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Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies at 75

Former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel, one of the leading anti-Communist dissidents of the 1970s and 1980s, died at the age of 75, Czech Television announced on Sunday. The former dissident......

ISRO chosen for Gandhi Peace Prize

Indian Space Research Organisation has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 for its contribution to the country’s development through space technology and satellite-based......

Voices of dissent are only heard at lit fests these days

'Many of the biggest events at such lit fests have nothing to do with books or authors, but about current events and the changing nature of society,' points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: A performer at......

How can you measure democracy?

There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability.That India needs a spell of benevolent......

Blair, Bush nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the architects of the Iraq war, are among the nominees for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix......

On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup

IMAGE: Garry Kasparov during the World Chess Championships against Vladimir Kramnik at the Riverside Studios, London, in October-November 2000. Photograph: Andrew Redington/ALLSPORT/Getty......

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Vaclav Havel

News for Vaclav Havel

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies at 75

ISRO chosen for Gandhi Peace Prize

Voices of dissent are only heard at lit fests these days

How can you measure democracy?

Blair, Bush nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup

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