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Meet the 2010 Chemistry Nobel winners

Japanese scientists Ei-ichi NegishiandAkira Suzuki and their American counterpart Richard F Heck have been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of palladium-catalysed cross......

Ambani brothers among world's top 50 entrepreneurs

Estranged Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil have been jointly named among the world's 50 most influential people in business, thanks to their rivalry that has goaded them to steer their respective......

2006? India may move into medical design

"It is easy to see, hard to foresee," observed Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac 270 years ago. He got that right. Prognosticating, even by the most knowledgeable experts, is a chancy......

US Congress resolves 'fiscal cliff' drama

The United States averted economic calamity when lawmakers approved a deal preventing huge tax hikes and spending cuts that would have pushed the world's largest economy off the "fiscal cliff" into......

Akshay: I'm not a fake action hero

Akshay Kumar seems elated over his new release, Kambakkht Ishq. The film opened in Canada on Wednesday, two days before its India release. The producers have timed its Canada release with......

When Hollywood had a starring role in Bollywood!

Ever wondered how Bollywood films have grown snazzier over the years?Bollywood taking inspiration from Hollywood is old hat. But Bollywood roping in Hollywood technicians to enrich their movies is......

Review: Inside Out is insightful, intoxicating, incredible

Inside Out is arguably Pixar's finest film, says Raja Sen.‘What is your favourite colour?’ I always found that a dashed impossible question. Purple leaps to mind because of how......

Review: Tree Of Life is too self-indulgent

Aseem Chhabra says Brad Pitt-starrer The Tree Of Life is a self-indulgent piece of cinema. Post YOUR reviews here!Today, the world of cinema is divided between two types of film lovers. The first......

Review: Falling hard for Iron Man 2

He isn't everybody's cup of tea, this Tony Stark. Heck, even fellow superheroes he teams up with are more often beleaguered than besotted by his overdone charm, a boozy womaniser given to far, far......

Belgian winger De Bruyne leaves Chelsea for Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg have completed the signing of talented winger Kevin de Bruyne from Chelsea with the Belgian agreeing to a five-year contract, the Bundesliga club said on Saturday. The 22-year-old De......

Sachin proudest possession of India: Roebuck

Paying rich tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, who completes 20 glorious years in international cricket on Sunday, noted columnist Peter Roebuck described the champion Indian batsman as the "most......

India sink at the Basin Reserve

Scorecard| Graphical Analysis| Quick commentNew Zealand's 300th Test, at the picturesque Basin Reserve had all the ingredients for an intriguing encounter. Fifteen years after making his Test debut......

'Unfair to Sachin'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead - Part 2: It was a very good article but I fail to understand why you missed bad umpiring I am sure the bad decisions played a very crucial role in the......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......

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