Los Angeles, Mar 1: Two rare copies of "Mein Kampf" signed by the young Nazi leader Adolf Hitler went under the hammer for USD 64,850 in Los Angeles, auctioneers have said. The two-volume set -- a first edition and a second edition -- of the future German Fuehrer's political manifesto had been estimated to go for USD 20-25,000 in a sale organised by Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Eleven people bid for...
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Barcelona, Feb 25: FMCG giant Unilever has partnered Internet.org, a Facebook-led alliance, to study how Internet adoption can be increased in rural communities in India. As an initial step, Internet.org and Unilever will carry out a comprehensive study to examine the opportunities to increase internet adoption in rural communities. Apart from infrastructure and cost -- which are known barriers to...
Los Angeles, Feb 23: The oldest surviving original Superman cover art, dated August 1939, has fetched USD 286,800 at an auction. The cover to Action Comics No 15 shows Superman rescuing a disabled submarine underwater. The cover was drawn by Fred Guardineer, who illustrated many of DC's earliest covers, said the Hollywood Reporter. The book is considered by many to be among the 100 most...
London, Feb 19: An Indian-origin girl in Britain, who has been suffering from a rare condition causing excessive hair development on her face and body, has decided to stop cutting her hair after being baptised as a Sikh. A beard first started to appear on Harnaam Kaur's face when she was just 11 years old due to a medical condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, the Daily Mail reported Monday...
His favourite book is The Godfather. His favourite film probably goes by the same name, but we don't know if he watches films at all. Most of his cars have the registration number 9001. He loves his immaculate Savile Row and Armani suits and his scotch in the evening. If there is something he regrets, he once told a TV interviewer in jest, it is his golf handicap that has gone from eight to double...
New Delhi, Feb 16: Bharti Airtel along with Apple has launched India"s first 4G on mobile service. Airtel users in Bengaluru who have an Apple iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c will be able to experience 4G on their mobile at current 3G prices. The introductory offer is valid for both prepaid as well as postpaid customers and all that"s required is a 4G SIM to start 4G services. Customers will not have to...
San Francisco, Feb 15: Google Plus, the company's social network, is like a ghost town. Want to see your old roommate's baby or post your vacation status? Chances are, you'll use Facebook instead. But Google isn't worried. Google Plus may not be much of a competitor to Facebook as a social network, but it is central to Google's future -- a lens that allows the company to peer more broadly into...
Mangalore, Feb 3: A 16-year-old boy, staying at the Government Backward Classes and Minorities hostel at Karnad, drowned in a lake near Mulki on Sunday. The body of Akshay from Chikmagalur was recovered by residents a few minutes later.
Jan 28: "I"ve been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I"ve never seen anything quite like this," says Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. He shows me recent footage captured by spacecraft that have their sights trained on our star. The sun is revealed in exquisite detail, but its face is strangely featureless. “If you want to go back to...
Abu Dhabi, Jan 27: The growing interest demonstrated by university aged students and teenagers for plastic surgery is being cited as one of the key factors that will help spark continuous growth for the UAE's plastic surgery segment. According to a media statement issued by Vasilica Aesthetics, a plastic surgery consultancy firm, “recent industry reports have shown that more and more individuals...