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'Why and how did science in India stagnate?'

'The debate between mythology and "rational" science in India is at least as old as Aryabhata and Brahmagupta and, to this day, has not been resolved in the Indian popular thinking on science.'......

Woman becomes 1st Sikh to graduate from US military academy

Second Lieutenant Anmol Narang will create history by becoming the first observant Sikh to graduate from the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point on Saturday. United States......

'Global terrorist' Masood Azhar, a blue-eyed boy of Pak's ISI

For two decades after his release in exchange for passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999, Azhar has since been the darling of Pakistan's external snooping agency Inter-Services......

The maharaja who gave his people museums

The collector king Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who lived a century ago, put together a fantastic world of Indian and European art for his subjects. IMAGE: Baroda's Sayajirao Gaekwad III ruled......

How the Indian Navy destroyed the Ghazi

The sinking of the Pakistan submarine Ghazi just before the 1971 War has remained an enigma for 45 years.As The Ghazi Attack releases nationwide on February 17, Rediff.com's Vipin Vijayan dives......

London, Paris, New York, Shanghai... Here comes khadi!

KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in......

A 'TalentSprint' to put job-seekers on track

For Santanu Paul, being the son-in-law of C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, is just another facet of his life.More than the access he has to the......

Ageing society: China to lose labour force

China, dubbed as the 'world'sfactory', will inevitably loose its advantage in labour force andwitness a slow down in economic growth due to a fast ageing society, a government think-tank has......

NID, IITs to form design body

Twelve premiere institutes including National Institute of Design, Indian Institute of TechnologyDelhi, Mumbai and Guwahati, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, agreed to form an alliance......

Mandal Redux

Memories of the turmoil that followed the Mandal Commission were revived when the honorable minister for human resource development suggested that 49.5 per cent of the total seats in IITs, IIMs and......

Kaun Pravin Tambe Review

Shreyas Talpade plays the titular role with aplomb, applauds Deepti Patwardhan. If the role of sports, and subsequently of sports biopics, is to inspire, Kaun Pravin Tambe does an adequate job.......

10 GLORIOUS MOMENTS from Oscars 2019

Sukanya Verma gives us a recap of the 91st Academy Awards. Oscars 2019 wasn't off to an auspicious start. At first, overwhelming opposition forced the Academy to withdraw its......

Dressing up for the Oscars 2019!

Stars get ready for Oscars! Eight-time Oscars host Billy Crystal once said, 'Nothing can take the sting off the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other golden......

Sunny, Divyanka, Surbhi win big

Check out the winners! Television stars graced the Indian Television Academy Awards in Mumbai on Tuesday, December 11, in huge numbers. Sunny Leone won the Best Female (Web) for the series......

Oscars 2017: Emma Stone, Viola Davis win!

The 89th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. A quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion......

Pele mesmerises fans in Delhi, graces Subroto Cup final

IMAGE: Pele hands over the Subroto Cup trophy to AIFF Academy colts at the Ambedkar Stadium. Football legend Pele wound up his six-day visit to the country as a big crowd turned up at......

Tendulkar inducted into Laureus Sports Academy

Former Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar of India attends the 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards at Shanghai Grand Theatre. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Images for Laureus Indian cricket icon Sachin......

No. 1 ranking motivational target, not an end in itself: Anand

World chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is likely to lose his number one status by next month but the Indian is hardly bothered as he feels ranking is a motivational target rather than an end in......

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