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How Will Lee's Election Impact Asia?

Lee Jae-myung's decisive victory in South Korea's snap presidential election marks a major political shift driven by the public backlash against authoritarianism, observes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE:......

IISc cancels talk on UAPA, over 100 academics, students protest

More than 500 scientists, academicians and students have written to the Bengaluru-based IISc expressing dismay over the cancellation of a discussion on anti-terror law UAPA that was to be led by......

Groundwater pumping tilting Earth's spin, may impact climate: Study

Groundwater pumping has shifted such a large mass of water that the Earth tilted nearly 80 centimetres east between 1993 and 2010 alone, which could impact our planet's climate, according to a......

One more step towards human cloning

Scientists for the first time have been successful in extracting stem cells from a cloned human embryo, the Guardian reports.South Korean Dr Woo Suk-hwang of Seoul National University led the......

Modi in Seoul: 'Enough of looking east, it's time to Act East'

PM Narendra Modi and South Korean President Park Geun-hye interact after making the press statements in Seoul on Monday. Photograph: PIB Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took another jibe at......

Investors pushing back more on top executive pay hikes

Investors are pushing back more often against companies’ resolutions on what is paid out to top executives. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the first four months of financial year......

Dubai most competitive in Middle East

Dubai has the most competitive economy in the Middle East and ranked higher for its competitiveness than Japan, Germany, France and New Zealand, a new study released on Monday said. The emirate......

'Japan's' Korean gold medallist's lesson in Olympic spirit

IMAGE: Son Chung-in poses with a photograph of his father, Sohn Kee-chung, who won the 1936 Berlin Olympics marathon event. Photograph: Chang-Ran Kim/Reuters Long before American sprinters Tommie......

Olympics Are Past Their Peak

Perhaps it says something more deep and profound about the time we live in and how it has shaped us, observes Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Dina Asher-Smith of Team Great Britain, centre, competes in the 4......

UCLA basketball players arrested in China

IMAGE: LiAngelo Ball looks on before the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft. Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images. Three UCLA men's basketball players were arrested in China for shoplifting on......

A heart-wrenching tale of forgotten athletes

IMAGE: Kim So-young, left, a former gymnast who was paralysed from the neck down at 16 after falling off the parallel bars while training, talks to former Olympic gold medalist Jang Mi-ran at her......

Sports Shorts: Usha becomes AAA's Athletes Commission member

Legendary Indian sprinter P T Usha has been made a member of the Athletes Commission of the Asian Athletics Association in recognition of her stellar achievements at the continental stage. The......