Three scientists share Nobel Prize for 'Click Chemistry'

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 to Carolyn R Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K Barry Sharpless. Bertozzi from Stanford University, United......

New Omicron variant spreads more than original: Study

A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a study conducted in Denmark. Photograph: ANI Photo The......

Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

Vitamin pills could raise risk of early death

The next time you pop a vitamin pill in the hope of improving your health, just give a second thought as a new study has debunked anti-oxidants' ability to prolong life. Worse, it claims that some......

10 small economies hold 85% of $15 trn phantom FDI

Phantom FDI refers to investments that pass through shell companies that have no real business activities and are tailor-made to cut tax liabilities. Ten small economies including Luxembourg, the......

'It's a surgical strike against the country's poor'

IMAGE: Villagers queue outside a bank on the outskirts of Allahabad. Photograph: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters 'The execution has been 100 per cent faulty.''The scheme is also a stupid one, a real......

Switzerland best place for older adults, India a dismal 71st!

The report found that 28 per cent of people over 65 in India are receiving a pension. Around 30 per cent of men and 72 per cent of women over 60 are fully dependent on others. Image: A view of......

The woman who is giving Google sleepless nights

In EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has kickstarted the long-pending anti-trust investigation into Google, the internet search giant may have finally met its match. My kids or......

From playmaker to pacemaker, how ICD could save Eriksen's career

IMAGE: Danish footballer Christian Eriksen gives a thumbs-up at Rigshospitalet, where he is treated after he collapsed during a UEFA Euro 2020 game. Photograph: Danish Football Association/via......

Brazil didn't mess up Olympics, nor did it make most of them

The enduring images of the Games will be not just the great sporting achievements - from US swimmer Michael Phelps' 28th Olympic medal to Usain Bolt's historic sprint 'triple triple' - but also the......