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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......

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......

How to bring about regime change in Pakistan

'In order to achieve Pakistan's psychological isolation and pariah status, breaking all cultural, economic and people to people contacts must become a government policy with clear linkage to a......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

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......

Pistorius faces sentencing over girlfriend's death after divisive trial

Oscar Pistorius leaves on bail from the North Gauteng High Court. Photograph: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Monday to find......

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