3 British scientists win Nobel Physics Prize for exotic matter research

Three British scientists -- David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz -- on Tuesday won the Nobel Physics Prize for revealing the secrets of exotic matter, the Nobel jury said. "This......

India's greatest test since Partition

'The steady poverty reduction achieved over the last three decades could be largely reversed in this one financial year with hundreds of millions sliding below the red line,' warns Devangshu Datta.......

Why the world is worried about India

'The feeling is growing that if India slips in the realms of liberal tenets, it will be a tragedy not only for the country, but also for the world because it will lose a remarkable role model,'......

3 makers of 'molecular motors' awarded Chemistry Nobel

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded for the development of the world's smallest machines. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa will share the prize for......

From heroes to bystanders? Central banks' growth challenge

By piling more pressure on governments, central banks risk not accomplishing much and yet provoking a political backlash that could threaten their independence Central bankers who led the charge......