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2 scientists share medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene......

'India Has Changed So Much'

'I don't feel like going back to India, to the old Delhi that I grew up in. Because the place doesn't exist anymore.' Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Still a foreigner in her......

Meet Usha Vance, Indian-American wife of Trump's VP pick

Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance has burst into the national spotlight after her husband, JD Vance, was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate.......

Will Usha Vance Be First Hindu Second Lady?

Indian-American lawyer Usha Chilukuri Vance has burst into the spotlight after her husband, J D Vance, was named by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as his running mate. Usha, 38,......

New all-in-one vaccine may prove effective against all coronaviruses

A team of scientists from the world's leading universities has developed a new all-in-one vaccine that they hope can protect humans against a broad range of coronaviruses, including ones that are......

Bibek Debroy, chief of PM's economic council, passes away

Bibek Debroy, a key economic adviser to the Prime Minister whose prolific work included translations of the puranas and the vedas, passed away on Friday. He was 69. Photograph: Utpal Sarkar/ANI......

Bibek Debroy: A 'towering scholar' & economist

Debroy's economic interests and research work covered numerous areas such as economic theory, income inequality, and infrastructure financing. Photograph: ANI Photo What distinguished Bibek......

'Can We In Our Businesses Set An Example?'

'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......

Breaking Up Business Groups Would Create More Problems

Policies to break down the business group format are far more likely to be effective, argues Simon Commander. IMAGE: A Youth Congress activist holds a placard featuring Gautam Adani, chairman of......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

'It's also a love story about two brothers who fall in love with a bird species'

After winning awards at Sundance and Cannes, Director Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has now been nominated for an Oscar in the Documentary Feature Film category. IMAGE: Director Shaunak Sen at......

Ranji Trophy: Bengal's batters break 129-year-old record!

IMAGE: Bengal's Abhishek Raman, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Gharami, Anustup Mujumdar, Manoj Tiwary, Abishek Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sayan Mandal and Akash Deep -- all hit half-centuries against......

Remembering Spin Legend Sonny Ramadhin

From Rohan Kanhai the swashbuckler to Alvin Kallicharan to Shivnarine Chanderpaul to Ramnaresh Sarwan to Sunil Narine, Indian origin cricketers from the Caribbean have often been the toast of the......

Hockey legend Charanjit Singh no more

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter Captain of India's 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning hockey team, Charanjit Singh, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh after......

MCC rejects bamboo bats, terms it 'illegal'

'Currently, law 5.3.2 states that the blade of the bat must consist solely of wood.' IMAGE: According to a study by Darshil Shah and Ben Tinkler-Davies from the University of Cambridge, bats made......

Bamboo-made cricket bats stronger; better than willow

IMAGE: Bat and balls can be seen as players warm-up. Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images If a group of Cambridge University scientists have their way, cricket fans might soon have to......

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