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'Economics Nobel' for research into prosperity of nations

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Prize also known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A......

Scientists who decoded protein structures win Chemistry Nobel

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M Jumper, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. IMAGE: Images of the winners of......

Physics Nobel goes to scientists who enabled machine learning

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the......

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......

Peter Higgs, Nobel laurate behind 'God' particle, dead

Peter Higgs, the British physicist and Nobel Prize winner behind the 'God' particle, passed away at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the age of 94, The Washington Post reported. IMAGE: Peter......

Working capital cycle shortest in 25 yrs at 47.8 days

A key indicator of corporate efficiency may now be better than at any time since the turn of the millennium. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The net working capital cycle — a......

How music label Snafu uses AI to decode if a song will be a hit

With a team of 20-odd people, Snafu tries to unearth the rough diamonds from millions of songs. Can AI help look for a needle in a haystack? Ritwik Sharma finds out. *IMAGE: The music label......

Want to design camouflage for cars? Skoda's looking for you

Fancy your chops as a designer? Skoda Auto India has a challenge for you. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com brings us the lowdown. Skoda Auto has launched a unique design contest for all budding designers......

Indian green economist wins 'environment Nobel'

Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the ‘Nobel Prize for the......

Innovative field research in India helped Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo win Economics Nobel

This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal......

When Elli Avram wanted to scream

'When I went home to Sweden after Bigg Boss, people recognised me as they were following the show!''In New York, they were calling out my name on the streets!' IMAGE: Sunny Deol and Elli Avram in......

'The Censor Board is forcing people to rebel'

'We cannot be the country that created the Kamasutra and then we show flowers kiss and a child is born.''Censorship makes no sense today. People are already watching all sorts of things......

Review: Zanjeer is an unforgivably bad remake

Raja Sen feels Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer is an unwarranted, atrocious remake. Zanjeer was never a particularly great film. Sure, it had Amitabh Bachchan at his most primal, all flammable eyes and......

Mamma Mia! crosses $500 million worldwide

The biggest hit of the year so far The Dark Knight is slowly approaching the $1 billion milestone worldwide but it is the continuing success of Mamma Mia! that is astounding Hollywood. For the......

'A person with shampooed hair can't play villager'

Rajnesh Domalpalli recently won the Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for the Best Debut Feature Film, Vanaja. For this engineer turned filmmaker, life has been hectic as his maiden venture has been......

SEE: Neeraj Chopra Receives Royal Welcome in Haryana

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra was honored with a grand reception by the Sports University of Haryana in Sonipat on Friday. Photograph and video: ANI/X Neeraj Chopra, received a hero's welcome upon his......

Coach defends skater Valieva, CAS to hold Sunday hearing on case

IMAGE: Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training with coach Eteri Tutberidze. Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater......

WADA back in the spotlight with Russian Valieva's doping case

IMAGE: Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee during training. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Friday was thrust into the spotlight at......

Experts warn of high-risk Tokyo Olympics amid COVID-19

IMAGE: International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach with Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics,......

Semenya accuses IAAF of breaching confidentiality

'The arbitration proceedings are subject to strict confidentiality provisions and this information should not have been released' IMAGE: South Africa's Caster Semenya. Photograph: Eric......

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