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Ruthless Saina Nehwal

Ruthless Saina Nehwal

World No. 1 Saina beats Chinese Xue Yao 21-13 21-9 in just 30 min to enter Malaysia Open quarters Officially crowned the World No. 1 in the BWF rankings, Saina Nehwal today continued her rampaging run with a dominating straight-game win over Chinese qualifier Xue Yao to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super Series. Saina defeated Yao 21-13 …

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What are Gtor-ma Cakes?

Gtor-ma cakes are sacrificial cakes used in Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies as offerings to deities. The unbaked cakes are prepared by kneading parched barley flour and butter into cones, decorated with pats of butter. The cakes form part of the phyi-mchod, or eight offerings of external worship, as well as part of the offerings of the five senses, which are considered …

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What are gigantes?

In Greek mythology, the gigantes were a race of giants, children of Gaia or Gaea (Earth Mother) who was fertilized by the blood of Uranus when Cronus castrated him. The primordial Gigantes rose up in arms against the Olympians to end the reign of the Olympian gods but were defeated and buried beneath the Earth, where their writhing is supposed …

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