10 Years On, Lessons from Fukushima

'The lessons learnt from the triple disaster have put Japan's energy future on the right path,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: A woman weeps after an earthquake and tusnami destroyed the city of......

After 6 years of toil, India and Japan ink historic nuclear deal

Making an exception, Japan on Friday signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal with India, opening the door for collaboration between their industries in the field even as the countries......

Who will win 2003 Nobel Prizes?

Is there any way to predict who will be named Nobel Laureates this year?Thomson ISI, the pioneer of citation indexing, has attempted to do so by naming its 2003 Citation Laureates, says Business......

Bullet trains and more: Modi, Abe's big plans

'Modi and Abe are working seriously for India-Japan bonhomie to grow stronger.''It is a win-win situation for both countries and the future look promising,' says Rajaram Panda, the Indian Council......

The world's best-paid sports stars

Aside from being rich and talented, what do many on the list of our best-paid athletes have in common? Nike. Of the 25 athletes on our list, who earned a collective $702.4 million in just one year......

Olympics: It's all about the shoes

Athletes competing at this summer's Olympics are fighting for a trip to the medal stand. For Nike and Adidas, the Beijing games are a brawl for 21st century dominance of the sneaker world. While......

The real disaster

Did you know that, in just the decade of the '90s, natural disasters affected 2.1 billion people and caused a damage of $687 billion?While that figure is itself alarming, the picture gets a lot......

Oscars 2020: What you need to know

Every year Hollywood's biggest names gather under one roof to raise a toast to cinema's creme de la creme. Fashion, food, films -- it's a glamourous combination of all these things leading up to......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

Tokyo Games may be too big a gamble, disease expert says

IMAGE: With COVID-19 vaccination rollouts differing country-to-country, whether the Olympics can go ahead "depends on the COVID-19 situation not only in Japan, but also other countries," said Koji......

Why this Japanese doctor wants Tokyo Olympics called off

'The Olympics are not just a mass gathering, but a mass gathering from all over the world, while COVID is a global pandemic. These two things don't go together.' IMAGE: Kentaro Iwata, a professor......

Why Tokyo Olympics next July will be 'uniquely risky'

'When we talk about bringing sports back with packed stadiums, I really think that is something we are going to have to wait for a vaccine to be able to do.' IMAGE: Tokyo 2020 is set to run from......

Kobe Bryant, daughter 'Mambacita' died pursuing basketball dream

Since he retired from the National Basketball Association in 2016, Kobe Bryant had been coaching his daughter Gianna's middle-school basketball team. IMAGE: Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers......

'He was my everything': Kobe mourned at emotional tribute

IMAGE: Vanessa Bryant speaks during The Celebration of Life for Kobe & Gianna Bryant at Staples Center. Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images A gallery of basketball legends joined......