Kamal Nath: The man of the moment for MP

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Kamal Nath: The man of the moment for MP The man of the moment. Handed the reins of a faction-ridden Congress just seven months before election, Kamal Nath pulled off the near-impossible by dethroning a well-entrenched BJP government of 15 years. Santa Claus feeds sharks in giant aquarium As if delivering presents to all the world's 2 billion children while in charge of nine reindeer and a flying vehicle, squeezing down chimneys and entering strangers' houses weren't enough, Santa Claus has to contend with a new task- feeding sharks and fishes. Classical piano soothes old elephants at Thai sanctuary For eight years, pachyderms like Lam Duan - old, overworked and sometimes disabled - have been rehabilitated with music at Elephants World, a retirement sanctuary for the animals in the western Thai province of Kanchanaburi. See how Pakistan's public education suffocates under surging population At the Tanjai Cheena school in northwest Pakistan students squeeze into makeshift classrooms where plastic tarps serve as walls and electricity is sparse, as a surging population overstretches the country's fragile education system. Major events of the year that was – 2018 From the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to major US turnarounds under President Donald Trump, here are some of the major events that marked 2018. In an African first, a cannabis expo without cannabis The four-day expo was a stark illustration of the legal grey area the nascent industry occupies in the continent's most developed economy. Himalayan nation Nepal gets first modern train tracks The competition between two Asian giants, India and China, for influence over tiny Nepal is yielding a bonanza in the form of the Himalayan mountain nation's first modern railway - and possibly more to come. Virgin Galactic completes crewed space test, more flights soon A Virgin Galactic rocket plane blasted to the edge of space on Thursday and returned safely to the California desert, capping off years of difficult testing to become the first US commercial human flight to reach space since America's shuttle programme ended in 2011. Why you may need a financial adviser The large unused balance piling up in our bank a/c makes us browse investment options. We seek advice but are unconvinced. We talk but are unimpressed. Celebrity deaths of 2018: Looking back at the stars we lost The world lost more than a few stars in 2018. Many celebrities died this year, breaking millions of hearts. From the '90s heart-throb, Sridevi to Anthony Bourdain, there were some legends that left us this year. Here's a look at all the people we lost.

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