London, May 18 (ANI): Jimmy Savile's history of sex abuses against children is to be made into a musical by a British scriptwriter.

New York, May 16 (ANI): German artist Gerhard Richter's monumental 20th century masterpiece was auctioned off for 37 million dollars on Tuesday in New York City.

New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): A large number of Kannada writers, artists and academicians from the national capital today celebrated the birth anniversary of the 12th century poet Basavanna, who was a noted mystic and ardent social reformer.

London, May 13 (ANI): Climate change could lead to decline in more than 50 per cent of common plants and 33 per cent of animals can see this century, a research has suggested.

Washington, May 11 (ANI): A strange ghost town that has spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires.

Washington, May 10 (ANI): In another incident of cyber-crime, 45 million dollars have been stolen by hacking a prepaid debit card database, followed by draining ATMs across the world, according to federal prosecutors.

Washington, May 9 (ANI): The idea of superintelligent machines may sound like the plot of a sci-fi movie, but many experts say that the idea isn't far-fetched.

Beijing, May 4 (Xinhua-ANI): Auction house Sotheby's is to put on sale on May 14 a collection of photos on Beijing taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato in 1860.

New York, May 1 (ANI): An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is being exhibited in Jerusalem.

New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday released a commemorative postage stamp here Hari Singh Nalwa, a former commander of the Sikh Empire that was ruled by Ranjit Singh in the early part of the 19th century.

Sydney, Apr 28 (ANI): Australian batsmen have lost the art of making centuries and needs to follow legendary batsman Steve Waugh's example as he embodies the lost art of marathon batting they are seeking to channel, ahead of the Ashes, according to the Australian media.

Washington, Apr.25 (ANI): The 12th century Great Umayyad Mosque in Syria that is categorized under United Nations World Heritage list has been recently obliterated, though it is vague as to who has destroyed it.

Sydney, Apr 25 (ANI): Australian Test cricketer Peter Siddle has hit back at the English insults of his country's Ashes squad, saying their oldest rivals have a century of failure to make up for.

Washington, April 24 (ANI): Analysis of 2,000 years of climate records has found that a long-term cooling trend-caused by factors including fluctuations in the amount and distribution of heat from the sun, and increases in volcanic activity-ended late in the 19th century.

Bangalore, April 23 (ANI): West Indian opener Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 175 runs of 66 balls at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday evening, thereby scoring the highest T20 score.

Bangalore, April 23 (ANI): Swashbuckling West Indian opener Chris Gayle hit the fastest century ever in all forms of cricket on Tuesday evening.

London, Apr 23 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has hailed striker Robin van Persie, and has termed his goal that sealed United's 20th Premier League win as the 'Goal of the Century'.

Sydney, April 22 (ANI): A major scientific research project has found that warming over the 20th century produced the hottest global average temperatures in 1400 years.

Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): A medical historian at McGill has discovered and translated (from Latin) what is believed to be the earliest medieval recipe book.

Washington, Apr. 19 (ANI): Screen time has changed dramatically in the 21st century. Although most people still watch television and work on computers, social forms of media are expanding rapidly, in part due to the growth of the Internet and cellular networks.

London, Apr 16 (ANI): The 2,000-year-old sex manual - Kama Sutra, has been sexed-up for the 21st Century audience with a new app that enables couples to study its poses in 3D.

Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): With coastal areas bracing for rising sea levels, new research indicates that cutting emissions of certain pollutants can greatly slow down sea level rise this century.

London, Apr 11 (ANI): The world's only working First World War Battle Bus is being restored exactly a century after they transported troops to war.

New Delhi, Apr. 8 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Monday described former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as one of the very prominent international figures of the second half of the 20th century.

Hyderabad, Apr 7 (ANI): Katju also said that today an overwhelming majority of Hindus and Muslims were "communal", this was not the scenario a century ago.