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7 oldest railway stations in India that are still operational
India | November 14, 2024 23:09 ISTThe 7 oldest railway stations in India that are still operational include Chhatrapati Shivaji terminus, Howrah Junction and Kanpur central railway station.
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LS Polls 2019: India’s oldest voter Shyam Negi all set to vote again
March 12, 2019 14:57 ISTOn May 19, the voting for four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh will be held.
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Oldest recorded solar eclipse: 3200-year-old Biblical record that may rewrite history and give new dates for Egypt's pharaohs
Science | October 30, 2017 16:48 ISTIn a surprising finding, scientists have got hold, of what they claim, the exact date of the oldest solar eclipse ever recorded.
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Jia Jia, world's oldest giant panda, passes away at 38
World | October 17, 2016 15:54 ISTA giant panda believed to have been the oldest ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38, officials in Hong Kong told media. The death of Jia Jia, whose age in human
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Australian scientists find evidence of world's oldest fossils
World | September 01, 2016 11:00 ISTAustralian scientists claim to have spotted the world's oldest fossils. Along with the fossils, they have also found signs that diverse life forms lived on Earth upto 3.7 billion years ago. The fossils were discovered
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World's oldest urban settlement destroyed by tsunami discovered
World | August 30, 2016 11:08 ISTNational Institute of Oceanography (NIO) team has discovered the world's first ancient urban settlement, which could have been destroyed by a tsunami. Marine archaeologists surveyed an unexcavated area of the lower town using ground penetrating
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World's oldest tigress 'Machhli' breathes her last at Ranthambore National Park
India | August 18, 2016 14:36 ISTWorld's oldest and most photographed tigress ‘Machhli’ breathed her last on Thursday morning at Ranthambore National Park. The 19-year-old tigress was not well since long and had fallen critically ill over the last
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Woman with record 100-year-old kidney donated by mother 'still going strong'
World | August 11, 2016 12:29 ISTAn elderly woman with a 100-year-old kidney received from her mother in 1973 in UK is still going strong, defying medical predictions over the organ's lifespan. When told a transplant was her only chance
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Know about the rare 3,000-year-old tree found in China
World | July 31, 2016 18:59 ISTA rare Chinese yew tree, believed to be about 3,000 years old, was discovered in Jilin province in China, claimed authorities. The living tree is located in Huanggou Forest. It is more than 40 metres
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This 86-year-old Kerala elephant is all set to enter Guinness Book of records
India | July 27, 2016 18:52 ISTDakshayani, an 86-year-old elephant, is all set to enter the Guinness World Records as the oldest living elephant.
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Listen to the world’s oldest song recreated from hymn dating back to 1400BC
Life | July 14, 2016 19:05 ISTNew Delhi: The history of music is as old as humanity. Making rhythmic sounds by clapping our hands and soulful voices dates back to prehistoric times, and the echo of it can be found in
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'Extreme granny'! 106-year-old Aida Gemanque becomes oldest torchbearer in Olympic history
Other Sports | June 19, 2016 9:56 ISTRio De Janeiro: 106 years old, Aida Gemanque became the oldest Olympic torch bearer on Saturday when she carried the flame in the Amazonian city of Macapa. Gemanque broke the record formerly held by Alexander
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Kolkata's iconic studio Bourne & Shepherd shuts down after 176 years
India | June 17, 2016 11:45 ISTKolkata: One of the oldest and longest-running photograph studio in the world, the 176-year-old 'The Bourne and Shepherd' studio in Kolkata finally pulled down its shutters on Thursday. According to media reports, 25 years ago
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Ageing India: South India Oldest, Northeast Youngest
India | May 03, 2016 12:12 ISTIndia has long been described as a nation of young people—and that is true—but the country’s elderly (60+ years) population grew 27 million between 2001 and 2011, the largest increase (about 35%) over a decade,
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At 116, Netaji's driver Col Nizammudin oldest human alive ?
India | April 18, 2016 12:06 ISTLucknow: Col Nizamuddin-a close aide of legendary leader Subhash Chandra Bose and a man who had also played a part in formation of Azad Hind Fauj, has added another feather in his cap. The freedom
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Heptulla oldest, Smriti Irani youngest ministers in Modi govt
Politics | May 27, 2014 7:01 ISTNew Delhi: Both the youngest and the oldest members of the Narendra Modi Cabinet happens to be women - Smriti Irani and Najma Heptullah.While Irani is 38 years old, Heptullah is 74. Incidentally, both of
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UK's oldest and world's second oldest person dies
World | July 23, 2013 6:57 ISTLondon, Jul 23: Sant Kaur Bajwa, a Sikh woman who at the age of 115 was UK's oldest and the world's second oldest person, has died.Bajwa was born on January 1, 1898 in Sialkote (now
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Haryana man, at 96, become world's oldest father to have a second child in 2 years
India | October 17, 2012 10:09 ISTNew Delhi, Oct 17: Almonds, milk and butter are the ingredients of my sex drive, says 96-year-old Ramjit Raghav, whose wife Shakuntala, 54, gave birth to a song Ranjit last month in Haryana.Ramjit Raghav became
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Oldest woman conquerer of Mt. Everest undeterred by failure
Other Sports | July 04, 2012 15:25 ISTJamshedpur, Jul 4: India's oldest woman mountaineer to conquer Mt. Everest Premlata Agarwal will embark on scaling Mt. Elbrus (18,510 ft) in Europe in August followed by Carstensz Pyramid (16,050 ft) in Oceania in October.Undeterred
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