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NEW DELHI: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed state- of-the-art marksmanship (shooting) training system (DHVANI) for Indian Army. The sophisticated acoustic sensor-based system will help the Army to develop shooting techniques of its combat personnel during...

Canadian researchers have confirmed what most people suspected all along: that internet trolls are archetypal Machiavellian sadists. In a survey conducted by the group of psychologists, people who partake in so- called trolling online showed signs of sadism, psychopathy, and were Machiavellian...

Nawaz Sharif's good intentions won't matter unless he begins to rein in forces inimical to India Aug 16, 2013, 12.00AM IST Incongruities abound in the recent exchange of statements between India and Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's conciliatory overtures to New Delhi stand in...

Rakhi Chakrabarty,TNN | Jul 23, 2013, 02.42AM IST Muslim leaders have slammed Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed's 'irresponsible' remarks on Indian Mujahideen. NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed's tweet that the 2002 Gujarat riots led to the formation of terror...

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New evidence provided by Swiss scientists suggests that Yasser Arafat’s death may have been due to polonium poisoning. LOAY ABU HAYKEL/REUTERS It was long suspected that the legendary Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat did not die of natural causes. The authorities at the French military...

It was the summer of 1983, and the sun was blazing. Twenty-seven-year-old K. Rajan, gathering material for his PhD thesis on “The Megalithic Culture of the Coimbatore Region – A Study”, was thirsty and tired. He had walked five kilometres and reached Kodumanal village in Perundurai taluk, Erode...

R.K. Nehru demolished the myths of China's “betrayal” and Jawaharlal Nehru's “romanticism”, and his contribution needs to be acknowledged. We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. - Thomas Macaulay Thanks to most of our retired...

Continuation of drone strikes and US's reluctance to tender an apology over the killing of 24 Pakistani soldiers proved to be stumbling blocks in the talks between United States and Pakistan, reports Tahir Ali While Pakistan and the United States resumed formal talks after a five-month...

ISLAMABAD: The era of wars has ended and Pakistan is prepared to resolve all outstanding issues with India, including the Kashmir dispute and terrorism, through talks, prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today. "The era of wars has ended. We are ready to sit and resolve all core issues...

BEIJING: China has for the first time allowed imports of basmati rice from India. Welcoming the decision, embassy officials, however, said it would be a tough task for Indian traders to penetrate into Chinese market dominated by Thai varieties and to some extent Pakistani aromatic rice. Indian...

NEW DELHI: Suddenly, the horizon in the neighbourhood appears to be brightening. For the first time ever, India on Friday decided to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) from Pakistan - a step that signals growing warmth in the relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. Until now...

CHENNAI: Indian Navy today commissioned its third unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadron in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu, a move that would enhance the coastal security along the east coast. Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, flag officer commanding in chief, Eastern Naval Command, commissioned...

ISLAMABAD: The contact between Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of ruling Congress party, and Bilawal Zardari Bhutto, who heads the Pakistan Peoples Party, is "important given that both might lead their respective countries one day and determine the future course of events", said a daily...

China on Friday said it welcomed commitments made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during talks on Thursday that India would neither participate in any “containment strategy" aimed at China nor allow anti-China activities by exiled Tibetans. In a reflection of what Beijing views as among the...

NEW DELHI: Moscow and New Delhi will switch to trading in domestic currencies in three years, the chairman of Russia's largest state development bank said on Thursday. "With China it took us three years to (evolve) from initial conversations to trading in local currencies," VEB Chairman...

NEW DELHI: Trying to overcome the perception of strained ties and mutual mistrust, Indian and Chinese leaders will flag off a year-long celebration of friendship and cooperation when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday evening. The most eagerly awaited...

NEW DELHI, FEB 24: Gearing up to tackle possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, research organisation DRDO is developing an array of ground-based and unmanned aerial systems to detect and map contamination zones in all geographical conditions. The Defence...

Fiercely patriotic about their country and its future, politically aware, career-oriented, and India-friendly. As I walk around the Karachi campus of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), a premier business school, and chat with the students, I could have been in any of our upmarket...

Unlike Indians pursuing research, they choose to make millions. Unlike many Indian management graduates who opt for doctorates, their Pakistani counterparts don't believe in “wasting” four more years and opt for Wall Street jobs, where they can make millions of dollars, says Dr Ishrat Husain...