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The black elephants

One example of a black elephant was the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The destructive power of the atom bomb stunned Japan into surrender

Shooting for the moon

Municipal water and waste recycling systems are based on space designs and so is our understanding of climate change. ISRO's missions will help India gain capabilities in these respects

Going beyond the central bank "put"

In essence, we are seeing the rollback of three decades of globalization-a period when goods and, to a lesser extent, people, moved with increasing freedom across the world

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The Sinquefield Cup ended in a tiebreak

Creating a set of random numbers to secure communication isn't easy

Computers are brilliant at doing repetitive tasks, which makes it hard for them to create random numbers

Today's picks: From Asian Paints to YES Bank, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For Asian Paints, keep a stop at 1,600 and go long. Add to the position between 1,632-1,638. Book profits at 1,40

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The St Louis time control, with 30 seconds delay per move rather than increment, imposes odd constraints

Today's picks: From TCS to Tata Motors, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For TCS, keep a stop at Rs 2195 and go long

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The St Louis Grand Chess Tour concluded with Levon Aronian winning with 22/28, ahead of Yu Yangyi, Ding Liren and Maxime Vachier Lagrave

Investing in quantum computing

Research has led to new understanding about exotic materials and the nature of quantum entanglement. But commercial viability will take time

Breakthrough in sensitivity conjecture

Hao Huang's argument could finally help in the understanding of Boolean Functions

Hedge with gold or currency

But whatever you do, be prepared to hold on to your positions and keep your nerve

How Hong Kong protesters are using technology to outsmart authorities

The protest movement has put a lot of thought into enabling anonymity. Remaining deliberately leaderless and faceless has prevented shutdown by selective arrests of organisers

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Suryasekhar Ganguly won the prestigious One Belt One Road Open in Hunan, China, with 7 points from 9 games to bag $50,000

Today's picks: From Grasim to Infosys, hot stocks to watch on Tuesday

For Infosys, keep a stop at 785 and go long. Add to the position between 800-803. Book profits at 805.

Tech that can silence mutations

It holds the potential to change the therapeutic landscape for many neurological and non-neurological conditions in future

Notes from RIL results

Its stock price has fallen and most brokerages have cut price targets. PSUs could get hit even harder by disappointed investors

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The problem with voice assistants

Users need to find a balance in the trade off between convenience and loss of privacy

Gear your portfolio to gain from fall in rupee

Sovereign borrowing abroad could make the currency more volatile in the future