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Hawking's Indian student: 'I knew him from a time he could speak'

Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters Physically bound to the wheelchair, Stephen Hawking reached out into the depths of the universe with his mind and decoded the mysterious cosmos for the common......

Stephen Hawking passes into the ages

One of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein passes into worlds beyond our understanding. IMAGE: Professor Stephen Hawking at a launch event for the Stephen Hawking Medal for......

Indians swap ice with rice in new bucket challenge

With the ALS ice-bucket challenge going viral on social networking websites, Indian netizens have come up with their own version, posting videos as they donate rice to those in need. In line with......

Doctor, 41, dies of the disease he was researching

'Two years ago, had I been given even a tiny hint that my genes were tipping the scale for the development of a disease that would lock me into my body, unable to move or breath normally on my own,......

PM Modi nominates 9 people for 'Swachh Bharat' challenge

Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at India Gate for launching the Swacch Bharat Mission. Photographs: PIB photos In his bid to make 'Swachh Bharat' a people's movement, Prime Minister......

App that lends voice to text

In early 2010, Nirmala Godhwani, practitioner of classical Indian music for over 40 years, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).Also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease in North......

Why Microsoft CEO Nadella was drenched with ice water

Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella was drenched with a bucket of ice water as part of a challenge he took to raise awareness about a neurodegenerative disease and in turn challenged......

Still Alice' writer-director Richard Glatzer dies at 63

Richard Glatzer, who co-wrote and directed the Alzheimer's drama Still Alice alongside his husband, Wash Westmoreland, while battling ALS has died in Los Angeles. He was 63. Diagnosed in 2011......

Why you should head to Goa RIGHT NOW!

'One afternoon, I spotted Karan Johar and film critic Rajeev Masand having tea with Nina Gupta, the head of NFDC, and barged into their meeting.' Aseem Chhabra's IFFI diaries... Image: Gulzar and......

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World Test Championship 2023

India held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while Australia secured the...

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GUJARAT, HIMACHAL GO TO POLLS

The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Thursday poised for a landslide victory in Gujarat to retain...
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