UFO in Kolkata?
Where: Kolkata, West Bengal, India October 30, 2007 : In a city as passionate about football as it is about Rabindra Sangeet and …
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Badminton champs in the spotlight
Hyderabad Hurricane – Saina Nehwal No, this is not a spelling mistake. We are not writing about Sania Mirza and her achievements …
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Cholera Epidemic Spreads Countrywide in Zimbabwe
Where: Harare, Zimbabwe January 23, 2009 : A report that the World Health Organisation made in early January said 2,200 people had …
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Anchor rips through phone and internet cable
Where: The Mediterranean Sea December 22, 2008: A ship’s anchor slammed into the ocean bed, ripping apart an undersea cable that …
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Fossil of Giant Snake Found in South America
Where: Cerrejon, Colombia February 4, 2009 : ‘Nature’ journal reports that the snake, named ‘Titanoboa …
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Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th American President
Where: Washington, DC, U.S.A. January 20, 2009 : Barack Obama became the first African-American President of the U.S.A. in a year …
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Tintin Turns Eighty
Where: Brussels, Belgium January 10, 2009 : Tintin made his first appearance in a Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle (The 20th …
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Hundreds Die In Australian Bush Blaze
Where: Melbourne, Australia February 9, 2009 : Australia’s worst disaster in over a century, the bushfires could claim up to …
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Riots Rage in Greece After Cop Shoots Boy
Where: Athens, Greece December 11, 2008 : The shooting took place after a verbal disagreement between two police officers and a …
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India's Software Giant Satyam Computer Services in Country's Biggest Corporate Scandal
Where: Hyderabad, India January 09, 2009 : Satyam, India’s fourth-largest software company, is at the centre of the …
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Medical Research : Location, Mt. Everest
Where: London, United Kingdom January 10, 2009 : An interesting story by BBC News tells how a team of London doctors, including …
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'Rim of Fire' in Indonesian Skies: 2009's First Solar Eclipse
Where: Samarinda, Indonesia January 26, 2009 : The annular eclipse of the sun on Monday, 26 January was a celestial spectacle, …
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