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Why did Holbrooke visit India on poll eve?

Two millennia ago, the Arthashastra of Chanakya and Panchatantra of Vishnu Sharma enjoined extreme caution on a ruler when suddenly emissaries from another country descended upon him flattering him......

Vatican set to confer sainthood on Sister Alphonsa

Two millennia of Indian Christianity will have its greatest moment of joy and pride when Pope Benedict XVI elevates Kerala-born Sister Alphonsa to the status of saint on Sunday.Sister Alphonsa will......

Meet the new millenium's haves and have-nots

By the year 3000 AD,there will be just two kinds of human beings on the planet: a hugely evolved upper class, and a dim-witted, ugly underclass.The former will be tall, slim, healthy, attractive,......

5 Indian Cardinals in Vatican conclave

Five Cardinals from India will participate in the conclave at the Vatican in the 'Holy Week' beginning from March 24 and vote to elect the next Pope. Only 117 of the total of 206 Cardinals of the......

Gujarat 2012 tells us a larger story beyond Modi

This victory effectively applies closure to 2002. It is unlikely that Modi will offer anything more than a purely symbolic doffing of his cap to heal the hurts of that calamitous year in his......

Bt brinjal and the politics of knowledge

A moratorium on Bt brinjal is good. But it can still turn toxic if any one technology is pushed at the cost of a multi-dimensional approach to securing our food future, says Rajni Bakshi.Eight......

Of hunger and its eradication

The media is celebrating Norman Borlaug as a great hunger-fighter, whose intervention with the 'Green Revolution' is supposed to have eradicated hunger in India. Obviously, the real starvation is......

Why foreign investors are scared

The renowned Indian political strategist, Chanakya (350-283 BC) had once remarked: "Taxation should not be a painful process for the people. There should be leniency and caution while deciding the......

'Search' a big business opportunity

As societies advance, they generate more information. They become more dependent on an ability to store, index and retrieve that information. The task of searching becomes far too important to be......

China's dirty little secret in the global crisis

As China's top leaders trooped to the podium at the annual National People's Congress from March 5 to 13 to outline strategies to keep China afloat amid the global economic crisis, they held back......

Watch Indravizha for Namitha

Ankk Productions' Tamil film Indravizha (the name borrowed from a millennia-old Tamil spring tradition), directed by K Rajeswar is the inspired version of the Hindi film, Aitraaz (in itself......

Shashi Tharoor: The Magic of Bollywood

Shashi Tharoor delivered this speech at the IIFA inauguration in Colombo on Sunday: Aayu Bovan, Vanakkam, Namaskaram, Good evening! At one level it might seem a little odd for me to be addressing......

The death of Sambha

Towards the beginning of Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance, Vikram Jaisingh (played by the director's brother Farhan) is attending the graduation ceremony of his acting class-- Nand Kishore School of......

Mummy III: A Ghastly Resurrection

Many a great trilogy have been hampered by weak, disjointed third instalments: The Godfather, Back to the Future and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's Endimmediately come to mind. The same......

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Q. Is vasthu a science?
Visionary: A. more

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Q. What did Jesus Really Say? Identify the author of above book ?
Truth Exposed: A. Vstu Shastra , is the most ancient and complete science of construction, architecture and sculpture in harmony with the nature, for the welfare of...... more

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Q. How many years are there in a millennium?
Anantharaman: A. What did Jesus Really Say? Misha'al ibn Abdullah (Author)The book contains detailed information and descriptions that show how the Bible was...... more

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Q. Have you ever seen a Purple Frog? Who discovered it ?
Joseph Chacko: A. A millennium (pl. millennia) is a period of time, equal to one thousand years (from Latin mille, thousand, and annum, year). The term may...... more

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Q. What is the difference between an optical double and a true binary star system?
Joseph Chacko: A. A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the...... more

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Glimpse of Wider Islamic World at San Antonio Museum of Art in Jameel Prize Exhibition

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Hamid Karzai wraps up India visit

New Delhi, May 23 (IBNS) The (MEA) on Thursday said Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai paid a two-day working visit to India from May 20-22. During... ...

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UN marks World Day for cultural diversity

New York, May 22 : Visit a museum, watch a foreign film or share your traditions with someone else, the United Nations is Tuesday encouraging... ...

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Cosmic impact killed mammoths?

Woolly mammoths the gigantic cousins of modern day elephants may have died as a result of climate change following a major cosmic impact near the... ...

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BJP, Cong battle it out

Neeraj SantoshiEven though over a millennia separates former president Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma and Raja Bhoj, their names are being pitted against... ...

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