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2-day holiday in Kozhikode following Nipah outbreak

In the wake of the Nipah outbreak in Kerala's Kozhikode district, a holiday has been declared for all educational institutions on Thursday and Friday. IMAGE: A central team of experts......

George Bush's daughter is engaged

President George W Bush and his wife Laura announced on August 16, the engagement of their daughter, Jenna Bush, 25, to Henry Hager, 29. The couple who have been dating for several years became......

Coming soon: A memory-cleansing drug

Imagine popping a pill to get over a break up. Well your imagination could someday turn into reality, if scientists go ahead with their plans to develop a drug to erase bad memories. A team at......

Vicks may worsen condition of infants, says study

Vicks VapoRub, the popular menthol compound used to relieve symptoms of cough and congestion, may create respiratory distress in infants and small kids, according to a new study. The study, by......

Why scratching relieves an itch

Ever wondered why scratching a stubborn itch brings relief and why it is hard to stop? Well, researchers have finally found the clue. The researchers in the United States have carried out a study......

Spotted! Murthy in New Delhi

Reader Abhishek Narang sent us this image from the Wake Forest University Babcock Graduate School of Management, North Carolina.I met Infosys Chief Mentor N R Narayana Murthy in August 2004 at the......

Ajay Patel is dean of US B-school

Ajay Patel, a non-resident Indian, has been appointed as dean of the prestigious Babcock Graduate School of Management by the Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina."Ajay has......

MBAs don't want to unlearn

After graduating from the University of Delhi in 1990, I joined Babcock straightaway. Joining an MBA programme fresh out of college is considered a negative in most countries; that point of view is......

Digital ants to the rescue!

Swarms of digital ants may soon crawl all over the internet, scouting not for food, but computer worms and self-replicating programs designed to steal information or facilitate unauthorised use of......

How parents spy on their kids

In this case, it isn't Big Brother who's watching -- it's Big Mother (or Father). Increasingly, parents are using high-tech methods to track everything from where their children are and how far......

19 Brilliant Movies You Need To Watch

Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you. A lot has changed since the 2019......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 75 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

What I find compelling about masala movies...

'...that it takes fantasy seriously as a part of real life.'A fascinating excerpt from Jonathan Gil Harris's book, Masala Shakespeare: How A Firangi Writer Became Indian. IMAGE: Gracy Singh and......

Golfing great Arnold Palmer dies at 87

IMAGE: Arnold Palmer gestures after hitting a drive to begin the 2007 Masters golf tournament on the first tee at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, US on April 5, 2007.......

Tennis round-up: Kvitova, Anderson get in form before US Open with title wins

Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova kisses her trophy after defeating compatriot Lucie Safarova in the final of the Connecticut Open at Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale in New Haven on Saturday.......

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