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Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Hepatitis C discovery

IMAGE: Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice, are seen on a screen as the three laureates as they are announced as the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine......

PHOTO ALBUM: The life and times of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, the prisoner-turned-president who reconciled South Africa after the end of apartheid, died on Thursday, December 5. Looking back at the legend. Nelson Mandela, South Africa's......

Pump attendant scams UK village to fund LTTE

A Sri Lankan petrol-pump cashier was jailed on Tuesday in Leicestershire, England,for fleecing an entire village. Abdul Samad Mohamed Raik was convicted for cloning more than 500 credit cards to......

Hinduja Group's Gulf Oil buys Houghton for $1 bn

Gulf Oil Corporation Limited (GOCL), a Hinduja Group company, on Wednesday announced the complete acquisition of US-based Houghton International for $1,045 million. The acquisition was carried out......

Hinduja Group set to buy Houghton Intl for $1.1 bn

The Hinduja group is close to acquiring US-based chemical company, Houghton International, for around $1.1 billion (Rs 5,912 crore). The deal was expected to be announced shortly as most of the......

Ericsson gets NEW India head

Telecom equipment maker Ericsson has appointed Chris Houghton as its new India head. Houghton, who has worked with Ericsson for about 25 years in Japan, Hungary, Sweden and the UK, is expected to......

SPECIAL: The New Sensex

Sensex's 3 per cent average performance over the last 5 years can be considered as sleeping, writesMukul Pal. Mr Axe and Ms Houghton were the first to build the Axe Houghton Index. Charles Dow's......

Hinduja family feud: $11 billion empire at stake

Four Hinduja brothers -- Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash and Ashok -- had in 2014 signed on a document saying the assets held by one brother belong to all, and that each of them will appoint the......

The desi life, graphically

For four years, Keshni Kashyap has gradually been making a name for herself as an independent filmmaker, with short films like Good Thing, a bittersweet tale of a despondent husband grappling with......

Houghton compares Bhaichung with Tendulkar

National football team coach Bob Houghton on Wednesday compared Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia with legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for the influence they have on their respective team-mates......

Houghton defends unimpressive Chhetri

Despite Sunil Chhetri's none-too-impressive outing, national football team coach Bob Houghton backed the US-returned striker moments after India registered a convincing win over Namibia in an......

Houghton banking on Bhutia

It's a year since Baichung Bhutia expressed his desire to retire from international football, but it seems India's head coach Bob Houghton has rekindled the striker's passion for the game. Bhutia,......

Bhutia 'motivated' under Houghton

Star striker Bhaichung Bhutia, who had expressed his desire to quit international football last month,on Mondayjoined the national camp in Kolkata for the August 16 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match......

Houghton wants Bhutia back

India's new chief football coach Bob Houghton on Sunday said that he wants Baichung Bhutia back in the national team, but would have further discussions with the star striker to know whether he......