Australia has built an artificial pitch at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane to help its batsmen deal with spin-bowling on the slow tracks of the subcontinent, where they have so often struggled in the past.

Robo Brain -- a large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet resources -- is currently downloading and processing about 1 billion images, 120,000 YouTube videos, and 100 million how-to documents and appliance manuals.

'Politicians are thick-skinned. Nothing affects them. NOTHING. Not the newspapers. Not bad publicity. They don't care about the common man's woes. The fact that humour affects them is damn good.'

riminals smuggle an estimated $30 billion in US currency into Mexico each year from the US, researchers said.

Harvard scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have created the world's largest robotic swarm -- 1,024 little bots standing on pin-like legs -- that can assemble into predetermined shapes.

India's MPs do not want radio jockeys to imitate them. We decided to ask a radio jockey for her reaction.

Modi stunned buttoned-down members of the commission last year by turning up at a meeting with a video that accused them of high-handedness and hobbling states with one-size-fits-all policies.

Saif Ali Khan, on how he had to move out of his comfort zone to work in Sajid Khan's upcoming multistarrer comedy Humshakals.

Edge of Tomorrow may not be a faithful adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill but it's a damn energetic one, says Sukanya Verma.

Only the hardcore Mohanlal fans will like Mr Fraud which is otherwise an uninteresting film.

In the Inner Manipur constituency, which goes to the polls on Thursday, the Communist Party of India candidate is backed by the Bahujan Samaj Party, Shiv Sena, et al. Nitin Sethi reports

The researchers were able to show that the student agent learned the games and, in fact, surpassed the teacher.

Very few old-style RSS workers-turned-leaders have survived Narendra Modi's political ambush in state politics. Harin Pathak's end closes the chapter for Modi who started his post-2002 riots journey with a new mix of profit-centric development and middle class-pleasing commerce, technology-driven communication with voters, and an unspoken Hindutva that speaks only through posturings and symbols. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt reveals the real reasons for the Modi-Pathak rupture.

The tag, which would appear on the packaging, also could be used to determine if medications and other perishable products were still active or fresh, scientists said.

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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has put in a bid to buy the famous yet financially troubled Nuerburgring circuit, it was revealed on Wednesday.

The Delhi poll outcome closely mirrors what our Delhi Elections Twitter Impact -- in which we focused on re-tweets about topics that matter to Delhi-ites for the six days ending October 30, 2013 -- showed, that the Delhi Twitterati have overwhelmingly endorsed stuff from BJP and Aam Aadmi Party sources.

Raja Sen says the only superpower Krrish has is that of boring the audience.

With reserves accumulating fast, it can afford to mimic Apple by giving more to investors.

I can't survive a week without speaking in Hindi. I start feeling claustrophobic. I start feeling that I need air... The story about India is an imagination-grabbing story... Our common historical past - a freedom that was so hard won, so fought over -- is a glue for us,' says author and advertising professional Anuja Chauhan, in a special series where well-known Indians tell Rediff.com why they love India.

Built by farmers, mechanics and workers in their inimitable style, some of these remarkable products are even made from scrap!

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, are developing a computer chip that mimics the human brain.

The ongoing vicious game between Delhi and the so-called 'separatist' militias has severely blighted the Nagas' life and gutted their dignity, says Ravindra Narayan Ravi

No computer works as efficiently as the human brain -- so much so that building an artificial brain is the goal of many scientists, researchers said.

Priya Adivarekar who has been dubbing for films since she was eight, talks about her journey so far and how life has changed for her.

The source of the synthetic drugs was Asia, especially India and China.

States must invest in both physical infrastructure and the institutional infrastructure that supports markets.

A 13-year-old school-going boy tried to kill a taxi driver by slashing his throat, copying a scene from a Telugu movie featuring his favourite hero.

One cannot avoid the sense that the mother of all corrections is due any time now, says Sonali Ranade

The production of oilseeds is characterized by low yields and hovering around 280-300 lakh tonnes only.

Australian batsman Usman Khwaja on Monday resorted to playing mind games ahead of the first Test, stating that the expectations to deliver the goods on rank turners could put the Indian spinners under pressure in the upcoming series.

Shubhendu Sharma's start-up Afforestt is helping build natural urban forests that grow in a short period of time and are maintenance-free.

'What he has done has really been to give his time to go outside India, to reach out to governments, important countries, to meet world leaders. And I am sure when he is meeting them, he is not only presenting a Tata group message, he is presenting an India message. Therefore, he has become a kind of quasi-ambassador for us which is, of course, why the government values and respects him so much as well.' Top corporate lawyer Zia Mody assesses Ratan Tata's legacy.

An estimated 177 million Muslims in India, the largest Muslim minority population in the world, are unable to use Islamic banks because laws covering the sector require banking to be based on interest, which is forbidden in Islam.

By 2018, vibrators within computers will be precise enough that they could be designed to mimic the vibrations experienced when your fingers touch a particular surface.

Twitter's new release came days after Instagram unexpectedly said it would no longer allow Twitter to display Instagram photos.

Falling asleep behind the wheel? Fear not, an app is here to wake you up!

The England team are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations for the Indian tour as they use a replica of 'crowd noise' and sledging during their training sessions.

Developed in Bristol and Essex, the robots are being designed to do rescue work, clear sewers and become human companions.