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  In Pics: 8,000 Guests, Celebs, Foreign Dignitaries At PM's Oath Ceremony

  At 73, PM Modi took oath as India's Prime Minister for a third term, he equaled the record of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was elected as India's first prime minister in 1952, 1957, and 1962.

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  France Court Considers Restoring "Honour" To Man Guillotined in 1957

  France's highest appeals court on Thursday examined a man's unprecedented request to have his father's "honour" restored following his 1957 execution by guillotine for killing a policeman in an armed robbery.

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  Watch: Record Alert! Here's How Neymar Surpassed Pele To Become Brazil's All-Time Top Scorer

  Pele, who died in December aged 82, scored 77 goals for Brazil in 92 appearances between 1957 and 1971. Neymar now has 79 following his brace against Bolivia.

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  "Unacceptable": Court On "Article 370 Ceased To Exist After 1957" Argument

  The Supreme Court Tuesday termed as "unacceptable" the submission that Article 370 of the Constitution ceased to operate once the term of the constituent assembly of Jammu and Kashmir ended in 1957 after drafting the state's Constitution.

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  Rabindranath Tagore’s Classic Kabuliwala to Be Filmed Again in Bengali After 6 Decades, With Mithun Chakraborty as Lead

  Rabindranath Tagore’s classic short shorty Kabuliwala is being adapted into a Bengali film, with Mithun Chakraborty headlining the cast. It will be directed by Suman Ghosh, who previously worked with Chakraborty on 2012’s Nobel Chor. “I will enact the role of Rehamat, who has been immortalised in Tagore's writing and have started making notes...

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  1957 Debate Video Shows Indian Students Slamming British Rule. Shashi Tharoor Reacts

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded to the same and said that that the speaker (Mr Gopinath) is "retired & living in undeserved anonymity."

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  In 1957 Lok Sabha Elections, A Manipuri Candidate Received Zero Votes

  The Mainpuri parliamentary constituency, which has been the Samajwadi Party's stronghold for over two-and-half decades, interestingly also bears testimony to a candidate securing zero votes.

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  Formula One Pioneer Tony Brooks Dies Aged 90

  Motorsport pioneer Tony Brooks, who won six Formula One grands prix in the 1950s and was nicknamed the "Racing Dentist", has died aged 90.

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  Best Romantic Movies on Amazon Prime Video in India [May 2022]

  The best romantic movies on Amazon Prime Video in India include The Big Sick, Bombay, Carol, Chhoti Si Baat, Crazy Rich Asians, Dil Chahta Hai, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Her, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Padosan, and Pyaasa.

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  Cabinet Approves Policy To Make Non-Minable Land Economically Viable

  Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a policy for use of land acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957

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  A Look Back at the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

  Ferrari is not a corporation that frequently recycles or resurrects names. This is partly because many car names are alphanumeric.

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  There Are Sharks In The River Thames

  There are sharks in the River Thames. Though parts of the river were declared "biologically dead" in 1957, the Thames is now home to three kinds of sharks: the tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog, according to the Zoological Society of London.

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  Chinese Hypersonic Test Like A "Sputnik Moment": Top US General

  The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday that China's recent test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile was akin to the Soviet Union's stunning launch of the world's first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, which sparked the superpowers' space race.

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  All About Ariana Grande's Stunning Vera Wang Wedding Dress

  Ariana's gorgeous wedding look was inspired by Audrey Hepburn's look in the 1957 film Funny Face

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  NASA Honours Alan Shepard as It Celebrates 60th Anniversary of First American in Space

  NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space 60 years ago on May 5. The space research organisation honoured Shepard and his mission with a special page on its website. The year 1961 was extremely crucial as the United States and the Soviet Union — the two dominant superpowers at the time — were locked in a race to s...