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Narayan feted 'Michael Jordan of microelectronics'

Dr Jay Narayan has won the 2011 Acta Materialia Gold Medal and Prize, an international award given to one person annually for exceptional research contributions and leadership in materials science......

'Jordanian informant' lured CIA into death trap

The suicide bomber, who killed as many as seven Central Intelligence Agency officials and injured six others last week in Afghanistan was a Jordanian informant, who lured the American spy agency......

Iraqi oil and the US war

Amman: Everyone in the Jordanian capital takes it for granted that I am a journalist. How do they know? Because everybody else, even diplomats, is making a beeline out of the Middle East before the......

CIA, MI6 were told Iraq had no active WMDs: Report

Vital intelligence used to justify Iraq invasion ten years ago was based on ‘fabrication’, a media report has claimed, citing that the Central Intelligence Agency and MI6 were told that......

Over 100,000 civilians fled Syria in August: UN

United nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the 'highly dangerous' militarisation of conflict in Syria, even as the world body said that over 100,000 people fled the......

Google's web business solid despite Motorola losses

Google's core Internet business grew net revenue of 23 per cent in the first quarter, softening the effect of a sharp decline in its Motorola mobile phone division.Shares of Google, which reached......

Facebook's mobile ad revenue doubles in Q4

Facebook Inc doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, a sign that the No.1 social network is seeing early success in expanding onto handheld devices as more of its users......

COLUMN: Some light at the end of the 2012 tunnel?

Whichever way you look at it, from a global perspective 2012 has not been a good year, writes Claude Smadja. The euro zone has been sinking deeper in the last 12 months.The debt-to-GDP ratio......

Consume or Kill? Save or Spend?

'Spend within your means and save some,' taught to us by our grandmothers, is still valid and wise, feels B S Prakash.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh Because of some faith in simple common sense, I......

2 Indians selected as Yale World Fellows

Two Indians -- Monika Halan and Sonali Kochhar -- have been selected for the prestigious Yale World Fellows, which is Yale University's signature global leadership development initiative.Monika......

Review: The Great Gatsby isn't great enough

The Great Gatsby is a good looking film but is less heartfelt, writes Raja Sen.A famous Hindi film actor (who shall naturally go nameless here) once told me, while gushing about Baz......

Review: Vishwaroopam is NO threat to Muslims

On Friday afternoon, as he sat in a freezing cold New Jersey theater watching Kamal Haasan's latest film Vishwaroopam, a two and a half hour long international terrorism thriller and an......

Review: Fatso is a waste of a great idea

Rajat Kapoor's Fatso doesn't stick to the guns the concept inherently offers, writes Raja Sen.There's always been a rather charming old-Hollywood navet to Rajat Kapoor's films, films that side......

Review: Rockstar is flawed, but fabulous

Rockstar is essentially a love story between two very curious individuals, writes Sukanya Verma.'Yeh bada jaanwar hai. Yeh chhote pinjre mein nahi samayega.'Indeed, Ranbir Kapoor is not an everyday......

Review: Rockstar is more Devdas than Jim Morrison

Ranbir Kapoor's new film is a love story that tries to pose as an insight into an artiste's anguish, feels Sumit Bhattacharya.Director Imtiaz Ali's new film Rockstar has two heroes: Ranbir Kapoor,......

Jordan seek explanation after coach detained

The Jordanian FA will seek clarification from Australian soccer's governing body after their coach, Adnan Hamad, was detained at MelbourneAirport for more than four hours by immigration officials.......

Jordan engaged to model Yvette Prieto

US basketball legend Michael Jordan is engaged to his long-time girlfriend Yvette Prieto, his spokeswoman said on Thursday. Jordan, 48, considered the greatest US basketball player of all time,......

Chelsea, Liverpool go top of EPL table

Juan Mata scored on his Chelsea debut in a 3-1 home win over promoted Norwich City while Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam netted their first Liverpool goals in another 3-1 triumph over Bolton......

And Sgt Schumacher's Club Band plays on

It began because of tear gas. Twenty years ago, the French-Belgian Bertrand Gachot was all set to drive for the Jordan team at his home grand prix, the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, but......

Japan thrash Saudis to qualify, Jordan through

Japan romped into the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup as Shinji Okazaki scored a hat-trick to demolish Saudi Arabia 5-0 on a wet and windy Monday at the Al Rayyan Stadium on the edge of the Qatari......

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Q. The miracle of restoration\The rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948. Never before has a nation been destroyed, its people dispersed to the ends of the earth, and then, nearly two thousand years later, re-gathered to their homeland and re-established as a nation.\The miracle of protection\When Israel declared itself an independent state on May 14, 1948, the armies of seven Arab nations marched on the newborn state in an effort to 'push the Jews into the sea'. Outnumbered greatly, Israel not only repelled the invaders, but acquired more of Palestine.\Doesn't God protect Israel?
: A. PRAISE THE GOD OF ISRAELHE IS OUR GODIn this conflict Israel witnessed many 'Gideon type' interventions. A Syrian column of 200 armoured vehicles -...... more

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Q. Who is the fastest cyclist ?
DeclareHis Glory: A. Before Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and the Williams Sisters there was another Black phenomenon but few Blacks have ever heard of him. His name was...... more

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Q. WHERE IS DEAD SEA AND WHY IT IS KNOWN AS DEAD SEA?
Kavita Prsd: A. The Dead Sea is an endorheic lake located in the Jordan Rift Valley, a geographic feature formed by the Dead Sea Transform (DST). This left...... more

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Q. Does one need a take a tourist VIsa in India before visiting Malaysia or it is avavilable on arrival?
Ramesh Agarwal: A. Who requires a visa?Most visitors do not require a visa to enter Malaysia if the period is less than 1 month and the purpose of the visit is...... more

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Q. Can you list the current 7 wonders of the world plz ??
Aratee Khode: A. The Pyramid at Chichn Itz (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoChrist Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe Roman Colosseum (70 - 82...... more

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Park Street rape victim comes out in open, reveals her identity

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Tension, anger as Asian giants reach World Cup

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