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Surprise That Charles Became Charles III

The unfortunate associations with the name Charles for an English king -- one who was executed; the other with a very unsavoury reputation -- led royal observers to assume that Charles would not......

Benjamin List, David W C MacMillan win 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan on Wednesday won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis." Photograph: @NobelPrize/Twitter "The 2021 Nobel......

Indian American to head college in California

Sunder Ramaswamy, Middlebury College dean for faculty development and research and Frederick C Dirks Professor of International Economics, will be the new president of the Monterey Institute of......

'Pakistan's new reactor not very powerful'

Amid reports that a new reactor being built by Pakistan could make fuel for up to 50 nuclear warheads a year, US officials have said the facility under construction is much smaller than claimed and......

IP experts to help India revamp laws

A who's who of the intellectual property rights world, including science professors, patent lawyers, judges and corporate intellectual property experts, will visit New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,......

Indian American Raj Subramaniam to be new CEO of FedEx

Indian American Raj Subramaniam would be the new chief executive officer of FedEx, according to an announcement made Monday by the US multinational courier delivery giant. Subramanian would replace......

Rohan Murty, the master of many trades

Over home-cooked food, Rohan Murty tells Rahul Jacob he is fascinated by history and ancient texts, and about his efforts to measure productivity in software companies, such as Infosys. IMAGE:......

No Indian for WTO deputy chief post

For the first time in the last eight years, India would not have any representative for the post of deputy director general (DDG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Geneva-based body on......

Harvard guru's tips on organisational success

The world is changing with trade barriers disappearing and competition becoming fiercer than ever. Robert S Kaplan says that to succeed, you have to change the way you operate. Measure......

SAG Awards: Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Frances McDormand win

Pictures from the starry night. While the Golden Globes red carpet saw only black, the Screen Actors Guild Awards saw some colour. The SAGs, held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, January 21, did see......

Cate is awesome. Will she win an Oscar again?

'In Carol, Cate Blanchett reminds us what a real movie star is and why we are enamored by her acting and looks.' Aseem Chhabra's Top 10 picks from the Zurich Film Festival... In 11 years the......

Jennifer Aniston's mum not invited to secret wedding

A lowdown on what's happening in Hollywood. Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Jennifer Aniston, who tied the knot with beau Justin Theroux on August 5 in a covert ceremony in Bel......

Jennifer Lawrence is 2014's most googled celebrity

Check out the top 10 in the list. Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has become the most-searched celebrity on Google over the past 12 months. Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters......

Happy Birthday, Norma Jean

This day in 1926, Norma Jean Mortensen was born to Gladys Baker in Los Angeles, California. Since her father's identity was undetermined, she was baptised Norma Jean Baker.August 5, 1962, she was......

League Cup: Chelsea edge past Villa, Man Utd knocked out

IMAGE: Reece James embraces Ruben Loftus-Cheek of Chelsea after their sides victory in the Carabao Cup Third Round match between Chelsea and Aston Villa. Photograph: Catherine......

PICS: Chelsea go fourth after beating Newcastle

Images from Monday's action in the Premier League. IMAGE: Timo Werner scores Chelsea's second goal during the Premier League match against Newcastle United, at Stamford Bridge, London, on Monday.......

PIX: Real Madrid see off Getafe; Juventus hold Inter

IMAGE: Real Madrid's players celebrate after Ferland Mendy, centre, scored their second goal against Getafe on Tuesday. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters Real Madrid's French duo Karim Benzema and......

EPL PIX: Chelsea, Leicester march on; Tottenham stuck in a rut

Images from Saturday's matches in the Premier League. IMAGE: James Maddison celebrates scoring Leicester City's second goal with Jamie Vardy during Saturday's Premier League match against Arsenal,......

Cricketers who lost their battle to the Big C

On Thursday morning, the world woke up to the news of the death of iconic New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe. He was 53. A teenage prodigy who went on to carve an illustrious career with his......

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