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A new study finds that being happy has no effect on the length of our lives

The JeM was formed in 2000 by Maulana Masood Azhar, who was released from jail by India in exchange for hostages of the Indian Airlines fight IC-814 hijacked by terrorists in 1999

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Some Indian newspapers have taken out Star Wars specials. And fans of the franchise can find Darth Vader cake moulds and even band-aids online

From the fifth instalment of Knausgaard to a new novel by Julian Barnes, from Jhumpa Lahiri to Thomas Piketty — book your year now

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, starting 20 June, will exhibit 30 paintings from India under ‘The Royal Hunt: Courtly Pursuits in Indian Art’

It promises to be a bang-for-the-buck year at the movies

Surveys become talking points and trending topics on social media. Perhaps that is their only purpose, for it is hard to imagine what such findings are useful for

A new study reveals a close correlation between happiness and having sex at least once a week