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India is a major scientific super power: Beckett

India is emerging as a major scientific super power and Britain is keen to be its partner, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said on Tuesday.Back from a six-day tour of India, Beckett told......

UK to work with India on terror crises

British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett on Tuesday said her country will work closely with India to "prepare for and manage" crises like terrorist strikes ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in......

US: How an Indian poet was arrested and tortured

The detention of actor Shah Rukh Khan in the United States may have raised a storm in India, but the arrest of Ravi Shankar, associate professor of English and poet-in-residence at Central......

Britain's Brown names new Cabinet

David Miliband, former environment secretary, was on Thursday named as Britain's new foreign secretary as Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his Cabinet a day after assuming the charge of the......

Rushdie divides British cabinet

As anger mounts across the Muslim world over the naming of author Salman Rushdie in the Queen's latest birthday honors list, the British cabinet finds itself divided on the issue. The Daily......

British Trade minister to visit India

Indo-British economic ties are expected to receive a further boost with a four-day visit of Britain's Trade Minister Ian McCartney from Thursday during which he will meet top business leaders......

Oilex takes Cambay reins from Niko

The Australia-based Oilex today announced that it has completed the transfer of operatorship for the Cambay Field onshore Gujarat from Niko Resources Ltd, effective from June 1, 2006. Oilex is the......

EU reaches landmark deal on reforming farm policy

EU farm ministers broke a year of deadlock on Thursday to agree a radical reform of the bloc's agriculture policy, seen as vital to revive world trade talks and help farmers in developing......

Oscars 2010: Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best PictureAvatarJames......

Winners at a glance!

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and many more expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold:Best PictureAvatarJames......

Avatar, Hurt Locker lead Oscar nominations

The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards have been announced, and some of our predictions by Aseem Chhabra, Arthur J Pais and Raja Sendid come true!Here's a look at the nominations:Actor......

Bringing Shakespeare to Mumbai

The stage is set once more at a venue as celebrated for its heady Irish coffee as its intimate setting for home-grown theatre. Prithvi turns 27 this November, and presents its 31st theatre festival......

Kisna should have been called Katherine!

The fact that Kisna is a man truly in love manifests itself only when Katherine and he are being chased by relentless hordes of mustachioed farmhands on horseback, armed to the hilt. Kisna turns......

Sahara Force India not thinking of sixth place now

Sahara Force India has conceded that sixth place is out of their reach with just two races left in the season as the side prepares for the US Grand Prix, which is making a Formula One comeback......

British Grand Prix: Rain puts a dampener on practice

Steady rain put a dampener on practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday with Romain Grosjean lapping fastest for Lotus in clouds of spray as fans huddled in the grandstands and under umbrellas.......

Every corner is blind for devoted French fan

Every corner is blind for Charaf-Eddine Ait Taleb. How a corner sounds matters more to the 29-year-old French Formula One fan, who lost his sight 10 years ago due to a genetic condition, than any......

Charlesworth inducted into Hall of Fame

Legendary hockey player Ric Charlesworth has been inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame of Hockey Australia.Charlesworth, presently at loggerheads with his Indian employers, is one of the 22......

Double retirement for Force India at British GP

There seems simply no end to Force India's misery, as the Formula One outfit finished its 'home' race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday with another double retirement against its name.Neither of......

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Q. Quiz: Didi ---no doubt is the popular name of Mamata Banerjee. This apart can you think of a famous person known by this name?
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Q. What phrase did Quantum Leap's Sam Beckett use in every show
Deepika: A. Vladimir (affectionately known as Didi; a small boy calls him Mr. Albert) is one of the two main characters from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot!! more

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Q. Samuel Beckett\'s \'Waiting for Godot\' was originally written in which language?
Deepika: A. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French version, En attendant Godot. more

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A really serious playwright

The Pune-based Marathi playwright Satish Alekar heard Karnad describe the new play when the two were on a visit to Delhi late last year. He felt... ...

http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/a-really-serious-playwright/article4727014.ece

Nationals beat Dodgers 6-2, lose Harper

Jordan Zimmermann won his NL and major league-leading seventh game, Ryan Zimmerman drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals defeated the... ...

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Sir Terence Beckett obituary

Rarely for an industrial executive in Britain's long postwar economic decline, Sir Terence Beckett, who has died aged 89, combined advancement in... ...

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Life after retirement

With the release of Side Effects earlier this year, Steven Soderbergh’s retirement from filmmaking, finally took effect. Liberation might be... ...

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Replay looms after bad week for umpires

, though it may not be the game changer the sport needs. Not when there are umpires who don't know the rules, and others who ignore what they see... ...

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