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Nico Rosberg pips Lewis Hamilton to claim maiden title

Rosberg clinched his maiden world title on Sunday, when he finished second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Australia beat South Africa by 7 wickets to end Test match losing streak

Kangaroos, rejuvenated by five team changes in response to two humiliating defeats to the Proteas to lose the series

President-elect Donald Trump hails Castro's death

Castro died yesterday aged 90 after defying the United States during a half-century of iron-fisted rule

At least 31 dead in Iran train crash

More than 70 people were admitted to hospital after the crash

Days after its launch in Bangladesh, Uber gets branded as "illegal"

Bangladesh's road transport authority issued a notice telling drivers not to work using the popular phone app

Japan protests Russia missile deployment on disputed islands

The positioning of coastal defence missiles on two of the four islands in contention, reported by Russian media

Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady

She was an elusive figure in the campaign, had no political experience before her husband's stunningly successful outsider campaign

Colombia to sign revised peace deal

A recent wave of alleged assassinations in conflict areas has raised pressure to seal a deal fast

Iraq truck bomb kills 70, mostly Iranian pilgrims: official

Blast struck in the village of Shomali, 120 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad and around 80 kilometres from Karbala

Tokyo gets November snow for first time in 54 years

Train and subway services were temporarily suspended or delayed especially in western Tokyo

SP MP Akshay Yadav throws paper towards chair in LS, to face action

It was not immediately clear whether the paper torn was picked from the table of the Secretary General

Donald Trump effect hits Mexico's growth forecast

The bank lowered its projections to a range of 1.8-2.3 per cent in 2016, compared to a previous forecast of 1.7-2.5 per cent

Banks ready to waive service charges on debit card use till Dec 31

DEA Secretary Shaktikanta Das also says New Rs 500 and 2,000 notes made available in 155,000 post offices

Old notes not valid for small savings schemes

Small saving schemes include post office deposits, public provident fund and Sukanya Samriddhi

Currency purge beginning of long battle against black money: PM

Emotional PM asserts demonetisation will benefit poor and middle classes; Opposition to launch joint protest against move

Defence ministry reduces ban for errant arms makers to 5 years

The new policy moves away from blanket blacklisting and employs a mix of heavy fines and graded banning

Turkey PM withdraws controversial child sex conviction bill

Critics says the bill will allow the release from jail of sex assault convicts if they marry their victims would legitimise rape

Staff crunch: Taxman may not be able to scan more than 700,000 bank deposits

Only about 1% of total assessees might be probed; warning against parking cash in others' accounts

Japan hit by 6.9 magnitude quake; tsunami warning issued near Fukushima

The US Geological Agency said the quake, at a shallow depth of 11.3 kilometres, struck shortly before 6:00 am in the Pacific off Fukushima

Here's why Janardhana Reddy is on I-T radar after daughter's Rs 500-cr wedding

In 2011, Reddy had been arrested on charges of illegally mining iron ore and had been in prison for over three years