Indian-American Venkatraman Ramakrishnan received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Thursday.
The Nobel Prize committee has given up trying to reach musician Bob Dylan, days after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
While the US continues to shell out the largest defence budget in the world year after year, other nations are slowly but certainly catching up, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Home favourite Robin Soderling had to withdraw from his Stockholm Open semi-final on Saturday, sending Marcos Baghdatis through to the final without the Cypriot having to strike a ball.
Bopanna lost just four points on his serve during the entire match as the top seeded Indians produced a dominating 6-3, 6-4 win over British pair of Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Maara.
With the addition of 4,000 employees, the RCom staff strength is estimated to rise to 9,500
Diogo Jota and Joao Felix both scored their first international goals in the second half before Bruno Petkovic pulled one back and Andre Silva then added a fourth.
All three scientists have played a leading role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or Ligo, experiment, which made the first historic observation of gravitational waves in September 2015.
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov won his first ATP tour title by fighting back to upset Spanish top seed David Ferrer 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Stockholm Open on Sunday.
Caster Semenya has said the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) breached confidentiality regulations ahead of her appeal hearing on Monday where she is fighting for her athletics future.
Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday.
'Anyone familiar with Modi's track record will know he never forgets a slight, a betrayal,' notes Virendra Kapoor.
1464 billion dollars -- That's what nations around the world spent to secure themselves from their adversaries' misadventures.
Dylan, 75, was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the Swedish Academy said.
India's exports slid for the 11th straight month in August by 19.7 per cent to $14.3 billion as global demand for merchandise remained sluggish.
Tearful goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon ended his 20-year Italy career in the saddest possible way on Monday with their first failure to qualify for the World Cup in 60 years.
Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell believes his rivalry with the current number one Usain Bolt could mirror that of some of the great boxers -- if he can be bothered to build up the hype.
Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell believes his rivalry with the current number one Usain Bolt could mirror that of some of the great boxers -- if he can be bothered to build up the hype.
'China's opaque defence allocation processes are shrouded in mystery and have triggered security dilemmas among its neighbours and others,' notes China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
Asafa Powell will take on fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt over 100 metres in what should be the highlight of the London Grand Prix on July 24, organisers said on Wednesday.
'Gone too soon, Astad, but I know whenever we meet in that world beyond, I will watch you dance.' Swarupa Dutt remembers a remarkable human being and a magnificent performer who left the world poorer when he passed into the ages on Thursday.
Belgium and France meet in the World Cup semi-final at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Tuesday.
Germany's Christina Schwanitz effectively wrapped up her first Diamond Race shot put title with a winning throw of 20.13 metres on the eve of the main IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.
Here is how the two countries stack up militarily, according to a report in AlJazeera.com.
Even though this year's Nobels have come in for some criticism, in one field at least, the committee seems to have got it absolutely right.
David Nalbandian held his nerve to beat Swede Robin Soderling 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Sunday and win the Stockholm Open.
Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori beat Slovak Dominik Hrbaty 6-1, 1-6, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals at the Stockholm Open on Thursday. Nishikori, 18, broke the former world number 12 to lead 6-5 in the decider before serving out for victory. He next faces second seed Mario Ancic of Croatia, who beat Belgian Steve Darcis 7-6, 6-4.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his eighth goal in eight Euro 2016 qualifiers as Sweden beat Moldova 2-0 in Stockholm.
Alexandre Pato showed why he is regarded as Brazil's next superstar. He marked his international debut with a superb goal to earn his team a 1-0 win over Sweden on Wednesday. The 18-year-old only made his first appearance for AC Milan two months ago but is already being heralded as a phenomenal young talent.
The sixth seeded Indian went down 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 to Czech Iveta Benesova in the second round of the Stockholm Open.
Images from the Nations League matches.
In the US, for instance, as much as 30 per cent of food, worth $48.3 billion approximately, is thrown away each year, the report prepared by the Stockholm International Water Institute, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Water Management Institute estimates. And while it elaborates on the food wastage, the report goes on to stress that wasted food implies wasted water, another major concern.
Russia joined Sweden, Turkey and Portugal as the last four qualifiers for next year's European championship on Wednesday after England's hopes were shattered in a 3-2 defeat by Croatia at Wembley Stadium.
In September 2006, the German version of the game -- known as LastExitFlucht (LastExitFlight) -- was awarded the Austrian Multimedia and E-Business State Prize in the category for 'Knowledge and Learning,' after beating off stiff competition from a CD-Rom about the life of Mozart. While there have been many educational tools created for raising awareness about refugees over the years, Against All Odds offers a chance to experience what it is like to be a refugee.
Top seed Roger Federer needed less than an hour to dispatch Benoit Paire 6-1, 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Thursday -- treating his home fans to another masterclass.
'Astad had the courage to plough a lonely furrow. He made a life of his own, on his own, and created a path-breaking dance style.' 'Only a few in the performing arts could do what he did.' 'A classical dancer can fall back on tradition, but Astad created something absolutely new.'
The Indo-Belgian pair beat Thomas Johansson and Todd Perry 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-8 in the first round in Stockholm.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi wrote under a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, thus keeping with the tradition of a unique kind of autograph given by the laureates.
The Swedes, who came second as hosts in 1958 and third in 1994, missed the 2010 and 2014 tournaments and while they qualified for Euro 2012 and 2016, they limped out at the group stage on both occasions.
Director Rajnesh Domalpalli talks about his first Telugu film that will not release in India
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