Without advanced towed array sonar systems, all warships the navy has built and bought since the 1990s would be sitting ducks in war.
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Franois Englert and Peter W Higgs were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 on Tuesday for the theory of how particles acquire mass.
Brijmohan Lall Munjal, 92, who recently became chairman emeritus of Hero MotoCorp, single-handedly rewrote the rules of the motorcycle business
Kolkata came in at seventh while Mumbai was in the eighth position and Delhi at 20th in the fifth annual 'Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2013', recently released by Maplecroft, a British firm specializing in risk analysis.
How will the navy's six Scorpenes fight, when their primary weapon -- the Black Shark torpedo -- is blocked by a ministry of defence ban on the company chosen to supply these? This gloomy scenario provides a heaven-sent opportunity to revisit the navy's torpedo purchase plan, handled without strategic vision and economic foresight.
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Continuing with the sixth issue of our series on Presidential Scholars, Arthur J Pais profiles 17-year-old Akshay Rajagopal.
The Andhra Pradesh police have released sketches of a bicycle used in the twin bomb blasts in Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad last month which killed 17 and had injured more than 100 people.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
Have underperformed the market in the rally that started in November.
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The Rs 1,700 crore contract is for 98 Blackshark heavyweight torpedoes for the navy's six Scorpene submarines. Ajai Shukla reports
Halle Berry talks about her latest film, Cloud Atlas, Bond, and much more.
Rediff.com's Vipin Vijayan, who is travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Thailand, reports on the seven treaties signed between New Delhi and Bangkok on Thursday.
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Twelve-year-old Indian origin boy Sathwik Karnik, the winner of the prestigious annual National Geographic Bee, is still too excited to plan for his future, reports Chaya Babu.
The Embassy of Sweden is inviting entries from interested students from Pune and Mumbai to register for the Qualifying Round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz 2012.
India's dominance went uncontested for the fifth successive day at the 12th South Asian Games, as its shooters, wushu players and track-and-field athletes annihilated competition to sweep most of the gold medals up for grabs, in Guwahati, on Wednesday.
Some important growing economies of Asia including India, Bangladesh and Myanmar face the highest financial risk from the threat of natural hazards, according to 2nd Natural Hazards Risk Atlas released by Maplecroft, a UK-based global risk and strategic consulting firm. Syed Tashfin Chowdhury reports.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought documents related to the escrow account of New York-based firm, an alleged front company of naval war room leak case accused Abhishek Verma, from a United States-based attorney who had run this account for several years.
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday attacked the media for reporting that he had offered to quit the government and work for the party, calling it "juvenile" and refusing to answer any political questions.
The 71th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
Vivek Sharma heads one of the teams searching for the Higgs boson. George Joseph reports.
Sony Pictures Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of the US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, has inked a deal with these shareholders to acquire 32 per cent stake for $271 million (about Rs 1,512 crore).
Two former navy commanders, arrested for their alleged roles in the 2006 naval war room leak case, were on Friday granted bail by the Delhi high court on the condition that they would not contact co-accused Ravi Shankaran, who is holed up in London and facing extradition proceedings. "I have allowed both the petitions (of former naval commanders Kulbushan Parashar and Vijender Rana) for grant of bail," Justice V K Shali said.
The overall breadth was negative with 1,867 stocks declined and 1,004 advanced.
Nilanjana S Roy compiles a list of the most eagerly awaited books next year.
In an online chat, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shared career advice with readers.
T Thomas writes that the governments -- central and states -- should, along with the Private sector, work towards supporting and grooming young sporting talent in an effort to increase medals tally at the 2016 Games in Rio.
Awareness regarding cancer and its preventive strategies is low in India -- only 3 percent of Indian women undergo regular screenings.
If you do not know much about Kasimbazar, I would not hold it against you; after all it has a population of only 10,000 and lies in one of the most neglected corners of the state of West Bengal.
The supposedly suspense thriller is anything but entertaining.
'While the MTA does not endorse the views expressed in this or other ads that appear on the transit system, the advertisement purchased by a group opposing a planned mosque near the World Trade Centre was accepted today after its review under MTA's advertising guidelines and governing legal standards,' the MTA said in a statement
RIL, with interests in petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration, textiles and retail, will continue to see a slow decline in margins.
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Reliance Industries (RIL) is looking at yet another shale gas acquisition in North America, its third in three months. The transaction is said to be in line with RIL's recent acquisition of a 45 per cent stake in Eagle Ford shale acreage of Pioneer Natural Resources. Sources in the company confirmed the development.
Country's largest iron ore producer NMDC on Wednesday said it is in talks to buy coking coal mines from Kolmar in Russia to feed its proposed steel plants in Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
Firms with strong cash flows not happy with 25% public shareholding rule.
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