Pak rejects reports about attack on nuke sites

Pakistan has rejected reports that militants attacked its nuclear facilities at least thrice in the last two years. "It is rubbish. These aspersions are factually incorrect and are part of typical......

British Chevening Scholarships 2004

The British Chevening Scholarship Programme offers up to 120scholarshipsfor Indians to study in the United Kingdom in 2004. The scholarships will be awarded under the following three schemes:Scheme......

Pakistan okays grant to UK university

The Pakistan government has agreed to make funds available for postgraduate studies at a British university.The 450,000 grant from the education ministry is meant for the Department of Peace......

UK-based Indians hope polls will turn country towards reform

Adele Couchman and Confidence Uwazuruike report on what Indian citizens living in the United Kingdom expect from the new government in their native land. Indian citizens living in the United......

Indian economy a 'success story': US experts

The Indian economy is a 'success story', four well-known United States-based economists say, but differ on whether reforms were responsible for India's higher growth rates in recent......

When risk becomes uncertainty

Literature on finance makes a distinction between risk and uncertainty. Uncertainty is imprecise knowledge about future events. On the other hand, risk is that kind of uncertainty which can be......

Beijing clinic treats online addicts

The 12 teenagers and young adults, some in ripped jeans and baggy T-shirts, sit in a circle, chewing gum and fidgeting as they shyly introduce themselves. "I'm 12 years old," one boy announces with......

Are you an Internet addict?

By his own admission, James Pacenza was spending too much time in Internet chat rooms, in some of them discussing sex. He goes so far as to call his interest in inappropriate Web sites a form of......

Lord Patel is first British-Asian appointee to ECB

Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel of Bradford, an OBE and a leading voice on health, social care and community cohesion in the UK, has become the first British Asian to join the England and Wales......

Sehwag, Muralitharan to lead MCC sides in Middle East

Out-of-favour India batsman Virender Sehwag and Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will lead two MCC sides in a series of matches in the Middle East to help launch the new county season.......

Sehwag to lead MCC in four-day match against Durham

India Test discard Virender Sehwag will captain the Marylebone Cricket Club in a four-day Champion County match against Durham, starting March 23, in Abu Dhabi. "Virender Sehwag and Muttiah......

Nothing Butt rugby on his mind

For a change it was rugby weekend in Mumbai. On Saturday, the 72nd All India and South Asian Rugby tournament came to a climax under fading light in the presence of a couple of hundred......