A consummate Russian diplomat, Vyacheslav Trubnikov is returning home this week after having served as serving as Russia's ambassador to India for nearly five years. The period has seen several highs and lows in the bilateral relationship, including the building of the first civil nuclear power plants by Russia and nagging problems over defence spares and equipment. Edited excerpts from an interview with Jyoti Malhotra

ICC president David Morgan said the list is not final; there will be adequate Indian representation in it.

Petrol prices in Delhi rose by Rs 4 a litre, while diesel rates rose by Rs 2 a litre, Oil Minister Murli Deora told reporters after a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.

Only three Indian greats -- left-arm spin wizard Bishen Singh Bedi, prolific opener Sunil Gavaskar and champion all-rounder Kapil Dev - figure in the International Cricket Council's 55-strong Hall of Fame list, which has 22 Englishmen.

Looking at the US box office this week.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting felt too many mistakes cost them the match and resulted in an early exit from the ICC World Twenty20 after they lost by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.

IIT Bombay, for instance, recently joined hands with Intellectual Ventures to seek support in marketing and licensing patents the institute holds.

Will the lavish scale of her 'beautification' projects result in a Mayawati school of architecture? Kishore Singh checks out the chief minister's authoritarian obsession for monument-building in the face of scathing opposition.

Are you sitting on big losses on your mutual fund investments? Is there a way in which you can recover your losses?

Employee dissatisfaction could spoil the recovery party that the world awaits.

In this interview, Rakesh Mohan spoke on a range of issues about the challenges he faced during his stint at the central bank and the journey from handling the real economy sectors to monetary economics

The AWACS is set to redefine battlefield surveillance, and will totally revolutionise the way IAF operates.

A University of Texas team has proposed a fusion-fission hybrid reactor using current technology.

The accident compensation formula ignores inflation and the rise in life expectancy.

US-based invention investment company Intellectual Ventures and Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay today signed a MoU to license and commercialise inventions of students and faculty of the institute.

By embracing errors, a new microchip design could power your cellphone for weeks without charging.

Liberal member of the Canadian Parliament Gurbax Malhi addressed a rally in Ottawa on March 5 against the backdrop of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam flags."I'd like to let you know I'm helping you guys. I'm behind you because you are fighting for a right cause," he said.

Young entrepreneur Ruchi Chopra entered a man's world when she decided to start up her own business -- and a highly novel one at that!

Ramnaresh Sarwan fell just nine runs short of a triple century as the West Indies made 749 for 9 declared in reply to England's 600-6 declared on Day 4 of the fourth Test. England, six without loss at close, trail by 143 runs and now have virtually no chance of winning the series which West Indies lead 1-0 with one match remaining.

The browser war between Microsoft and Mozilla (anyone remembers Netscape?) came to an end in 2001 when Microsoft released Internet Explorer 6. This browser captured around 90 per cent of the market, leading to browser stagnation. This time around, there are five major browsers fighting for marketshare Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera.

The global financial crisis is really the consequence of an excessively short-term outlook, propelled by greed and unstopped by regulation. The short-termism is due to several factors, not least of which is the enormous growth, in the past three decades, of the mutual fund industry.

Mr Pramod Muthalik, founder of Sri Ram Sene is a maverick. And everybody likes to take a dig at such personalities. Get Ahead reader Arun Krishnan reacts to the Valentine's Day controversy raked up by Mr Muthalik and his Sene.

In a continuing trend for the previous two quarters, foreign currency fluctuations and mark-to- market losses are affecting profits of India's drug makers, despite increase in net sales ranging between 4.5 and 42 per cent for most of the firms during the three-month period.

In an interview with rediff.com Kamal Mansharamani of AlmaMate advices graduates on their career growth, what it takes to be a leader and how to cope with job lay offs.

An Asia Society task force -- working on advancing relations between India and United States -- on Friday urged the incoming Barack Obama administration to pursue deeper collaboration with New Delhi for mutual benefits on a host of global challenges raging from security and economic growth to climate change, education and tackling HIV/AIDS.

B. Ramalinga Raju: his admission of manipulating Satyam's books for 'several years' has undermined faith in Indian corporate governance

Demand has outstripped capacity, not enough spectrum (in the case of mobile) and maybe not enough on-ground investment to keep data speeds high and voice quality good.

The GMAT is not the 'be all, end all' of an application.

Telugu film director Mohankrishna Indraganti was in his element during a Rediff.com chat on Wednesday. The filmmaker who struck gold with his first film Grahanam and later on with Maya Bazaar and Ashta Chamma, chatted about his films and why making a comedy is serious work.

The next great mega-litigation could rival the $12 billion spent cleaning up Enron.

Too much symbolism and emotion is invested in making cars for the masses.

Not everyone complains about high prices at the gas station.

Vint Cerf, the 'father' of Internet has warned that the Web will run out of IP addresses by 2010, saying the Web does not have enough unique codes that allow computers to communicate with each other.

Here are some tried and tested methods to reduce the ambiguity in three specific question types.

ONQI is a new rating system designed to evaluate foods from the healthiest (100) to the least nutritious (1).

Being caught up in a travel scam is enough to ruin a trip. We identify nine travel scams that you should avoid, from hidden resort fees to counterfeit merchandise to identity theft.

This article is not about the usual success stories and fault lines. I wish to reflect on the large picture from three angles to see what our real degree of comfort is. Events since then show that the young lady, a star shining brightly in India's largest private bank, was largely right. The India success story is long past the flavour-of-the-month stage and even the most die-hard critics have had to accept it.

Microsoft, which is usually at the receiving end of patent suits, has filed an infringement case against Primax Electronics of Taiwan for using its mouse technology.

what is more important than the re-invention of the Congress is the countervailing political storm that is gathering on the horizon as we approach the next parliamentary polls. On the face of it, the motley collection of regional parties joining hands with a wounded Left Front appears to a pathetic replay of discredited Third Front politics. But what gives this fledgeling Opposition a new mass appeal is the emergence of Dalit firebrand Mayawati as its spearhead

The vast majority are U.S. taxpayers. That could be changing.