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Govt sets up high-level 11-member panel to oversee cheetah project

The Centre has set up an 11-member high-level steering committee to review and monitor the progress of the cheetah reintroduction programme and provide suggestions on the opening of the cheetah......

Rig Veda, 'Magna Carta' to be exhibited at G20 summit

Manuscripts of the Rig Veda from India, a rare copy of the Magna Carta from the United Kingdom and an anamorphic digital image of Mona Lisa from France will be among the several artefacts to be......

Karplus, Levitt, Warshel win 2013 Nobel Chemistry Prize

Three molecular chemists -- Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel -- were on Wednesday awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for devising computer simulations that are used to......

Questions in Cong over PM's trip abroad at this juncture

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is all set to attend the G-20 meet in Mexico and Rio+20 summit in Brazil but many of his colleagues are questioning his absence from the country at such a crucial......

PM to leave for South Africa on Monday for IBSA Summit

In the backdrop of the global economy being buffeted by a series of ill winds that have put a question mark over the profligacy of European nations and brought to the fore the resultant debt......

India looking to get uranium from SA

Having obtained a waiver at the Nuclear Suppliers' Group and with South Africa and Brazil already welcoming India's acceptance of the relevant guidelines regulating the issue, India is exploring......

Homes for the mobile

Ram Charan's wheeled suitcase functions as a virtual home. The 67-year-old management consultant and writer of business books sleeps in five-star hotels every night of the week, every week of the......

Can India produce billion-dollar innovations?

India has made rapid strides in the world of research and development in the last few years, but are its innovations world-beaters? In an era that has been dominated by American innovations, can......

ICC approves biomechanics lab in Lahore

IMAGE: Former Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was reported for illegal bowling action in 2014, while other Pakistan bowlers have also faced problems at the domestic level. Photograph: Graham......

Gayle, Harbhajan, Afridi among star-studded marquee players

IMAGE: Chris Gayle will ply his trade for Mississauga Panthers. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form on......

AB de Villiers eyes successful Test return

'I pride myself in the fact that I can adapt to certain conditions and formats.' IMAGE: South Africa batsman AB de Villiers. Photograph: Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images South Africa talisman......

Sports Shorts: Usha becomes AAA's Athletes Commission member

Legendary Indian sprinter P T Usha has been made a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association in recognition of her stellar achievements at the continental stage. The......

Argentina's Romero ready for Germany shootout

Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero is likely to see more action in Saturday's quarter-final with Germany than he has in their World Cup matches so far. Romero, who has conceded two goals in four......

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