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8 of the world's most amazing bridges

They’re a means to an end: bridges are fundamentally a way to get from point A to point B. However, as designs get bolder, bridges have also become destinations in their......

Hamid Ansari sets out to conquer India's last diplomatic frontier

Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on an important Latin American visit, heralding that resource-rich continent's importance to India. Nikhil Lakshman reports. Most readers may be too young to......

Taj Mahal joins Wonders of the World list

Always counted among the man-made marvels of the world by its admirers, the Taj Mahal on Sunday found pride of place in a new list of seven wonders polled by people around the globe.Following are......

Fans celebrate 75 years of Tintin

Tintin, perhaps the best-loved comic character ever, celebrates his 75th anniversary on Saturday.In these 75 years, Tintin, the creation of Belgian author Herge (real name Georges Remi), discovered......

COLUMN: India's love affair with gold

India does not regard gold merely as an investment, it is also the preferred form of hoarding tax-evaded wealth, writes Shreekant Sambrani. I had recently recounted in this space stories of Arjun......

Making millions, making violins!

In 2003 a violin built by Samuel Zygmuntowicz for Isaac Stern sold for $130,000 at auction, the highest price for one by a living luthier. Last year Yo-Yo Ma played a Zygmuntowicz cello worth an......

Chinese turned away from ports

After months of dithering, the government has finally denied security clearance to three Chinese firms for operating in the Indian port sector.The three companies-- Hutchison Ports Holdings, Kaidi......

Profit pangs for India Inc

A drop in sales growth and rise in interest burden in 2005-06 have dented the net profit growth of India Inc.A Business Standard Research Bureau study of 1,450 manufacturing companies, which have......

Unichem inks pact with US co

Pharmaceutical company Unichem Laboratories Ltdsaid on Friday it has entered into a product development, manufacturing and supply agreement with US-based PLIVA Inc.As per the agreement, PLIVA shall......

Venezuelan boxing champ commits suicide

Champion Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero hanged himself early on Monday from the bars of a prison cell where he had been detained for killing his wife, police said. Valero -- who had held the World......

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