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Why Oppenheimer Liked Hinduism

'Hinduism meshed with his sense that the world was paradoxical and puzzling.' IMAGE: Robert Downey Jr as Lewis Strauss and Cillian Murphy as Dr J Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film.......

Time for Aung San Suu Kyi to step aside?

Some believe she should no longer be the face of the struggle to free Myanmar from the new military dictatorship, observes Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: A Myanmar anti-coup protester holds up a three......

Trump's Nobel Prize nomination -- what you need to know

Less than two months before the election, United States President Donald Trump seems to have something to celebrate -- a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. Ritwik Sharma reports IMAGE: US......

Come on, Bono, Rattle and Hum for the women of India!

'Bono, every time you clap your hands, a woman somewhere in the land of Ahimsa, is being abused.''Physically, emotionally or financially; at home, in the street or at work.''Maybe just for a little......

Trio wins Chemistry Nobel for work on lithium-ion batteries

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino on Wednesday "for the development of lithium-ion batteries." "The Nobel Prize in......

World Bank appoints Indian national Indermit Gill as chief economist

After Kaushik Basu, Gill will be the second Indian to serve as chief economist at the World Bank. Asit Ranjan Misra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Brookings Institution The World Bank has......

5 Indians in WEF's Young Global Leaders list

Byju Classes' founder Byju Raveendran, Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta, CEO of Antara Senior Living, Tara Singh Vachani, Vinati Organics' MD & CEO Vinati Mutreja and Swapan Mehra, CEO of Iora......

ADAG, Spielberg plan $300mn movie on Martin Luther

The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is all set to get into Hollywood's big bucks league. DreamWorks Studios, a joint venture between Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider, along with the ADA......

'Nobel Peace Prize should go to Twitter'

Former US national security adviser Mark Pfeifle has said that microblogging site Twitter should win the Nobel Peace Prize for its role during the civil unrest in Iran. 'When traditional......

What good are economists, anyway?

Economists mostly failed to predict the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Now they can't agree how to solve it. People are starting to wonder: What good are economists anyway? A commenter on a......

Cool DVDs out now in stores!

One of the most eagerly awaited movies this year, the new James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace is only a few weeks away from hitting more than 3,500 movie theatres across America and Canada. But......

B K Modi plans mega Buddha film

Nearly twelve years after Mira Nair abandoned her Buddha movie project because Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci beat her to it with his Little Buddha starring Keanu Reeves as Siddhartha, there......

Another feather in Neymar's cap

Neymar becomes goodwill ambassador for world's disabled IMAGE: Newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Handicap International and Paris Saint-Germain's soccer player Neymar. Photograph: Denis......

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