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Tanzania's Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize for literature

Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah on Thursday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. Photograph: @NobelPrize/Twitter "The 2021 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the novelist......

First Covid case may have emerged in China in Oct 2019: Study

The SARS-CoV-2 virus, that causes COVID-19, may have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in Wuhan, according to a modelling study.......

Pfizer jab produces less antibodies against Delta variant: Study

People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant first identified in India compared......

Scientists trace origin of destructive Russia meteor

Scientists have pinpointed the origin of the giant meteor that smashed into a remote region of Russia earlier this month, injuring around 1,200 people. Experts believe it probably came from an......

Did mad cow disease come from India?

A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle with meal contaminated with human remains infected with a permutation of the disease. The hypothesis, outlined......

Email can be 'extinct within a decade'

With more and more teenagers switching to instant messaging and social networking sites for speedy communication, email could be extinct within a decade, says a new report. The electronic form of......

Now, consumers script advertisements

A prominent banner on the home page of an Indian advertising website, Agencyfaqs.com, screams, "I am sacking my agency." The message is from Darshan Mehta, CEO, VF Arvind Brands. The message is not......

Want to clean up your Facebook profile? Get Facewash

Researchers have developed a new app that can help Facebook users clean up vulgar or embarrassing pages from their profile.The ‘Facewash’ app developed by researchers from Kent State......

IIT alumnus named Dean of Cornell's business school

IIT-Delhi alumnus Soumitra Dutta has been named the new Dean of the Ivy league Cornell University's business school, joining a growing list of noted Indian-origin academicians assuming leaderships......

The art of effective communication

You are what you communicate. Good communication matters because your ideas are as good as your ability to communicate them. Robert Kent, former dean of Harvard Business School, said, "In......

The Critic Versus The Fanboy: Debating Batman vs Superman

Raja Sen hated Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice and debates his reasons with Satyajit Chetri, who totally loved it. IMAGE: Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck in Batman Vs Superman: Dawn of Justice.......

The making of Superman Returns

Much of the principal photography for Superman Returns was done on location near Breeza, Australia, on a rural piece of farmland that had been transformed into a working back lot.Six miles of road,......

'The world still needs Superman'

At one point, Warner Brother constructed an enormous storage room to stock the many scripts commissioned, revised, rejected since 1995, when producer Jon Peters got out of 'what if' mode and began......

Team bowled out for 0 in Kent indoor game!

A cricket team bowled out for 0 off just 20 balls! Surprised? Yes. It happened in an English county six-a-side indoor championship match in Canterbury. Chasing 121 for victory against Christ Church......

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......

Former England fast bowler Dilley dies at 52

Former England fast bowler Graham Dilleydied after a short illness at the age of 52, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Wednesday. Dilley played 41 Tests and appeared in 36 one-day......

Wright meets Team India in NZ

The Indian team was about to wind up a four-hour training-cum-net session at the Lincoln University campus in Christchurch when a tall, confident figure sauntered into the practice area. Former......

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