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Is Bill Gates A Hero Or Villain?

There is no shortage of books on the Microsoft founder, but this latest one is different in that it paints Mr Gates in shades of grey, leaving it to readers to make their own judgement about the......

Why Bihar's Musahars won't get vaccinated

'They are not ready to take the vaccine.''They fear that if they do, they will die.'M I Khan reports. *IMAGE: A file photograph of poor children in Bihar holding rats which they caught to eat.......

Modi 9th on Forbes' most powerful person list; Xi tops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the top 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for the first time ever by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who......

Coming soon: Cheap, miracle cure for malaria

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are relying on synthetic biology to produce sufficient amounts of a medicine based on an ancient Chinese herbal remedy, to protect over a......

Advance booking: What to read in 2008

Some 'big books' to look forward to in 2008... Fiction The acquisition of Amitav Ghosh's forthcoming Ibis trilogy by Penguin India made big news in literary circles earlier in the year and the......

Global power couple Bill Gates, Melinda end 27-year marriage

Billionaire philanthropists Bill and Melinda French Gates have announced that they are divorcing after 27 years of marriage, saying they no longer believe "we can grow together as a couple", but......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

India has world's 3rd highest number of billionaires; Mukesh Ambani back as Asia's richest

India has the third highest number of billionaires in the world after the US and China, according to a new list by the prestigious Forbes magazine, which said Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh......

Worst is over for global economy, says Premji

The outlook for global economy has turned positive this year and the worst is over even though the road ahead is full of challenges, Wipro chairman and a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Azim......

What's behind Bharat Biotech's Zika 'hype'?

Bharat Biotech started work on developing a vaccine against Zika way back in 2014, but the timing of its announcement has created a flutter in the market. When Bharat Biotech recently......

Clijsters sets up clash with Kuznetsova

Kim Clijsters's comeback gathered pace on Wednesday when the former world number one beat Swiss Patty Schnyder 6-2, 7-5 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open. Second seed Serena Williams,......

Venus saves match-point to beat Safarova

Third seed Venus Williams found herself on the brink of defeat before rediscovering her touch to beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 and reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday.......

Ivanovic, Dementieva stave off late fightbacks

French Open finalist Ana Ivanovic overcame Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-0, 7-6 in the first round at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The Serbian sixth seed with a powerful serve raced through the first set......

Myskina pulls out of Wimbledon

Former French Open women's champion Anastasia Myskina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of a foot injury, the tournament's referee said in a statement on Tuesday. The Russian has been struggling......

Roddick dazzles Paris as Dementieva fades

Andy Roddick produced a sizzling display to reach the fourth round of the French Open for the first time but Elena Dementieva's hopes of winning a maiden grand slam title fizzled out on Saturday.......

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