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Army Chief General V.K. Singh.
PTI Army Chief General V.K. Singh.

Govt. asks AG to correct Army Chief's date of birth to 1950

The Defence Ministry has written to the Adjutant General’s (AG) branch of the Army to correct its record to show the year of birth of General V.K. Singh as 1950 contrary to his stand that he was born one year later. »
Ousted CWGOC chairman Suresh Kalmadi. File photo

ED to file first charge sheet in CWG scam

The Enforcement Directorate is set to file its first charge sheet in the alleged financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games. »

India signs international tax treaty to deal with tax evasion

In yet another move that would help India in getting information about the black money stashed abroad, India has gone ahead and has inked the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, a multilateral agreement which promotes international co-operation while respecting the rights of taxpayers. »
Filmmaker Sanjay Kak during an interview with The Hindu. File photo

In Jaipur replay, university bows to ABVP film fatwa

Last week, Jaipur Literature Festival organisers were forced to cancel a videoconference with author Salman Rushdie after protesters threatened to disrupt the event. »

Technology

Aadhaar’s coverage stands at 10 per cent of the Indian population, and UIDAI officials claim the number surpasses any other biometric database in the world.

Spawning identities in packets

Aadhaar's Open architecture averts vendor lock-ins, reduces project costs »

Cricket

Rahul Dravid

Dravid: I haven’t made any decision on retirement

Embattled Rahul Dravid has made it clear that he has not taken any decision on retirement from Test cricket but admitted his glorious career was definitely nearer the end than the beginning.»

Arts

SUNSHINE MAN: I love nature and animals, says an endearing Ruskin Bond. Photo: Murali Kumar K.

Bonds of friendship

Ruskin Bond wrote at a time when there were fewer publishers and hardly any literary festivals. His heart-warming stories and beautifully described landscapes make him the icon he is today, says Sravasti Datta »

“Musicians need time to recharge their creative sensibility”

‘Reality is not in the realism'

Plumes, fur and scales

Remembering Sufi mystic Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Sport

Australian Open mixed doubles winners Mattek-Sands (2nd R) and Horia Tecau (R) hold the championship trophy along with runners-up Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes in Melbourne.

Paes-Vesnina falters in mixed doubles final

American Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Romanian Horia Tecau won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open on Sunday, beating Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. It was the first... »

Melbourne champ Azarenka happily accepts spotlight

Dravid: I haven’t made any decision on retirement

Australian media slams India for lack of fight

We will take corrective measures, says BCCI

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Sci-Tech

Arduino is an Open Source prototyping platform useful in designing flexible embedded electronics systems capable of performing applications ranging from simple sensor-based devices to running a Web server.

Arduino: the face of Free hardware

‘Free' and ‘Open Source' are today common parlance in the world of technology, software in particular. What was once perceived to be a concept alienated from business, and economically impractical... »

Motorola Xoom 2 is lighter and quicker

Spawning identities in packets

i-cage for the education system

Post 'Thane', bird population dwindles in Cuddalore district

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Cinema

Sathyaraj in

Character Call

Sathyaraj has once again wowed audiences with his performance in Shankar's Nanban. But what made the veteran veer towards character roles? »

Richa talks the talk

Versatility, thy name is Nasser

Blast from the past: Pantulamma (1943)

Vying for alternate existence

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Education

The Karnataka
Government’s delay has
resulted in 44.17 lakh
students being denied a
second set of school
uniforms.

Students lose out on second set of uniforms

The Karnataka Government's delay in notifying the State rules for the Right to Education Act has resulted in 44.17 lakh students from classes 1 to 8 being denied a second set of school uniforms, and the lapse of a Central grant of Rs. 88 crore for the purpose. »

Home schooling catching on slowly

Now, the battle for the best

Taking technology to the masses

New thinking on funding education

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Sudoku - January 29, 2012

A mind game and a puzzle that you solve with reasoning and logic. Fill in the grid with digits in such a manner that every row, every column and every 3x3 box accommodates the digits 1 to 9, without repeating any. »

Resources

Padma Shri for Anup Jalota, Dr. V. Mohan, Vanraj Bhatia

Capitalism and the production of poverty by UTSA PATNAIK

A Short Walk to Freedom

Amendments to Lokpal Bill

Lokpal and Constitution Amendment Bills

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Economy Watch (column)

The Indian footprint of US firms

An imbalance to address

The industrial downturn

Debt as burden

The cost of open skies

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