrel sparks nutty theories

A purple squirrel captured by an American couple had the Internet buzzing on Friday over how the critter came by his unusual color - a question that is driving many people nuts.

"We have no idea what

US working to reduce trade and investment barriers with India

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The United States has said it is working to reduce investment and trade barriers with India and Brazil, two of the world's fastest growing markets.

The two countries present American exporters with s

Website of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hacked

Hacker group Anonymous on Friday night took down the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), media reports said on Saturday.

Citing online publication PC Magazine, RIA Novosti said the webs

'Pak considering proposal to lease Gilgit-Baltistan to China'

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Seeking to fortify its strategic ties with China amid strains in relations with US, Pakistan is considering a proposal to lease the disputed Gilgit-Baltistan region to Beijing for 50 years, an eminent

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