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Indian engineer elected to top UK science body

Last Thursday, May 14, India-born engineering Professor Thomas Kailath, was elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (United Kingdom) for his efforts in engineering, which the society says......

'Nobody is snatching away the lions from Gujarat'

'Some fear that Gujarat's tourism potential will be lost. That's wrong. Gujarat has such wonderful places. And they have developed such a wonderful system of tourism for the Asiatic lion. That......

PBD event: 'Why pure science in India lags behind'

Rediff.com's P Rajendran attends a seminar on pure science at the second day of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in Kochi. That there was some confusion about the definition of 'pure science' was......

The Delhi rape: Why we need to move beyond protest

The current wave of protest in Delhi, like almost every public dialogue in India, has a tendency to invariably degenerate into a clash of personalities that usurps centerstage and relegates the......

PHOTOS: A Martian colony of 80,000 people

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has announced detailed plans to send 80,000 people to colonise Mars by ferrying explorers to the Red Planet for $500,000 (Rs 2.78 crore) per trip. Musk, the first private......

Royal Society looks to India

Great Britain's Royal Society of Arts is a premier club where the cream of designers and artists gather to spearhead a place for design in a country where a revolution three decades ago changed the......

Now, charge your cell phones with water!

Low on battery? Give your cellphone some water! Swedish researchers have developed the world's first water-activated charger that can power your cellphone using just a puddle of ordinary......

PayPal founder to build small city on Mars!

Private space entrepreneur and billionaire co-founder of PayPal, Elon Musk is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 space explorers but only vegetarians are invited! Musk, whose......

Huge OPPORTUNITY exists on branding India: Wally Olins

A few weeks back, image artist Wally Olins, who has handled marquee brands such as LVMH, Coca-Cola, Visit London, the Royal Opera House and East Timor Development Agency, wrote a blog on 'What's......

Budding entrepreneurs! Clean drinking water for all

It was an event for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their Innovative Socio-Business Projects at IIT Madras organised by Genesis, a joint initiative of the Siva group (a $3-billion global......

MF Husain paints SRK

Salman Khan is not the only Bollywood star taking to the brush.In a summit at the Royal Society of Arts,London,hosted by Indian newspaper Tehelka, Shah Rukh Khan painted, alongside 92-year-old M F......

Rekha's breathtaking perfection in and as Umrao Jaan

In this special series, we re-visit great Hindi film classics. Today, we look back at Rekha, Farooque Shaikh and Naseeruddin Shah's 1981 film Umrao Jaan. Does breathtaking have an expiry date?......

When Rishi Kapoor wanted a drink...

Two first time directors --- Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas --- triumphed over the Bengali language works of veterans Aparna Sen (Iti Mrinalini) and Rituparno Ghosh (Noukadubi) with......

When Bollywood stars adopted

He may not have married but he may just make a great father. In keeping with his paternal instincts, Karan Johar will soon adopt a kid and become a sort of kunwara baap. Brownie points for such a......

Want to be a scriptwriter? Here's how!

If you want to become a Bollywood scriptwriter but don't know how to become one, I Am director Onir offers a great solution: Just write a good script, mail it to us, and if you're one of......

Muralitharan calls for life ban on spot-fixers

Anyone involved in spot-fixing should be banned for life, former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan said on Saturday, days after six umpires were provisionally suspended for allegedly agreeing......

Saudi says will enter women for London Olympics

Saudi Arabia will allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time ever in London this summer, the Islamic kingdom's London embassy said on its website. Human rights......

Silly Point: Wish the Indian team!

As the Indians take on their traditional rivals, Silly Point hosts Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande invite you to wish the Indian team! Who will win the Indo-Pak match?......

Cup Extras: Flower thought KP would play with painkillers

The pace at which Kevin Pietersen's hernia problem deteriorated took England coach Andy Flower by surprise as he, at first, thought that the star batsman would continue in the World Cup by taking......

Team India aim to break home jinx in World Cup

Having faltered twice at the doorstep of the title contest previously when they hosted the World Cup, India would be eager to break the jinx this time around and regain cricket's most coveted......

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Q. Konkani and Gujarati analog ?
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Q. Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in modern world is the writer of which book? A) Beloved B) The Naked Ape C) A Brief History of Time
Rajan: A. It is said that Gujarat has got many historical ties with the port of Goa, mainly because of trade, and it is also said that many people have...... more

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Q. who was the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Statistical Society of Britain,by virtue of her contribution to army statistics?
Flying Saucer: A. C) A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking is the former Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge and author of A Brief...... more

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Q. WHY A MOUNTAIN PEAK IN NEPAL IS NAME AS EVEREST ?
Ankit Shivam: A. Florence NightingaleFor her contributions to army and hospital statistics became the first woman elected as a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in 1858. more

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Q. what is the full form of FRS
Ezhilarasan M: A. Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General...... more

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Hollywood biopic on Ramanujan to star Dev Patel

Srinivasa Ramanujan's life is being made into a film with "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel starring as the legendary mathematician while a... ...

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Shattered, kin of arrested bookie, cricketer leave Ahmedabad

The unfolding IPL scandal and related arrests have left devastated at least two families in the city, of alleged bookie Manan Bhatt and cricketer... ...

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Vested interests jockey for control of iconic racecourse

The racecourse is part of the history of Bombay and to eradicate it will mean doing away with a part of the citys legacy, said Nisha Jamvwal, a... ...

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Greedy, greedy gamblers

I have written about this some years ago but it bears repeating. Nearly 15 years ago when the Hansie Cronje scandal had hit the headlines round... ...

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