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Malaysia's leader said on Saturday communications aboard a missing jet were switched off and its course deliberately changed by someone on board before the aircraft disappeared a week ago, but stopped short of saying it had been hijacked.

Ukraine braced on Saturday for a breakaway vote in Crimea as deadly violence flared again in the ex-Soviet country's tinderbox east amid the biggest east-west showdown since the Cold War.

Finally, the TRS chief K Chandrashekhara Rao has broken his silence over possibility of an alliance with the Congress in Telangana. After saying a firm 'no' to merger with the Congress, KCR has now ruled out any alliance with the Congress in both Assembly and Lok Sabha elections to be held on April 30.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's much anticipated list of Lok Sabha candidates is expected shortly which will end the the suspense over who will contest from Varanasi - its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi or party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi.

The Delhi High Court has confirmed death penalty to all four convicts of the December 16 Delhi gangrape and murder case. The four were convicted in September 2013 for raping and murdering a 23-year-old paramedical student.

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Interesting Facts About India

The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains. It was built by Indian army in August 1982.

Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery.Over 2600 years ago Sushruta and his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract,artificial limbs,fractures,urinary stones etc.

Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine.Detailed knowledge of anatomy,embroyology,immunity etc is also found in the ancient Indian texts.

The four religions born in India-Hinduism,Buddhism,Jainism and Sikhism are followed by 25% of the world’s population.

The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin.They were built in 1503 and 1568.

The Vishnu temple in the Tirupati built in the 10^th century is the world’s largest religious pilgrimage destination.An average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million to the temple everyday.

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