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As Donald Trump gets set to take over as US commander-in-chief, Russia to quietly launch two advanced submarines

Russia is expected to launch two advanced nuclear-powered submarines in 2017.

Dec 29, 2016

Happy New Year 2017: Top 10 Hindi party songs from 2016 to celebrate the occasion

Here is a compilation of best 10 Bollywood songs from 2016 that you must have to celebrate New Year 2017.

Dec 29, 2016

Red Solo Cup, the inventor of this popular party cup is now dead

Robert Leo Hulseman, the inventor of the Red Solo Cup, died on December 21.

Dec 29, 2016

Automatic brakes on Berlin Christmas market attack truck saved lives

Automatic brakes installed in the truck used in the Berlin attack on 19 December prevented more deaths.12 people were killed and 48 others injured when Anis Amri drove a truck into a busy Christmas market. Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, the brand of truck used in the attack, had Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) installed in its trucks in 2013, to coincide with EU regulations requiring all heavy goods vehicles to have the technology fitted.

Dec 29, 2016

Demand for SC/ST quota in India cricket will reach BCCI and PM Modi: BJP's Udit Raj

BJP MP Udit Raj says he will write to Anurag Thakur-led BCCI to have SC/ST players in IPL 2017 teams and also India cricket team.

Dec 29, 2016

UP Assembly elections 2017: Feud between SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and CM Akhilesh Yadav may help one party the most

Akhilesh will reportedly announce his own list of 167 candidates after his father announced a list of 325 candidates sans Akhilesh's loyalists.

Dec 29, 2016

German minister slams 'veggie meats'; calls them confusing and misleading

Now, it seems, some people have had enough of what they're calling "misleading and confusing marketing" by food producers

Dec 29, 2016

Happy New Year 2017 will have to be said a bit later than usual as 2016 will have an extra second

New year 2017 will come a second later as a leap second will be added to the world's clock in the last minute of 2016.

Dec 29, 2016

News Roundup: India could still be in NSG, doubts over Jayalalithaa's death, Pink welcomes second baby, and more

Read about Japan's Fukushima disaster's nuclear leak affecting the US, and new theory claiming there is a Nazi UFO base under Antarctic ice.

Dec 29, 2016

Sheep with cone stuck on head one of RSPCAs most bizarre 2016 callouts

The RSPCA has released a list of its strangest callouts in 2016, including a sheep that managed to get a traffic cone stuck on his head. The sheep was spotted by walkers in a field in Hertfordshire on 4 December, but luckily wasnt injured and the cone was eventually prised off.

Dec 29, 2016

Rare Rothschilds giraffe born at Chester Zoo

Keepers at Chester Zoo got a really cute late present for Christmas as a rare Rothschild’s giraffe was born on 26 December. Sarah Roffe, team manager for giraffes at the zoo, said: “Rothschild’s giraffes are highly endangered and so the arrival of a new calf is a major cause for celebration. The six-feet-tall youngster arrived to first time mum Tula and dad Meru at around 7am.

Dec 29, 2016

Russia slams Charlie Hebdo for caricature on Tu-154 military plane crash

The Russian Ministry described the caricature of the crash as a 'poorly-created abomination' which is unworthy of attention.

Dec 29, 2016

Air India pilot hits out at aviation minister for "lagging in commitment" remark

Ashok Gajapathi Raju had said that there was something "lagging" in the commitment shown by Air India pilots compared to pilots of private airlines.

Dec 29, 2016

Election Commission puts poll-bound states at the ready: Will UP vote in 7 phases?

The EC has issued a 33-page letter for voting in Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, to the state poll panels.

Dec 29, 2016

33 hurt in second Philippines mystery bombing

A bombing at a shopping mall during an amateur boxing match in Leyte province, the Philippines, wounded 33 people on 29 December. It is the second attack on a public place in less than a week where no one has claimed responsibility. A mortar round was remotely detonated by a mobile phone. It followed a Christmas Eve grenade explosion outside a Catholic church that wounded 16 people on the southern island of Mindanao, a Muslim-dominated region where a long-running insurgency is being fought. Police said there was no indication the two attacks were linked.

Dec 29, 2016